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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-09-30

the water cooler and gave the income
tax official the high sign. I'm a noted
liar" he said 81 was just trying to
kid those fellows"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-09-30
Keep Chicks GROWING.

Chicks are hatcned to grow. Keep
them doing it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-09-30
Profitable Hobby

The raising of poultry may be a
hobby, but it is profitable one.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-15
Don't Go to Alaska for a Job.
Newark News.l

Don't go to Alaska after a job un- less you've got one promised and are sure of it when you get there. The Alaska railway commission has issued just such a warning to work seekers, but from all reports thousands of them are travelling to the great North west in the hope of finding speedy, paying employment.
 But just think moment before starting for Alaska and compare a few figures Alaska has 570,O0O square miles; it is more than seventy times the size of New Jersey; but little Staten Island, with an area of sixty-three square miles, has about 70,000 population, while the whole number in Alaska in 1910 was less than 65,00O. If you want land alone. some of it very fertile land. there s plenty of 1t in Alaska to be had for almost nothing; but if you want to go Weher there's work to be had at good wages it's better to go to Staten Island where there are more people and presumably more jobs.
 All this, of course, has no interest for those who intend to pay Alaska pleasure visit, or for those who in tend to prospect for gold or other ores All such provide for themselves and are not looking for wage-earning occupations. They can go, and they can return when they get ready, but the man who gets to Alaska without money and finds no job will have long walk ere he gets back
New Britain herald., 1915-05-15
NEW ADVISORY BOARD.

& It seems to be understood that the common council at it's next meeting will be asked to appoint an advisory board to act with the water commits Eioners and the board of public works in connection with the improvements these two ,departme ents have on hand, one being the additions to be made tosthe water supply in Burlington and the other the inprovement,of of the sew age disposal system in Berlin. This board will of course serve without pay and cannot possi ply have any power. It can, however, help to satisfy the taxpayers that4the half million dollars to be expended on those two projects will be wisely used. .,
 The old advisory board was named by the council at the solicitation of the late Thomas s. Hall then chair man, of the water commission. The board. however, never exercised any influence over the water, department because the engineer, Percy M. Blake, did all the advising and whatever he said should be done was done and thIt. was all there was to 1t. The advisory board soon realized its limitations and in time the greater part of it lost in- terest in the work which 1t was. ex-t pected to do. MT. Blake dominated the board and 1t was reasonable that he should have done so because he was regarded as very capable man and when he was pitted against an sun- friendly meeting of citizens 1t became converted under his explanations and instructions. This was manifested in the early days of his connection with the city when he appeared at a city meeting in the old city building on the south side of Commercial street when an appropriation for complet- ing some work at Shuttle Meadow was opposed. MT. Blake made everything clear and all voted the money in tho end with the greatest of pleasure. The conditions under which the prospec- tive advisory board will be asked to act will be altogether different. It will be distinctive local affair anu the different matters can be discussed with perhaps a better regard for local interests. It Is expected that the new board will be composed of seven or eight members
New Britain herald., 1915-05-15
The Present Jury System. (Letter of Supreme Court Justice Fred

erlck. E. Crane.)
 After thirteen years of experience upon the bench, I am convinced that the jury system works we'll for all practical purposes in the administra- tion of justice. Jurors, like most men having responsibility and no selfish in- terests to serve, earnestly try to do the right thing. L.hata presided over many important criminal. triais and all kinds of civil cases and | have al- ways been impressed with the man ifest purpose of the jurors to hon. estly decide the question submitted to them if it is made plain what that question is.
 have further been impressed with the fact that the difficulty if any, lies not with the juries, but with the charges of the court delivered to them Many times these charges are so in- yolved, complicated and filled with legal terminology that 1t is impossible for an ordinary layman to tell what 1t is all about. Your experience must also convince you that this is true. Where, however, few questions have been submitted to a jury and the mat ter made plain and simple by the elimination of meaningless phrase es which many still insist upon using, it will do right in nearly every case.
 If there is any defect in our pres- ent jury system 1t is in the number of exemptions which have been created
New Britain herald., 1915-05-15
STRAW HAT SEASON.

According to fashion, which says in effect some things which are not al- ways accepted, the straw hat season begins today. This means that man can wear straw hat without being criticised as rushing the season or having no regard for the weather. The season opens May 15 and closes September Is. after which no man who wishes to continue in the good graces of fashion will wear a hat that even resembles one of straw Once in a while man will be found wear ing straw hat after the season closes and upon inquiry it will be found that he does 1t for two reasons. one being that he likes the hat and the other is that he is unable to purchase another, the latter being usually accepted as being good grounds for violating the law Sf fashion.
 This Near the straw hat is somewhat different from that of last year The crown is higher and it gives the wear CT taller appearance. The price is about the same. There are of course, more than one, style. There Is the Panama which is being honored this season on account of the exposition. No man will think of visiting the big show without wearing Panama hat. There are also other shapes which are nice and cool for summer wear. The style that used to have black string attached to 1t is not worn so much now as formerly. although the reason for 1t is not quite plain. That style permitted the hat to be attached to the buttonlole thereby obviating the necessity sometimes, especially on windy days of chasing the hat through the streets when gaily propelled by a stiff breeze There is no string to the present day hat and if removed from
 the head by the wind the wcarer must
 do some sprinting or buy another.
 The man who starts in early with a straw hat should purchase two if pos- sible because one will lose it's color under the sun and it is desirable that it should be discarded for one of a better hue. No man ever looks dressed up wearing an old hat.
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New Britain herald., 1915-05-15
Dies in Grave He Dug.
(Philadeiphia Public Ledger.

Philadelphia Public Ledger.)
 old Albert Hjll, the laughing Eravedigger'' at Odd Fellows ceme- tery, has dug his last grave. And when 1t was finished and he was sticking 1t up for receipt of the coffin that goes into it he raised his shovel overhead. muttered good-by to his helper and fell back into the grave of his own making-dead.
 His time-old prediction almost came true. for he always had said he would dig his own grave.
 Albert Hill. with his 69 years bear- ing only lightly upon his genial spirit, went about his business whistling and singing. That's why they called him the Laughing gravedigger. He lived at 2569 Napa street. was veteran of the Civil war and member of the Odd Fellows
 After luncheon he returned to the grave being opened for the funeral of Eva Greesbach, 1400 North Twenty ninth street, who died on Wednesday. William Upjohn, who helps him. was throwing the earth back from the edges of the opening and Albert was making the interior of the hole pre- sentable. Finishing, he came to the surface and stood motionless for q moment. Then he raised his shovel arm up in the air and said to Up ! john.
 < Good by, Bill. Something's wrong with me. l think I'm going to die. And he turned and fell down into the open trench.
 Upjohn went down with him, and he says Albert died in his arms.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-15

by statute whereby a vast number of men of experience and intelligence are relieved from service. All exemptions should be abolished. The very bus mess and occupations which make in- telligent judges of every day questions of fact have apparently been placed in the exemption list. Ninety-five cases out of a hundred do not last day. Service of three or four days a year IS all that is required in most instances and everybody should serve.
 Again, would impress upon you the following fact: In dealing with the ordinary affairs of life in a com munity so complex as ours and so tense in all it's relationships, the law should not be too rigid. Equity ex- banded the common law; the United States court interpretation has extend- ed the constitution and kept it from breaking, and often illogical disagree ments or verdicts or juries in conspic- uous cases give an elasticity to our law which works for ultimate justice. Such is frequently the instance in di- yorce cases and occasionally in crim- inal cases.
 Logical conclusions cannot always be applied to human life, and juries fre- quently meet the situation better than could a judge.
 The desire for a change in our sys- tenn is desire for better results and worthy in its purpose. The result. believe, can be accomplished by re- moving exemptions and giving us bet ter jurors and by Very simple, plain and concise statements to the jurors by the trial judge of the things they are to decide Imagine twelve trades men trying to decide a negligence case in which the judge has talked about the infant being sui or nonsui juris, as we so frequently hear.
 The unanimous verdict of jury works as well as the conclusions reached by a judge out of his conflict ing opinions and impressions when he alone has to decide a question of fact.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-15

MT. Wilson will follow a wise and pa. triotic course.' 4>
 Contrast that uttcrance with thsh of another ex-ptesident of the unitep States: "On the night of the day that the disaster occurred l called the attention of our people 10 the fact thst the sinking of the Lusitania repre- sented piracy. accompanied by nut, der, on a caster scale than any oid-I time pirate had ever practiced before being hung for his misdeeds. said that not only our duty to humanity. at large, but our duty to preserve out| national self-respect, demanded Int, stant action on our part and forbsdF! all delay. can do little more than| reiterate what I thus said:
 Each statement is characteristic of the man making it--one calm. r- strained, judicious: the other impa < tient. explosive. almost incendiars, Iia national crisis. such as ccnfTe' 'fA this country today ip its relations with a foreign power, the attitude of Tp must command the respect cxen~ ~gf. those who were most bitter in attack, ing his administrations while that cf' Rooseveit--weii, the consolinR thln@' about ex-President Roosevelt is ti,s| ex. And that is said in full apprc- citation of the measure of service rep-, dered to him to the nation in the, past. #H
 Mir Roosevelt might with great prod priety follow the example of Mir. 1sftl in the matter of strengthening ppbhni faith in the wisdom of the adnainie tration to guide us safely through thiz crisis.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-15
INDING BY WILSON.

De matter of great grati- o President Wilson to see
 sople generally are inclined In up in his stand to obtain q of the rights of Ameri- 4s abroad and to obtain rep er the wrongs committed &11a. There have been a few
 where there has been some
 in giving him encourage
 this is evidently due to a
 aatagonisln because of po- Iiations rather than to any
 in the national program as
 fn the presidents letter to
 All are apparently op- par and on sensible grounds, lose were this country and
 to engage in hostilities 1t Ia at least to lessen the value aiton the United States have ken that war Is barbarous, as interests of humanity and eiviiization. The general sem
 in favor of the position
 President Wilson and this
 echoed in quarters where Eness might snave beensexpect-; proves that while we may all. &mong ourselves and there be a general -proneness to do |ountry will quickly unite hn outsider. The situation, IS one that calls for thought pst serious nature and a care- speech that will not put us in any place or cause us to Ederstood.
 lot known just when an am
 De received from Germany, lot believed that there will be dcular delay. The situation oughly understood before. the } note was sent and the Ger 6rnment should be ready to |ts position. and say what 1t within 8 few days at most. a great curiosity in this Dun- what the answer will be.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-15
nary of mankind = Iiddletown Penny prnSS H58s

A $
 Horses are scarce, they report from trade centers. Hence the price is ris- ing faster than the price of wheat This country need not worry over the inroads of the motor vehicles. so long as the demand for it's horses con- tinues as at present. We can sell at the best prices ever known, all the horses we can raise. And we shall have to raise more if we have enough to sell for export and at the same time meet the domestic demand New Haven Register
 Billy Sundays athletic experience evidently never included the game of tennis. Golf is all right and a mans game, he declared the other day, but tennis is bit too "sissi- fied.' If MT. Sunday were to be placed on a fine dirst court on a good hot summer day and faced with a youthful athlete possessing a nice twisting serve" at about the speed of a cannon ball, he would, if he made any adequate attempt to play the game quickly lose the notion that tennis is "sissif1ed.' In comparison with the easy-going golf. or even the comparatively leisurely baseball. ten his of the first rank is physical tour de force'' .-Boston Post
New Britain herald., 1915-05-15

 board as that, of the board of as-, sessors questions are being asked why 1t was not done. There must be an interesting story behind the latter amendment.
 The sinking funds of the city are now increasing by leaps and bounds, the water department. being the lar gest payer. The total amount now exceeds $400, 900 which is a large sum when one considers the fact that no payments are coming due for at least three years. It is true that the in- debtedness is very large and it is pleasure to know that the means by which this debt is to be liquidated is improving. For years the sinking funds were kept at @ rather low ebb, not because the city could not increase them but because there did not seem to be any disposition to do so. Treas urer Chamberlain, however. finally made plea for larger appropriations and since then the funds have been growing. When bonds were issued for the street department some years ago in order. that macadamizing might De carried on on a large scale and it
 
 road building had been discovered, no provision was made for a sinking fund and when they became due there was no money to meet them and they had to be refunded. The amount IS $b0.000 and they will be due Au- gust l., 1925. The sinking fund for the redemption of those bonds now amounts to over s15,000. The same was true of park bonds issued several years ago and when they became due there was no sinking fund and they too We're refunded. That was done under the old town system and it may pc remarked in passing that the same carelessness was manifested in some features of the financial management Of the city. This particular bond is- sue is for S75,000 and will be due in nine years. The sinking fund for the redemption of those bonds now amounts to 51,216.13. No appro- priations have been made for a long time for this fund for the reason that 1t is felt that the interest on the money will bring up the amount at the time the bonds become due to a sum sufficient to meet the indebted ness without any further contributions from the taxpayers. This feature of the city business has been well taken care of since the organization of the board of finance and taxation and a great deal more attention has been given the details of city management than under the old system. The city has been more inclined since the es- tabAshment of this department to is-s sue bonds in serial fashion whenever it can be done rather than have the whole sum become payable at one time. This practice is in vogue in reference to subway indebtedness and for some at least of school bonds It has also the distinctive advantage of paying as you go. Some think it may not be the best thing to have a low indebtedness but it would not do any harm if the city's debt was somewhat smaller than it is because it would enable us to provide some things which are wanted and which must wait for more favorable times The cry generally heard is that of high taxes and yet the city does not seem to have sufficient money to keep things going as desired and when the estimates are being prepared a great deal of pairing has to be done.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-15
RETURNING TO FRIvoLITY

her anything is to be so firmly
 the past tense as futurism as
 Of the war is q problem that
 critics in all the belligerent
 s, says the Literary Digest.
 urists in the arts, we hear Iy from French sources. it says,
 Product of decadence of mind
 0ners which tiie war will ex-
 e There are French writers, E consider the so-called ''ultra- Sant, tendencies of latter-day
 painters and fnusicjSns sim reflex Of "Germa1< <barbarism. ? outspoken a1ti feutons think, se. that 4GS defeat of the Boche naturally be accompanied Tout of everything German in
 and in art. Not much infor-
 has reached us about what D art is to be after the war, but
 assured by such an authority fken that from it's great trial Hon will emerge stronger, more ed and cIeansed of any de- ag influences.
 fSf have heard the Germans mean claim as their own such robust bf genius as She kespeare and da (which would indicate a leaning the art modes that have with |the test of centuries. Tn con hay be cited the opinion of a hent English futurist painter, eturned wounded from the front he firm conviction that the aw- s of war could produce only fu- painters. He held. moreover, this world-upheaval would |h people to the necessity of put he old masters into the discard Ieking the new. Edmund Gosse, |nfnent English critic, according |ort, believed at the outbreak of |fies that a great change would over arts and letters, but later
 
 led this view considerably. That alter is live topic in Paris may ted from the remarks of George in the Gaulois. He has nt that France Is on the threshold fruitful and magnificent rena .e. which means Of course th' nation of the febrifity of tast' antedated the war. But MT i wdkld start the movement a and in attempting to do so read ellow citizens a stern lecture 5 50 many authors, musicians I1anters are at the front, natural ( ert Of these men Hes fallow IS tl,esters have been reopenet
New Britain herald., 1915-05-15
Taft and Roosevelt.
fNewark News. j

All men will applaud the attitude of that cx-presidcnt of the United States who, when asked to comment on the Lusitania tragcdy, replied: T do not wish to cmbarrass the president of the administration by discussion of the subject at this stage of informa- ton except to express confidence that
New Britain herald., 1915-05-15

ana also the nasiatc halls For the. 1orrner MT, ohnet has only good words; the latter. however he ex- eoriates as showing in their posters sand productions slipping-back into the contemptible policies that were tolerated in the Capuan days of the past. K
New Britain herald., 1915-05-15
CHILpREN's WHITE DRESSES. 9sc to $5.9s each.
sLKs uNpERPRICEp.

si.50 Crepe de Chimes. Special qt &f.fg yard. MI sf2b silk and Wool Poplins Special at $f.OO yard.
 sf.00 Mcssaiinc, se-inch. Special at Sgc yard.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-15
WHITE RIBBONS FOR CONFIRMATION

New Hair bow Novelties and sash Ribbons at 1ec, 25c, 3gc to 75c yard.
 Sale of Embroidery and Lace F1ouncings Now Going on.
 Hamburg F1ouncings. Sale prices, 3Dc and 5Dc. yard. Values to xi.0Q
 Shadow Lace F7ounoings Saic prices 2ec and 39c yard. Values to 75c.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-15
McMILLAN'S
MORE REAL SUIT BARGAINS
For Saturday $l2.98e

FOR WOMEN AND MISSES. tailor-inade suits worth up to S25.oo Every suit i'm the store marked down for Saturdays selling.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-15
COATS ALL MARKED DOWN.

Come and sec the beautiful coats on sale Saturday for Women, Misses and Children. Every coat the new. est Spring Stslc. we have a grand selection to choose from.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-15

woAfAN's AND MISSES COATS. Reduced to s5.ss, s7.ss. sp.es, $f2.ss, S15.00. Values up to s25.OO.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-15

WASHABLE CAPE GLOVES. Special &f.00 pair. shown in the new Biscuit shade.
 SILK HOSIERY. in the new shades.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-15

iio Soiiiiitlee on. cltleS and bOr-
 oughs put one over on the city when
 1t changed the charter amendments
 without It's authority, 50 that the
 mayor shall appoint the chairman of
 the board of assessors, and a peculiar
 Ieature or thls provision is that when
 the chalrman IS succeeded on the
 board by another that the person shall
 also De chairman, so that after the
 first appointment neither the mayor
 nor the board of assessors itself will
 nave any power to. name the chair
 man, that official having been named
 automatically by reason of his suc-
 ceeding the member who is to be ap-
 pointed by Mayor Quigley. This of-
 ficial is to devote all his time to the
 duties of the office. There was
 never before such a complete usur-
 patton of authority as that and it has
 seemed peculiar that any one should
 have agreed to it. If the power of
 naming the chairman was left with ! the mayor it might not have been the best thing to have done but it
 would have been infinitely more preferable than the way it was done Under the charter all the assessors
 are to retire from office on or before ONiy uHu lIlc AtldyOI IHS- IlSdHLlIn6 will appoint three assessors, one less
 than the present membership, for one, two and three years respectively, and in May of each year hereafter one member will be appointed for three years and whoever is appointed by the mayor as chairman this year will con-
 tinue to be chairman so long as he remains a member of the board and his successor will continue in the
 same capacity so long. as. the present charter lasts. Theretis already some speculation as to who Mayor .Quig- ley will appoint as chaifman.,s The place at present is held by August Burckhardt who has been on the board a number of years and who probably knows the duties of the of flee and the property list of the city
 better than any one else. The gen. era1 impression just now is that he will be reappointed, although the ! mayor has not made any statement
 to that effect. Such a start would in all probab bility, be agreeably re- 1 ceived. It is not believed, however, that this provision will remain any longer than will permit the city to | have it eliminated. That will not Icome for two years 90 that it cannot l do any great harm before that. The 1 legislature is too near the close to be- gin to tamper with amendments now. l There is no such provision in the amendment concerning the board of safety, but the membership has been l reduced to three and the mayor will l be obliged to make a choice between MT. filling, the present chairman, and l Mir. O'Connor, who was recently ap- pointed. There was just as much rea-
 son for providing that the mayor should name the chairman of this
New Britain herald., 1915-05-15

MEMS ONYX SILK sox. nj colors, 25c pair. M
New Britain herald., 1915-05-15

McCALLUM's SILK HOSE. at $1.00, $f.50 and $:.00 pair.