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Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-25
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

insists upon the Presentation of the milk supply.
 The returns from rnvestigation of the pasteurized milk diet are such that it should be prohibited by law instead of enforced by law No less a per sonage than Dr. Emmett Holt has informed Dr. Emerson, health commis- sioner, that riCkets scurvy, etc, are the direct result of this diet-which imperis even life, itself.
 One writer in the columns of the New York Herald asks why not con- duct a quiet independent, investiga- tion to discover what percentage is due to improper feeding. (Pasteurized, sterilized, condensed, patent foods.)
 A. w. DAVIS.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-25

Carranza is great for, saying noth- ing; and Wilson for doing nothing, There's a pair for you.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-25

enjoy a Sunday automobile ride finds period of about three hours begin ming at a. m., when the highways are mparativeIy free from joy riders AIeriden Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-25

Now that President Wilson has filled the one lone vacancy on the Supreme court by the appointment of Judge Clarke of Ohio, we confidently expect to see the Taft senatorial boom in wax and thrive apace.- IIa rtfnrd Times
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-25

There is such a thing as making too much of dog days. And the weather man seems to be in a fair way of doing it.-An6onia, Sentinel.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-25

The beaches belong to the people, but the signs to keep off the beach are ever becoming more numerous.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-25

The railroad managements claim the demand for increased wages will in crease freight charges 5 per cent.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-25

When he hears the cries for help from Panama or Germany the presi- dent declines to throw out a lifeline
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-25

The democrats are on the verge of their wool-pulIing campaign. They hope to pull wool over the eyes of the peOple
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-25

Having trouble fighting the nettIes in your garden? Eat them. The Lon don Chronicle says that nettles are a first class rival to spinach. Swit2er- land and other thrifty countries where the high cost of living isn't allowed to get so indeDendent as it does here, have long ago used nettles as food Waterbury RepubliCan.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-25
The Cloud Digger's Predictions for
 Auqust

Norwich.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-02
SERBIAN ORPHANS
ADOPTED BY
BIG HEARTED
FRANCE

France. amid her own crushing re-
sponsibilities. has opened her great
heart to the unfortunate one among
her own allies. Thousands of Belgian
refugees have found refuge in France
The organization Of the work of caring
for them is as thorough as that Of
Frances own relief work.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-02
INNOCENT VICTIMS
OF WAR FIND
NEW HOMES
OVERSEAS

Immediately on the crushing o.
Serbia plans were set or foot to care
for the thousands of children made
homeless. and in most cases fatherleS>,
BY the national disaster. Hundreds Of
them were brought to France, where
they are placed in comfortable %insti,u.
tons
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15
FANTASTIC GOLDFISH.
Some Curious Shapes Produced by the
Experts of Japan.

Experts of Japan.
Japanese fish breeders took advan-
tage of one of natures pranks to obtain
this much decorated goldfish. Years
ago a Jap found in his aquarium fish
with two tails. He was so well pleased
with the novelty that he undertook to
make it the basis of new type. Thus
the one accident by nature became the
grandfather of race of two tailed fish.
We call them Japanese fantails.
Not satisfied with the double tail, the
breeders next set about molding the
bodies of their fish into round balls.
Breeders first picked out the fish with
the shortest bodies and bred them ev-
cry year by painstaking selection. Fish
with shorter and shorter bodies were
produced until today the accepted type
of Japanese fantail has a body as
round as a ball.
Not ali fantails are alike. One with
the ends of the tail cut off fiat is called
the square TAIL Another with a slight
inward curve to the edges of the tail is
called veil tail third. with deep
cut out tail, is named the ribbon tail.
All these varieties have long tails and
fms. You will recognize them instant
ly when you see them in an aquarium
floating about like bits Of lace in the
water.-Philadelph North American.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15
Gifts IF the Grass,

The grass is missed only by its ab'
sence. When we pass by mousse
which is minus green lawn or grassy
plot in front we exclaim, what blot
on the landscaper In a vague way
we realize that the grass gives tone
and color to outdoor life as nothlng
else can; that no picture is complete
without 1t. All the beauties OF the
Seashore-the bold rocks. the crested
surf. the dashing waves. the nghts
and shadows which play at sunrise ana
sunset beside old ocean-cannot com
pensate for the lack of the grass Dc
meath our feet Friends winterlng al
southern beaches have told us that
they grew holnesick for the grassy
fields and meadows Of hOme.-MarSa
ret Woodward in Countryside Maya
zine
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15
Warehouse Burns

The fire department was called out
Yesterday shortly after noon to fire
in the warehouse at the rear of the
Corning store. The fire had made
rapid progress in the wooden build
ing in the few minutes after the
alarm was sounded ard the building
was practically ruined and will be
torn down.
Mr.. Corning has some stuff store q
IN the building and a part of this
was destroyed by the blaze.
This building has been an insight
ty affair and while We regret Mr..
Corning's loss yet the street will
look much better when the building
is removed.
The fire is supposed to have been
started by boys who had entered
the building.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15
A FINE CEMENT PLANT
T. F. Mackmiller's Institu-
ton at Iron River Has
Ideal Location.

The other, day while in Iron
River the writer visited the
cement block plant of
T. F. Mackmiller, where
cement blocks, etc. are manu-
featured. Previous to our visit
to Iron River we had heard much
about the fine location of this
institution for the manufacture
Of the product and as we had
seen many of the blocks in use
in numerous buildings in this
city we were anxious to learn
more about the plant.
For location Mr.. Mackmiller
has the world beat for it would
be hard to find a more ideal spot.
Right at the door of the in
stitution is mammoth gravel
and sand pit, where an mex
haustible supply of this material
is to be had. Large dirt scrapers
are used to haul the sand into
the building which is but one
hundred feet away. The cost of
the material, we were informed
by Mr.. Mackmiller, is but few
cents a cubic yard.
The building where the blocks
are manufactured is a large
wooden one, equipped with the
very latest machinery for the
manufacture of the blocks. A
large gasoline engine is used for
power purposes while the water
and light is furnished by Mr..
Mackmiller's own plant.
Right at the very door of the
factory is the tracks of the
Northern Pacific Railway, a spur
line being run to the plant, while
the tracks of the Duluth South
Shore are but a few feet away.
By having these fine rail con-
nections Mr.. Mackmiller is able
to have the cement hauled to his
door while the loading of the
finished blocks is but a simple
matter.
We were informed by Mr..
Mackmiller that his market for
cement blocks extends through
out northern Wisconsin and he
even ships to northern Michigan
and northern Minnesota.
Mr.. MackmilIer followed the
building line for a period of
seven years and he is not out of
his line in taking contracts for
buildings, a large number of
which were erected by him dur
ing the past two years.
By having his fine location for
his plant Mr.. Mackmiller is
enabled to furnish blocks to the
trade at a reasonable cost, even
though he ships them consider
able distance.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15

side OF the road on which the land is
highest). The trench should be
back-filled with stone or gravel, and
if this work is well done SO the tile
runs freely, you will be surprised to
see the amount of water it will dis
charge, and the improvement in the
road during all wet seasons. In ex-
ceptional cases, the tile should be
placed on both sides of the road, but
usually line of tile on the high side
Will intercept the underground flow
and lower the water level enough to
save the road. Piling stone in sink
holes until the bottom isreached will
usually improve conditions, but the
expense of this method of fixing a
sink hole is usually very much greater
than thing it, and the results are not
as good, because it does not remove
the cause which produces the bad
spot, while tile does.
Four inch unglazed field tile is
worth from three TO five cents per
foot; six inch from A to 7 cents per
foot, four inch glazed sewer pipe with
bell is worth from 6 to 10 cents per
foot; six inch from O to l 4 cents per
foot. Prices vary with quantity de-
sired, kind of delivery and local
profit. Your local dealer can give
you prices.
AS for surface drainage, the only
safe rule is to grade the road so the
water will run promptly from the
surface of the road into the bitches,
and to so grade the bitches that the
water will not stand at any point but
flow rapidly along the bitches and to
some natural outlet. Standing water
Except in some cases on marshes) is
evidence of lack of care in making
and maintaining the bitches, and
sink hole or springy place is an abso-
lutte indication that both side bitches.
and tile underdrain are very badly
needed.
Wisconsin Highway Commission.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15
Pigeons In Constantinople.

In no big city In the world are there
so many tame pigeons as in CONSTANT
nople In many squares In London
there are small focks Of pigeons, but
In the Turkish capital they are to be
seen by the thousand. These pigeons
are sacred, and, indeed, many
wealthy Turk leaves money to be de-
voted to buying food for them. The
story Of why they are sacred is rather
interesting. When Mohammed, the
Turkish prophet, was flying from his
enemies he hid in a cavern. At the
mouth of the cavern two pigeons built
their nest. so tradition runs. while
across the entrance a spider spun its
web. The soldiers who came along
some days later felt certain that no one
had entered the cave. seeing the birds
nesting and the spiders web, and so
never troubled to enter it and search.
Ever since then the Turks have held
pigeons and spiders to be sacred.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15
Coffee With Milk.

For many years after coffee was first
drunk in Europe. says the Manchester
Guardian, no one thought of mixing 1t
with milk any more than the Turks
and Arabs do now. The use of coffee
au lait seems to date from 1857. Nine.
de Sevigne. writing to her daughter in
that year. said that doctor much in
vogue "has taught us to mix sugar and
milk with our coffee. They make a
most delightful compound, which will
help to support me through the rigors
of Lent"
In letter written seven years ear
Iier she had mentioned as an eccentric
proceeding on the part of Nine. de la
Sabliere that "she drinks milk to her
tea" Readers Of ''Unbeaten Tracks
In Japan" may remember that one OF
the Anus thought it disgusting that
Mrs. Bishop should drink milk |
pollute her tea with fluid having
strong a smell and taste.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15
Making the Little
Farm Pay
By C. c. BOWSFIELD

Celery is a crop that lends itself to
modern methods of intensive farming.
1t is naturally late summer product
and helps to extend the growing sea-
son right up to winter without great
risk Of loss from frost.
There are many early crops that can
be grown up to midsummer and made
to yield a fine profit without extending
over the whole season. Celery can be
used as a secondary or. follow up crop
and thus increase the earning capacity
of land to high figure. AS an illus
tration it may be stated that lettuce,
peas, radishes, beets and number of
other products for which there is a
keen demand in the spring run their
course and are out of the way in am
pie time to allow for the setting out
and cultivation of celery.
This thing of making land do double
duty with crops that return large
profits is not theory Or visionary
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15
COOKING IN A HOLE.
A Forest Rangers Method of Prepar-
ina Baked Chicken.

~ EOTeSI hdn9ST , MSITO0 OF ETSPaT
ing Baked Chicken.
One summer day, while laboriously
picking a sage hen, a friendly forest
ranger approached. smiling, and offered
to show me an easier way.
He lifted bird as yet untouched by
my hands and deity cleaned but did
not pick 1t. Then he sifted some dirt
from the ground into a big mixing pan
half filed with water. With these in
gradients he mixed paste of soft mud.
placed inside the hen, with a good
sprinkling of pepper and salt, at last
stuff1ng feathers into the opening to
keep the meat clean. This done, he
covered the chicken with the mud
paste.
Now he dug a hole deep enough to
put the bird in. In the hole he built a
fire and waited until there was thick
coating of Goals on the sides and bot
tom. Next he carefully placed the mud
coated chicken on top. All this he
covered with shovels of dirt until the
hole was alright. Now he turned to
me and said, ''It will be cooked in one
hour from now"
With that he went his way.
At the end Of the hour he came again
and, throwing back the soil. drew forth
the chicken, quickly skinned 1t and
laid before us a delicately Drowned
chicken with a wholesome odor about
it.-Outing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15
Nanino the Baby.

Give your baby name that Will sun
him or her throughout life. Let IL De
a euphonious, we'll balanced name. III
dicative of intelligence, character anu
success and one so easily written or
spoken that no nicknames will ever De
found necessary If there Is aVaiia ule
a family name with these good guam
ties, all the better. Do not indulge III
levity, do not give way to sentiment
do not surrender TO affectation or TO
nance in this matter of selecting
suitable name, and avoid mover com
binations and plays upon words Win
out loading the child down with cheap
commonplace.-Dall News.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15
The Washburn Times
SUPPLEMENT
Thursday, June IS, 1910
Directions for Tile Draining Roads

Directions for Tile Draining Roads
Most of the springy places or sink
holes in roads are due to two causes:-
Lack of drainage in the side bitches,
and second, and probably the greater
cause, lack of drainage beneath the
surface. In other words, the under
ground water flows SO close to the
surface of the road that there is not
sufficient hard crust to hold up the
travel, and the whole road surface
cuts through and becomes bottom
less. Deepening the bitches VIII
help, inasmuch as they will help get
the surface water off the road into
the bitches, and will carry it away IT
the bitches are properly dug. But
no matter how deep the side bitches
are made (within limits of safety to
traveD they will not catch any great
part of the underground water, as 1t
follows lust so far below the surface
wherever the surface is.
In the case of springy places on
flats or near marshes, the road should
be raised as much as money permits,
the side bitches deepened and made
with an even grade SO that they dis
charge to some outlet. Down the
center of the road, as deep as you
can get it and still get an outlet,
should be laid line of 4 or 3 inch
land tile. Inverted sod or burlap
should be placed over the tile joints.
The trench for this should be dug
with ordinary thing tools to an even
grade. 1t is much better if the
trench is back-flled with clean
crushed stone or clean stoney gravel.
These thing being done, you will be
astounded at fine improvement in
conditions next spring and in all wet
times. The tile should be given a
fall of about three inches in 100 feet
if it is possible to get it, the more
the better, thong it will flow with a
fall of as little as l inch in 100 feet,
if we'll laid. If the trench described
above is filled with rock or coarse
gravel, results are secured, but tile
is much better.
The short spring holes, on hills
usually, should be treated by open
ing good bitches at each side so the
surface water flows off readily, and
then in the shoulder about ten feet
from the center of the road. This
tile should be placed on the edge of
the road toward the side from which
the underground water comes (the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15
A Problem In TheoIoqy.

Frank Fox in his book, .'Austra-
ha," describes the religion of the
aborigines as ga species of devil wor-
ship" ''The good spirits-of the
existence of whom they had some
vague notions = did not, in their
opinion, call for much attention,
since, being good, they would do no.
body any harm. But the evil spir-
its, of whom there were many terri
flying varieties, had to be conciliat-
ed"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15
HOUSES-SURE. Want to bl

HOUSES-SURE. Want to buy
home? I have for sale two dandy
eight room residences located in the
best residence section in the city,
one modern with the exception OF
heat, other partly so. Part cash
will handle either place. Bette
look these up. W. A. Robinson,
Times building.
Itching. torturing skin eruptions
disigure. annoy, drive one wild.
Doan's Ointment is praised for its
good work. SOC at all drug stores.
Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15

Itching, bleeding, protruding or
blind piles, have yielded to Doan's
Ointment. SOC at all stores. Adv.
For any pain, burn, scald or
bruise apply DR.. Thomas Eclectic
Oil-the household remedy. Two
ICES 25c and SOC at all drug stores.
Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15
DIRECTORY
City Officers.
City Officers.

Mayor A. w. Macleod
Clerk L. N. Clausen
Treasurer Jerusha Johnson
Assessor J. N. Kinney
Chief of Police A. M. Kerr
Health Oficer p H. Frey
Aldermen-Henry Johnson, j. A. Sheridan,
Il. r. Thomas, e. A. White, A. Holgren,
Andrew Faulk, Chas. z. Lysager. Axel ].
Axelberg. Ole Thoreson, Carl Kinney. ole
LIEN. John Enouf.
Standing Committees
Judiciary, Rules and Ordinances-Chas. 2
Lysager. Andrew Faux. Ole Thoreson.
Finance and Claims-J. A. Sheridan, Ed
White. Henry Johnson.
Education. Public Buildings, Public Prop
erty and Public Grounds-Stationery and
Printing-John Enouf, ole Lieum, Carl
Kinney.
Sidewalks. Grading and Paving Streets,
Repairs of Streets and Bridges-Henry
Johnson. j. A. Sheridan. Albert Holgren.
Charities and Cemetary Grounds-And.
Faux, r. X. Thomas. Ole LIEN.
Andrew Faulk. Ole Thoreson. Nick Kursch
ner.
Sanitary Affairs and Sewerage-Albert
Holgren. Chas. p. Lysager, John Enouf.
Fire and Water Works-Ligh Streets
and Public Buildings-Ed. White. Axel ].
Axelbery, Carl Kinney.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15
CACODYL IS NO PERFUME.
On the Contrary, IL Has the ViIest Of
All Vile Druq Odors,

On the Contrary, II Has the viIest Of
All Vile Drug Odors.
The vilest smelling drug known to
the chemists is called cacodyL 1t Is a
combination of one atom of arsenic
with two atoms Of methyl. 1t was first
made in 1850 by Cadet de Gassicourt.
but Bunsen gave it its name, which has
three roots-cac, meaning vile; cd,
emitting odor, and vi, substance, the
substance emitting vile OdOr.
DR.. Douglass w. Montgomery Of San
Francisco has this to say about it in
the Journal Of the American Medical
Association:
"Our forefathers imagined sulphur
compounds to be the worst smelling
things and so, In creating a hades
plentifully supplied it with them. In
comparison, however, with the produc-
lions of modern chemists the sulphur
compounds Of our forefathers are az
altar Of roses, and from this one may
imagine what substance must smell
like when chemist such as Bunsen
would feel impelled to baptize 1t with
the name cacodyl.
Cacodyl combined with iron or So
dium-iron, or sodium. cacodylate-is
sometimes given in cases of profound
anaemia, but it makes the breath and
skin emit strong odor resembling that
Of garlic.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15

Land for Sale-Ten acre tract
just outside of city limits. Address
Box 595 or inquire at the Times
Office.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-02

In Washington they nre talking Of
the grade of Brlgadicr-Gcneral for
Colonel GEORGE A. DoDD. who sur
prised and scattered the villista camp
ut Guerrero after seventeen hours of
hard riding. with no time taken out
for rations and mighty little for pulls
at the cunteen. We fancy Colonel
Dom does not think 80 much Of his
days work as his admirers do, and
that he IL the kind of mar who would
want to complete the job before ac-
cepting the thanks Of headquarters
or Il new commission from the hands
Of the President.
There is special concern that Colo
mel Dom should he suitably rewarded
for his work in Mexico because he
will he automatically retired from
the active list on July 20 Mt the age
of sixty-four. FREDERICK FUNSTON,
II volunteer officer. was made Il Brig
adler at thirty-six for capturing
AGrINALDo. and he then had twenty
eight years to serve in the United
States army. General Funston. L..
:. ". did n daring and romantic
piece of work in Luzon. 1t has II
strong hold upon the Imagination.
Still, We venture To say that If
Colonel Dom lays PANcHo VILLA by
the heels he will have done n more
difficult thing. and there should he
no question about his promotion on
the V of retirement II IL ran be
managed. Ii is In the power of Con-
gress TO give him the rank with the
extra pay. Furthermore, whether
Colonel Dom bags VILLA or not, Con-
gress must not neglect this fine raw
alryman. 1t seems like a reproach
TO the country that such an efficient
and meritorious officer should be only
II Colonel in the shadow Of the re-
firing age.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-02
The Psalm Of Montreal.

The poem called by some of our
recent correspondents "Oh. Cop. oh.
Montreal through substitution Of
It's refrain for its title, properly "a
Psalm Of Montreal" is correct ~
printed in THE SrN of March 20.
with the important exceptions Of the
cmnsculntion Of the refrain by some
too scrupulous ar eXaGgcraielly rev.
censor. AMI the omission Of the
lines that constitute the second stanzn
in excellent SAMUEL BUFFERS origi
nal version:
"Reaut!ful 10y night ana 10y day, hcauii-
ful in summer. in winter:
Whole or manned. always alike beau
tiful.
He preachcth GOSPELS ~ Craze 10 the
skins OF owls.
And to one who s%.asonc,h the skins OF
Canadian owls:
oh. Con. oh. Montreal
The Wise. witty and we'll informed
authors Of letters To TIE SIN have
traced the history uf Discoholu> from
Buffers rcmonstrancc To the brother
in-lnw Of Mr.. SprR GLoN's habrr-
dashcr. first published. three years
after its composition. in the C%anHdinH
Spectator Of May Is. ISIS; reprinted,
1884, in "Sclcctions from Previous
Works Of RITTER. and now most
easily accessible in the 1912 edition
of HrTIEE'S "Notchooks"- through
these successive Appearances To the
paragraph in R,rERT ERooKr's LET
tiers from America in which the
young English poet recorded with
satisfaction that The Di>cobolu> had
been brought down from the lumber
room. busted and renovated. and r..
stored to II position, his by right. in
which he could look the whole world
In tn" face.
But what imp of pcrvcrsity revived
The name of WILLIAM HENRY HrRI-
REGT. for these twenty years inhabi-
tant of the valley of dry bones of
journalism. To- take II place In this
years discussion of the niscoboluS,
! the artistic delinquency and late re-
form. under the lash of Butlrrian sat
Ire, of tn" city on the st. Lawrence?