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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-03-31
eating the Queen to the Wire

An administration
thoroughly wet al
lowed the saloon
men to operate as
boldly as t b g y
cared to do. When
Mrs. Nation made
her first visit to
Wichita there were
80 open saloons in
the town. Complete
bar fixtures with
he traditional plate
glass mirrors and
the imposing array
of bar fixtures were
Haunted boldly in
the faces of the cit
liens who liked to
drink and those
who did not. The
most imposing CT
tadel of them all
was the bar elegant
in the old Carey
hotel. Located on
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-03-31

der towns on the
south there was a
riot of lawlessness
and braZen disre
gard. 'Wet admin
istrations" w re
elected and the law
set aside by the
Mayors as success
fully as the state
supreme court could
nullify it. Occasion
ally, some preacher
purred in a half
hearted way that
the law was not be-
ing enforced. The
preachers protested
ineffectively a n d
once in a while a
bunch of women
would meet and
pass a meaningless
resolution, general
in it's scope and
worthless in it's
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-03-31

west. was covered by Dave Leahy, veter-
an Wichita newspaper reporter At the
time the story was flashed on page one
it was in the form of a sensational cpl
sode and called for the largest display
ype in the various Offices that "ate 1t up,
but time has been an accurate judge of
the effects of the episode and to nation,
or to be more definite, world wide joke,
can be described more serious results
than can be credited to any other event
of the kind.
When Carrie Nation smashed her
FIRST saloon in Wichita the incident was
hailed by the f1ashy headline writer's,
reveled in by the cartoonists and worn
thread-bare by the photographers. OF all
the incidents that the American press
have developed there was probably more
humor drawn from the Carrie Nation in
c1dent than any other feature story, but
with all of the ridicule and burlesque her
sincere purpose stands out in the back
ground as the initiative of a great
movement and the results of her crusade
are an everlasting monument to her
achievement Carrie Nation was the
original advertiser of the fight against
liquor. Her methods were at the time
considered TOO m1llIanI anu even
thought of in the light of anarchy but
the force Of her argument grew from
time to time until today she is recog-
uized as a pioneer in the active ap-
peal for prohibition and the vast dry
areas of the United States which have
grown by tremendous leaps since she
launched her smashing campaign are ell
oquent tributes to a crazy woman
Great inventors are invariably thought
to be crazy until their inventions strike.
great discovers are dreamers until they
find the objects of their dreams and
leaders of great moral movements are
agitators until the results they seek are
accomplished with the accompanying
benefits to humanity.
Carrie Nation was pioneer in using
force as an argument Even the cele-
brated Mrs. Pankhurst is but a pony edl-
ton of Carrie Nation of Kansas. Mrs
Pankhurst grows in respect every year
and when the object of her militant ca
reer is attained she will be canonized by
those for whom she strives and honored
by those who are in the path of her
fury. American people are not given to
canonizing and are intensely Democratic
even in their hero worship, but someday
kansas will head the entire prohibition
sentiment of the United States in erect
ing a monument to a woman who was
advertised all over the world as freak
and who added very substantially to the
reputation of the Sunflower state as a
fertile spot for the production OF them
At the time of Mrs Nations initiative
in her crusade against liquor, Kansas
had statutory prohibition but practical
license The laws proclaimed her dry
but the yawning open doors OF g1ldeo
saloons gave the lie to the law and all
through the state especially in the Dor
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-03-31
Page Three

Tho display was crowned with a
magnificent punch bowl which only the
most aft1uent of liquor merchants could
AFFORD to display. Mrs. Nation entered
the interior of the saloon and looked in
to the shining mirror. Without a word
OF warning she took one of the rocks
out OF her apron and hurled it with all
her strength at the image of herself
which the huge glass reflected, as if to
mock those who dared to defy the sys-
tenn. Several customers started to rim
and the bartender barely lodged a sec
ond rock which demolished the punch
bowl.
By the time the third rock was sent
recklessly into the orderly array of wine
glasses the bartender had escaped by the
back door, the customers had disap-
peared and Mrs. Nation was in full charge
OF all she surveyed. After completely
wrecking everything breakable and ex-
hausting her supply of rocks she started
out the front door when she observed
Tor the first time what was then the
pride OF Wichita in the way of art.
John Noble, now an ilIustrious painter
residing in Paris and honored with a
membership in the French Academy.
was making his start in oils. His mas
terpfece at that time was a rather hold
execution of his view of how Miss Cleo
patra, of Alexandria, looked while remoy-
Ing the dust of travel in a primative
plunge. Dave Leahy declares that No
BILE owed big bar bill at the Carey and
that he painted this celebrated picture
in payment thereof. At any rate, 1t was
the pride and wonder of Wichita. 1t
was almost as large as the bar mirror
and in detail gave the gazers a rather
comprehensive view Of the famous ST.
ren's many charms. In fact, Mark An
thony was regarded as the most misun-
derstood man in all history after the
average Wichita citizen equipped with
about four drinks gave the picture a crit
ical once over. Mrs. Nations interest
had been confined to the bar fixtures to
such an extent that the painting had
almost escaped her notice but when she
did see it she quickly demonstrated that
she had no eye for the artistic.
1t was possibly due to the fact that
Mrs. Nation had never heard of the fam
Gus Queen of the Nile, but at any rate
she gave rather militant expression to
the view that even a queen should wear
more robes. She stepped behind the
bar and gathered up one of her rocks
that had already performed great service
in wrecking glass ware and SHE'D it at
the immense painting When she had
finished with the painting it would have
been difficult to tell whether it had rep
resented Cleo" at the bath or whether it
had been a simple harmless rustic
scene showing the lowing kline coming
to water
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-03-31

o y 70" "0uId De lett With only
celipioid Collar and 4 pair of sacLsL
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sheep and Ian
DAY. receipts 9OO(|
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-04-20
SUMPTER

Miss Vera Brereton resumed her
school duties last Monday in Dist No
2 after a weeks vacation. which was
spent at her home in Lodi
j L Hill and family entertained cou-
sin of his fathers last week Henry
Hill from a western state
Mr. and Mrs Emil Besitzky and chill
dren spent week in Spring Green
recently While there they attended the
wedding of her sister, Miss Emily Bue-
low, and Russell Slanson, which oc-
Cured on March 80
F Zentow was busy few days last
week drawing ensl age which he pur-
chased at the Ernest Haskins auction
The Hustlers club will meet Thurs
day with Mrs Alex Steuber
Where are the poor little spring birds
through this cold weather?
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-04-20
Mis-. usrv Sarsro ia visiting fr;ards

Miss Mary Sansum is visiting friends
in Lodi
A number of young people from Ly-
ons attended birthday party at the
home of Margaret and Charles Hormig
Saturday evening and those who attend
ed report very enjoyable time
Joseph Roberts of Adams called to
see Lucien Nutting Monday
Mrs Thomas Joyner of Milwaukee is
a guest of her cousin, Mrs. Wilbur
Berkeley
John Rerkley and family of Webster
Prairie are moving into the H P Cross
man home
Roy Sansum entertained Eddie Hor-
mig at his home last week
Miss Idel, a trained nurse of Baraboo,
is caring for Charlie Cone, who is very
i'll
Mrs George Howard, who has been
very i'll, is improving
Mrs, w. w. Culver and children of
Stevens Point are expected here for a
visit with her brothers, Adolph and
Carl Duve
Mrs Jake Kramer of Baraboo was a.
guest as the Wilbur Berkeley home
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-04-20
Club VieWS:
OTTER Vie @S

Bee Hive Farm, LaValle, Wis,
April 13;-ln recent issue of the Bar
aboo News it was stated that at meet
ing Of the Twentieth Century club a
resolution offered by Congressman
Linthicum of Maryland was read, and
after discussion, the ladies q take it
this club is composed of LADIES' decided
something should be done to remedy the
conditions that exist in the creameries
throughout the country.
This resolution said the Bureau of
Animal industry had made report to
the Department of Agriculture il which
it said ninety-four per cent of the
creameries were in an unsanitary condi
ton ito a greater or less degree. -
That large share of the butter manu-
featuring was made from cream that
was unsanitary, unclean, and rotten
ito greater or less degree.
If the Bureau of Animal Industry
desired to be fair to the dairy and
Creamery industries of the country
they should have accompanied their re.
port with their basic or ideal standard
of sanitation also with definition of
their conception of the term ITO a
greater or less degree"
If they desired to be fair they should
have been specific. They should have
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-04-20
FAMILY GATHERING

Mrs. ], Koberstein and two daugh-.
ers of Lodde's Mill have been guests of
the formers mother, Mrs. j. Griffin,
the past week. Miss Nellie Griffin, who
teaches at Sandusky, has also been at.
her parental home on account of her
vacation of two weeks. The mother
and daughters spent tile day in Reeds
burg with another daughter, Mrs. J.
Burns. Miss Griffin returns to her
school duties tomorro".
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-04-20
ITCHING ECZEMA IS 4
CONSTANT BLOOD C C.'YI
The Blood Reaches Every Part
of the Body Every Twelve
Seconds.

There are approximately 10000. 900
pores in the skin Of human body.
These connect with the blood channels
by means of little canals. These ca
nails are sometimes filled with poisons
and the skin scales and blisters, gets
red and raw and becomes like so much
tissue fire.
trouble. To make the blood pure is the
only scientific method of relief:
S. IS. S. is the greatest blood purifier
because it is a natural one. There is
no mineral of any sort in it. 1t is pure
ly vegetable
So great is the fame of S. S. S. that
many substitutes trail along in various
sections of the country. They all, soon
Ell or later, die natural death. S. 5. S.
builds up weak and acidy blood. gives
prompt relief to almost every case, Of
eczema, winter letter and other skin
maladies. You owe yourself the IL duty
substitute. Write for our free, book
on skin diseases GGnfidential letters
Swift Specific Co.. Department SO. At
lanta. Ga.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-04-20

given the names and location
of the places and indicate which
is the greater offender and
which is the lesser in degree. If they
had wanted to they could with equal
propriety have said that every food
product handled by man is unsanitary
''to a greater or less extent" What?
1'spect every woman's club in the
country received one of those resolu
tions asking they get after the Congress
man about the creameries. The La
Vale Literary club received one also,
SO my wife says, but the members of
this club were next to the "nigger in
theJwood pile" and treated this reso-
luton with considerable derision. Not
that mean to insinuate the ladies of
the l.. l.. Care smarter than the men,
bers of the Goth Century club.
Not on your life. No, but the La
Vale Creamery (cooperative) is open
to the public who wish to buy direct
from the farmers. They see the whole
business every time they come for their
little earthen jar of butter. They see
the cream as it is taken in from the
farmers. The large nickel plated rip
eners in which the cream is piped and
| is cooled or warmed as the case may
be to get just the right degree of acid
ity; they see it churned and worked and
sailed and packed and they buy little
pail of the new buttermilk. They see
big clean looking chap dressed in
white, looking just like you'd want q
man to look who makes and packs
something you use 80 much and like
| well; and who, no doubt, is in a more
sanitary condition than the man who
wrote that report.
Let's get down to brass tacks.
There is legislation pending that il
going to make it harder for the cleo
margarine crowd to put their stuff
across as butter or as a substitute, hence
this furry, like an old partridge Hopping
through the brush making believe hel
wing is broke-to lure you fway from
her chickens, They have their backs
up against the wall-and some of them
have their backs against the inside
wall of the penitentiaries, yes, one
manufacturer sage his cleo is made
from ESSENTIALLY the same ingredients as
butter, though by mechanics
process. The general run of margarine
is built up about like this: oil, 81 pei
cent; lard, IL per cent; cotton seed oil
80 per cent; moisture, IA per cent; salt
5 per cent.
What is ''oleo oil?" Well It's the
pickings from the carcass of bovine
animal, fat around the kidneys, the
heart, and strippings from the intes-
tines.
Help yourself to the horse radish.
Will Head.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-04-20
why YOU ARE NERVOUS

- The nervous system IS the alarm system
of the human body.
In perfect health we hardly realize that
we have network of nerves, but when
health is ebbing, when strength is declin-
ing, the same nervous system gives the
alarm IN headaches, tiredness, dreamfu1
sleep, irritability ard unless corrected,
leads straight to breakdown.
To correct nervousness, Scott's Emu1-
sion is exactly what you should take; its
rich nutriment gets into the blood and
rich blood feeds the tiny nerve-cells while
the whole system responds to its refresh.
ing tonic force. It is free from alcohol.
q Scott & Bewne. Bloomfield. N. ], O
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-04-20
HAVE Pure BLOOD
Hoods SarsapariIIa Makes Rich, Red
Blood.

Your heart works night and day
without a pause. 1t is the principal
organ of the circulation of your
blood. 1t is OF the utmost import
ance that it should do its work we'll.
The quality and quantity of your
blood have much to do with its ac-
ton. If this fluid is pure and
abundant, your heart and other vital
organs act with more energy than
when it is defective in quality or
deficient in quantity.
Hoods Sarsaparilla makes the
blood pure and abundant. 1t is the
one old reliable medicine, that has
been sold for forty years, for puri-
flying the blood. There is no better
blood remedy, appetizer, stomach
tonic or nerve builder. From the
very first dose of Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla improvement begins.
Be sure your druggist gives you
Hoods, for nothing else can pos
sibly benefit you as much and no
thing else can take its place. Get
it today.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-04-20
NEWS NOTES
FROM LYONS

Frank Berkeley and family n otort d to
Chenille Sunday and Gale at the C. L.
Pearson home
Mrs VIM Vandenburg is i'll with bron-
c3itis
Miss Elizabeth Jones of Baraboo was
guest of Mrs G Hengstler
Guy l Farwell is on the sick list
Mrs Harry Rooms of Baraboo was q
caller in Lyons Sunday
F E Settergren and wife of Baraboo
were callers at the L Nutting home
F E Berkeley motored to Plairia du
Sac Sunday
Mrs Chris Bureau is recovering from
an attack of the quinsy
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-04-20
DENZER

Born to Mr. and Mrs Charles Wallsct
a son Sunday, April 9.
Mrs C Steuber has returned to her
home after spending week at the A
Hass home
Mrs G lick of West Point visited al
the Albert Hass home
Mable Yoreks was a Loganville cal
Ter last week
August Lehman and daughter, Eve
lima, were guests at the August Mallor
home near Leland Sunday
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-04-20
HIS AGE IS AGAINST Hin

Il am So years old and l have been
troubled with kidneys and bladder for a
good many years, writes Arthur
Jones, Allen, Kans. "My age is
against me to ever get cured, but Foley
Kidney Pills do me more good than
anything / ever tried" Rheumatism,
aching back, shooting pains, stiff joints.
irregular actions, all have been re-
lieved. C. w Whitman. ADV.
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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-04-20
EAST :DEL7ON AND
WEST FAIRFIELD

Mr. and Mrs Chas Powell spent Sum
day with Mr. and Mrs George Haywood
Mr. and Mrs Manford Bump and sons
Earl and Myles, ate Sunday dinner
with Mr. and Mrs Arthur Bump and
family Mr. and Mrs Laurence Wilcox
and children, Mr. and Mrs Ellis Keep
ers also visited at the Bump home on
Sunday.
Mrs Seaborn and daughter, Miss Her
rick are spending few days with Mr.
and Mrs Chas. Beardsley
Miss Susie Mortimer of Wonewoc has
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-04-20
Obe7Pag Of Soldiers in tb'
limited States ArTny

Ia
Congressman Gardner tried unsuccess-
fully to have the House increase the
''basic pay" of the private in the
Uniteda States army from SIS to $50
month, involving an increase in total
annual expenditure under the House
bill of, ten million dollars says the
Springfield (Mass.) Republican. He is
skeptical of results, with the present
rate of pay maintained. Recruiting is
slow and forty thousand recruits a year
seem the maximum in times of indus
dustrial prosperity III a population or
100 million. Mr.. Gardner is consistent
in proposing to increase the soldier
pay in order to encourage recruiting,
for he desires that the regular army
shall have at least two hundred thous-
and enlisted men on peace basis.
The pay of soldiers in the ranks in
foreign countries before the present Eu
ropean war was disclosed definitely in
the recent House debate:
United States, sixty cents
day.
Great Britain, thirty cents.
Italy, twenty three and one
third cents.
Germany, twelve and two
thirds cents.
France, ak and thirds
cents.
Austria-Hungary, two and
two thirds cents.
Japan, two and two thirds
cents
Russia, one and one, third
cents.
The American and Britith armies,
were the only ones on volun teer basis
and American pay was still twice the
British pay. Where compulsory train
ing and service exit, as in all the other
countries mentioned, the pay was hard
ly more than nominal.
The Kahn amendment providing for
an army of 220, 900 enlisted men was
defeated in the House by a small mar
gin, yet the House overwhelmingly de-
feated the Gardner amendment raising
the soldiers pay to $40 month. An
army OF. %, 900 men in time of peace
could not be maintained in the United
States because that number of men
could not be found who would voluntar.
lily enlist Nor is it at all likely that
22O, 600 men could be found to enlist in
ime of peace if the pay for privates
was made 500 month instead of SIS.
The ST a week extra would have a very
slight effect.
To make the army attractive to the
right sort of men simply on the basis OF
wages, Mr.. GarCner must favor a much
higher wage than $40 month. But
when he gets up toward $25 or $50, let
him beware of the man at home who
pays the taxes to support the army OF
the United States.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-04-20
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1916
Org Ont Your Basement

If your cellar or basement is damp,
the health authorities urge that it be
dried out. This step will conserve
health.
Reumania will perhaps continue
shivering on the brink, until peace
warns the water.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-04-20

been visiting + lends in thiq vicinity
Mr. and Mrs Claude Newell and fam
lily spent Sunday with Mrs Steele at
Kilbourn
Evon Hythens spent Sunday at the
R W Mcfarland cottage aG Newport
with his brother, Alfonso
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-04-20

Mrs. N. Swanson of Merrimack Wis
tied her sister-in-law, Mrs. John
Astle, at one of the hospitals here yes
terday.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-04-20

"Would you like little exercise, a
little walk, for instancs?" Sheriff Will
Jams asked John Murphy, condemned to
be hanged April IA, as he entered the
death cell of the Danville, ILL.,, Jail one
morning last week.
IF it's all the same to you sheriff,
I'd like to skip the rope" Murphy re.
piled.
Murphy is to be hanged for the muir
der of George and Louis Lang. He ap-
rarently refuses to worry.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-04-20
T0Wt0a p0iid
Operations
These Three Women Tell How They
Escaped the Dreadful Ordeal Of
Surgical Operations.

Hospitals great and necessary institutions but they
should be the last resort for who suffer with ills
peculiar to their Many letters file in the Pinkham
Laboratory at Lynn Mass prove that great number Of
after they have been recommended submit to an
operation have been made we'll by Lydia E. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound. Here three such letters. All
sick women should read them.