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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
TEACHERS TO TAKE PART
viii Attend Sessions of Southern Wis.
consin Farm and Home Week
at Madison Feb. ZIP.


.Madison.--Teachers of agriculture
in the high schools. of the state and
even some of the country school teach
ers are planning to attend several SEES
sions of the Wisconsin. Farm and
Home" week in Madison from Feb. Z
to IL. ..: .'.:.:: H.
Besides the midwinter meetings. at
the college of agriculture which this
year include special exercises cele-
brating the twenty-fftb anniversary of
the invention. of the Babcock. test, the
establishment of the dairy school and
the. creation .:ot the Wisconsin dairy
and food commission, the annual SEES
sions of the Southern Wisconsin
Teachers association are to be held
In the capital city the same week. q:
The Southern. Wisconsin Teachers
association will hold a special session
for agricultural teachers on. Feb. II, at
2 p. m. -.
A conference of those interested in
country life and community interests
will also be held during the week. c.
j. Galpin, secretary of the Wisconsin
country life conference, will lead the.
discussions on rural social centers. and
rural schools, and DR. w D.. Frost on
better health for country people. r.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
WIS. FAIR OFFICERS
Will COOPERATE
DISTRICT SECRETARIES TAKE UP
SUGGESTION OF c. p.
NORGoRD.
FOR MODEL PREMIUM LIST
Planned to Have Boys and Girls Con.
tests at State Exhibit First .
Run of at County
Shows.

Madison.-There is TO be co-opera-
ton in Wisconsin among secretaries
Of county and district fairs, and be-
tween these secretaries and officials
of the state fair: .::"- -.
At the annual meeting of the county
and district secretaries at Oshkosh on
Jan. 20, this departure was suggested
III an address by C. P. Norgord, com
missioner of agriculture of Wisconsin,
and his suggestion was enthusiastical-
ly. received by the county and district
fair secretaries.
Commissioner Norgord presented
plans whereby the large boys and
girls contests, which are to be held at
the state fair, should be first run off
at the county fairs. -.
1t was also suggested by the county
fair secretaries that the state provide
a model premium list which could be
used as the basis for building up an
up-to-date and effective premium list,
particularly, in. the newer counties.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
Now: He says "Neln."

Col. George c. Wright tells the fol-
lowing. on saloonkeeper. named Me
Dermott; -.
McDermott was. very. generous
man, and they say he would. set em
up about as often as anybody else.
One day crowd had collected. and
one man, a German, ordered drinks. "
McDermott followed suit and the
customer reciprocated. Then he start
ed out, and as he did so he .queried.
"Das list allies recht?"...
Now, McDermott's. education in Ger
man had been neglected in County
Mayo. About all he knew in that
language was YAH" so he. said it
enthusiastically.
When he was gone McDermott be-
moaned the fact that his customer had
not paid. and was informed that he
had told the man that it was "all
right 49, .'-..:.. .".>
: Mac made few more inquiries and
learned the opposite Of Yah. Here
after it is 'nein for me-" said he.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
COFFEE WAS 1T.
People Slowly Learn the Facts.


An my life have been a slave to.
coffee I.kept gradually losing my
health; but l used to say: nonsense, it
don't hurt me-
Slowly was forced to admit the
truth and the final result was that my
nervous force was shattered.
. MY heart became weak and uncer.
tain in its action and that frightened
me: Then my physician told me that
| must stop drinking coffee or could
never expect to be we'll again.
7 thought Of Postum but could
hardly bring myself to give up the
coffee .~.' -. ....-:
Finally concluded that owed It
sc myself to give Postum a trial. got
"a package and carefully followed the
directions and what a delicious, nour,
fishing, rich drink it was! Do you
Know found it very easy to. Shift
from coffee to Postum.
Almost Immediately after made.
the change l found myself better and
as the days went by kept on improv-
ing. My nerves grew steady, 1 slept
well and felt strong and well-balanced..
Now the old nervousness is gone and
L am well once more"
1t pays to give up the drink that
acts on some like a poison. for health
Is the greatest fortune one can have.
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Greek, Mich. 49, 49,.
Postum COMES. in two forms.
=" Postum cereal-the original form
must be well boiled 15c and Csc pack.
ages,
instant Postum soluble powder
dlssolves quickly in a cup Of hot wa.
ter and, with cream and sugar. makes
delicious beverage instantly. soc and
soc tins.
:. Both kinds are equally delicious and
cost about the same per cr2. +.
:. There's a Reason" Cor Postum
sold by GTocers
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
Look and Feel
Clean, Sweet and
Fresh Every Day
Drink glass of real hot water
before breakfast to wash
out poisons.

Life is not merely to live, but to
live well, eat well, digest well, work
well, sleep well, look well. What a
glorious condition to attain. and yet
how very easy it is IL one will only
adopt the morning inside bath. =: :.
Folks who are accustomed to feel
dull and heavy when ti,ev arise, split.
ting headache, stuffy from a cold, foul
tongue, nasty BREATH, acid stomach,
can, instead, feel as fresh as a daisy
by opening the sluices of the. system
each morning and flushing out the
whole of the internal poisonous stag.
nant matter.
: Everyone, whether ailing, sick or.
well, should. each morning, before
breakfast, drink a glass of real hot.
water with teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate in it to wash. from the
stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels the
previous day. indigestible waste; sour
bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleans.
ing, sweetening and purifying the. EN-.
tire alimentary tract before putting
more food into the stomach. The &C.
ton of hot water and limestone phos-
phate on an empty stomach is wonder
fully invigorating. 1t cleans out all the
sour lamentations. gases, waste and
acidity and gives one a splendid APP
petite for breakfast While you are
enjoying your breakfast the water and
phosphate is quietly extracting a large
volume of water from the blood and
getting ready for a thorough flushing
Of all the inside organs.
The millions of people who are both
cred with constipation, bilious spells,
stomach trouble, rheumatism, Others
who have sallow skins, blood disor.:
ders and sickly compilations are urged
to get quarter pound Of limestone
phosphate from any store that handles
drugs which will cost very little, but
is sufficient. to: make anyone a pro-
nounced crank on. the subject of in
ternal sanitation.-Adv.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
Fire Loss Less.

Fire Loss Less.
A considerable decrease in the
number aud destructiveness of fires
IN Wisconsin is shown for the
year 1915 comparedsayith 1914, accord
ing to returns made to the state fire
marshals department The returns
Tor the twelve months of 1914 show
a total OF $3.50 fires, with total loss
OF $5.S4S,103. On the other hand the
year 1915 shows a. total of 1850 fires
with combined losses OF s4172,04O
This makes 290 less fires in 1915 and
$1,67,O6 less losses than in 1914.
Among the large losses of 1914 we're
f1res in Milwaukee, Kenosha and Mara
tnon counties in March with losses of
nearly $70o 900, and those in Superior
IN April and May at total of $685.
100. Among the large fires of 1915
was one at River Falls of $685. and
the :Necedah conflagration. with a loss
of $125.O0O r..
The decrease for 1915 may be at
tributed in large part to greater
vigilance in inspection and improved
conditions in building. However, there
were AIS chimney fires during 1915.
involving a. loss of SCALES; also 81
defective furnace fires, causing. fire
waste of $1s6,940. Defective electric
wiring caused a fire loss of $14O,S05 in
GA fires: Adjoining !. building fires
spread to other buildings in 1888 cases,
causing additional losses of $294,585.
There were 81 %incendiary fires inYolv-
ing losses of $131,23O. Lightning struck
down $50 times and destroyed $237,:
40; in only three cases were the
buildings rcdded.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
Einht Sunday Closinn-

Oshkosh.-C Cigar manufacturers and
cigar makers of this city presented
resolutions against the Sunday closing,
which petition was filed by the Mems
Christian Workers league for closing
on Sundays. Unfair competition in,
the sales Of foreign brand cigars if
Sunday closing is effected is the argu.
ment.. They believe. that neighboring
cities would be .benedciaries of the
Sunday trade if Oshkosh saloons.were
-.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
Swamp Land Claim. :.


Conservation Commissioner F. B.
Moody. and Secretary. R. S. ..Schei-
bel: of that body have returned from
Washington, D. c., where they at
tended the meeting of the Ameri,
can Foresters' association and a con
ference Of the United States Forestry
collabcrators Both 0f these organi.
cations are. operating in the interest
1f forestry promotion, the latter. how.
overi being representative of those
states which cooperate with the FED,
eral government for fire prevention
under the Weeks law. Under this law
the federal government pays to the
states, under certain conditions, one:
half the cost of prevention. Wiscon.
sin. under this law received last year
to the amount of $4,000.
While in Washington Messrs. Moody
and Scheibel took up with the depart.
ment of the interior the matter Of Wis
consin claims against the federal gov.
eminent arising cut Of the Did swamp
land claims, pending long in the ar.
chives, but never closed, With Sena.
tor Hustiag and Congressman Esch
they made. a preliminary survey II
the case and started the wheels of
Investigation that will bring the case
before the federal authorities for ad
iustment.
: These claims have been running
more than sixty years ana amount, ii
is. said, to more than $5O0,O00, the
value of $4,000 acres of land granted
by the government to the state and
afterward included in Indian reserva
tions.
The legislature of 1915 provided for
the appointment of a committee, to
consist of the governor, the attorney
general and one other competent per
son, giving it authority to settle these
claims. The sum of $4,000. was ap
propriated for use OF the committee
1t is the preliminary work which this.
law contempIates that Messrs. Moody
and Scheibel attended to at the ma
tional capital
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
Railroad" Taxes Reduced.

!. The. Total! Ea.lrcad lax Tor fs1e::i is
$3.50. >4.S6*'. according to the ansl
Statement ii he tax commission lust
nssued here. This amount is. ST.. o69.I q
lass*than last YEAR. The assessment
Is. Increased BY. 81 90, bur the rate
is lower: According e. the statement
the Chicago .& North Westera.roa 1 viii
pay $3,6&49e9.79 and the Chicago
Ni.wsGkte'& 81 Raul 81 .sS2.l2S~sa
The ..0nly'other road 10 at all approach
this sum IS the Minneapolis. 81 Paul
d Sault STE. Narie which VIII nav
s5IS,7&l13.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
Taxes Are Higher.

Out of the eighteen leading cities in
Wisconsin, thirteen pay a total in.
crease in taxes of approximately
$4O0,0 600 as compared to 1914. Only
five cities, Fond du Lac. GAINESVILLE,
Milwaukee, Superior and Wausau
pay less this year than they did in
1914.
The city OF. Milwaukee, approx
mateIy 100000 lower this year than
last, lowers the average tax for these
cities appreciably;
The following table; prepared by
H. V. Cowles, gives a comparison OF
1875 and 1913 taxes:
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
Tag Assessors VIII Meet.

!" Some Of the foremost authorities on
taxation in the state viii appear on
the program of the meeting If in.
come tax assessors Of the state in
Madison, =. February 9lT: Neils p
Haugen chairman II the. state tax.
commissions; H..V 'Cowles:of Madison.
Tax Commissioners Thomas Lyons ana.
Atwood j.. ii LeeuhQuts of Milwau.
.kee, H: B.. Nelson Of Madison. Gov
ernor Philip and others will. speak.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
New Bank at EaaIe. silver.

State Banking Commissioner A. E.
.Kiolt has issued certificate. Of au-
'.;hority.to commence. business to the
: Farmers and. Merchants State bank
AZ Eagle River. Tie capital is sio..
600 ana the Officers are. president.
Fin LAWYER; and cashier, F j. Ar
mold. y. -
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
Matched the Excuse;

Lend me flyer. old man; I'm.
clean broke
why don't you pawn that ring you
are wearing?" j.
Couldn't dc that; it's souvenir of
a deceased brother" ::
Well, my money lisa souvenir of a
deceased father"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
NEWS OF THE STATE.

+ Barron Wenzel Beranek. who. has
been confined in Jail here: since the
fatal shooting OF Sheriff Matt Olson on
Beranek:s farm last Tuesday. was ar
raigneo and bound over to the May
term OF the circuit: court.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
Make Lsrae Haul Of Fish.

.oshkosh.---N'hat is thought 10 he the
largest haul<'of hsh ever caught.iu. this.
state was. made al Winneconue; Wis,
80 900. pounds were hauled oft OF Lake
s3oygan. The FISH. were shipped to
Philadelphia.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05

+ Privates William c. Wheeler. and
Btggo PetersoIf.of the. Fourth. Cu4ted.
States Field artillery: who were. cap
tured by MeXIcans: were" rescqed by
Carrahza soldiers and turned over to-
the American military authorities al
Brownsville, Tex.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
=. Creamery Msn*Dies.

Roberts William Hawkins. a . resi-.
dent OF Roberts. for thirty-fye years
and pioneer creamery man in Wis
consin died at his home here after. a
brief illness. from heart trouble.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
Mexican Revolt

The: bodies Of Benjamin Smell and
Frank Woods. American cowboys. have
been. found vest OF Cusihuiriachie.-ac
cordlng to an unconfrmed report from
western chihuahua reaching I'll Paso. "
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05

Neenah.-R j. .schaefer~.. OF: Apple
ton was' :re-eiected president Of the
Fox. River. Valley .Ho.stein Breed
ers association 'a1:t6e annual meet.
ing here. E o Mueller Of App,etog
was REELECTED secretary and treasurer
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
Many Teams in Judging Contest.

Many Teams IN Judaln Contest
=. Madison. Fifteen teams viii enter
the state livestock Judging contest. to
be held during the Wisconsin farm and
hone week. Feb Ito il. attB5 college
Of agriculture, Madison:
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05


and are. nearing Durazzo, according
to word received by the Italian gov
eminent al Rome. With the occupa-
tion of Durazzo the Teuton forces: will
be in control of all of northern Alba
nia.>
According to statement made by
M Longust a French Socialist deputy,
at the British trade union conference
at Bristol. England, tie. French losses
In the war haVe*been 100000 killed, l.
100000 wounded and 100000 captured.
-
Ar official communication made pub
lic at Petrograd says 1T has been
learned that the Turkish Goeben: Sui
tan Selim) suffered severe damage in
an engagement January &. Its casual
ties included 80 men killed and. so.
wounded a..
The Cologne Volks Zeitung says the
British in southern Arabia are. in
dangerous position as "A result of fierce
attacks by Turks British casualties
up to December 30 amounted to $4,000
killed and 10000 wounded. -. :.....:
.Nice-Admiral Sir David Beatty. com.
mander Of the first British battle
cruiser squadron whose ships defeat
ed the Germans in the North sea made
stirring appeal at Liverpool for a
great religious revival. in England as
a necessary step to victory in the war
Representatives Of the Montenegrin
government signed articles in which
the Montenegrin army agrees to lay
down it's arms, according to official
announcement to Vienna from field
headquarters :. ~
In tho attack OF Nancy by two Ger
man air squadrons, Lieutenant Boehme
Of the aviation corps was killed. II was
announced at Berlin. Lieutenant
Boohme had been decorated by order
If the kaiser, w."
Thirty-nine persons were killed. one
transport was sunk and several rail-
road cars loaded with provisions were
destroyed when German airmen raid
ed Dover according to the Hamburg
Fremdenbtatt, :..... H.. !. u
Hereafter French warships will as
sist British vessels IN blockade duties
in both the English channel and the
North sea. participating in examina-
ton. Of. mails and cargoes, the an.
.nouncement was made at Loncon.
According TO a Turkish official re- |
port, the. British left 5000 dead on
the field in battle near Kut. In which
they lost ground --..
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
Domestic

The five men who held up and
robbed the Washington Park National
bank at Chicago of $l5.6l6 are under
arrest The money was recovered.
The robbery, bold as it was. becomes
a minor part of a gigantic plot of po-
lice graft and criminal political prac
uces. accordipg to the confession Of
one Of the bandit gang
= -.
Seven Workmen were burned. three
seriously, in; four fires that occurred
v the Carneys Point, N. b. plant of
the DUPONT Powder company
=: -.
FiYo persons were killed and a wide
stretch. OF country devastated when
two dams ON: the San Diego water sys-
tenn broke in the Otay valley south of
San Diego, Cal The dams were weak.
: ened by q storm !. :.: r..
49,: - 80 -.
The United Mime Workers .of Amer.
lea adopted at Indianapolis the.report
of the scale committee. which. asked
for a raise OF ten per cent for the
bituminous miners and .workers@about
the mines and 20 per cent for the ain
thracite workers. The. demands VIII.
be brought before the bituminous opE
orators al Mobile February Sand be-:
fore the anthracite operators at New
York February III +. %..
~: s:s- :"
National officers Of the. United Hat
ters Of North america estimated lat.
New YORK that the contributions made
=. for the relief Of the defendants in the.
Danbury' hatters case would be at.
least $350000 The contributions are.
sufficient to save the hatters homes.
Six: persons were Killed ina fire that.
Quilted the Talbot Walker building at
Seattle, Wash: '.:....'. >~..... T..
......~...... - -
.+ Seven persons. persisted in. Montana
in the cold Yaye.. the. worst ever ex..,
perienced in the state -. =:
=. "..: - - IL:
Albert II. Soherzers president. of the.
Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge company.
consulting engineer and member o.
many clubs. committed suicides by
jumping II floors in the MonadnocS
block at Chicago.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05

George c.. Carothers.. special agent
OF the state department, formerly.:wh
Villa will depart from i'll Paso: Tex.
for Washington, having been recalled
by. the state department. from tue
Mexican 5or7er. ..>'.-. ..*.'', :. :
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05

A.woman seldom loves her husband
enough to refuse to. work him for the
benefit of her folks
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05

The consttutionality of the Mime
sofa presidential primary law was up
held by the state supreme court at St
Paul, Mimi
FsPlans for the readgstment Of the
United States army must be formu-
lated and carried out without delay,
for we do not know Wat the circum-
/ stances of another month or another
day may bring forth" This was the
warning sounded by President Wilson
before the members of the Railroad
Business association in New York. 1t
was the presidents first speech in the
campaign for preparedness.
Eugene Van Schaick, millionaire
president of the Knickerbocker Oil
and Gas company, and cousin of Col
Theodore Roosevelt. committed sui
eide by shooting at his Office in New
York. He had been i'll
One man was killed and part OF
fast New York.St Louis Pennsylvania
limited train Topped over into a l5-
foot gully, shaking up ~ passengers,
When the train struck an automobile
near Newark. o.
The Republican state convention at
Madison, Wis. selected % candidates
for delegates to the national Republic
an convention. IN Chicago next June,
adopted a platform dealing entirely
with national questions except for a
paragraph indorsing the administra-
ton OIL Gov Philip, and postponed.
the Endorsement of a candidate for
United States senator to oppose Sen
ator La Toilette Until a later confer
ence. !: ~.
"A car loaded with black powder ex-
ploded In the yards Of the Norfolk aud
Western railroad at Bluefeld, w Va,
injuring more. than forty persons sew.
eral probably fatally, and causing
heavy damage
A b,a which would submit a cousti
tuti7nal amendment providing for
statewide prohibitions was defeated
30 to Ia, tnthe upper house Of the gen
erai assembly at Frankfort, KY, IS hers
it originated i
Sheriff Matt Olson Of Barron. Wis
was shot and killed by John Baralek
on the latter's farm when the sheriff
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
Washington

President Wilson selected Louis D
Brandeis Of Boston to be associate
Justice of the Supreme court to sue
coed the .ate Justice Lamar MIR.
Brandeis' nomir elton vert to the sen
ate at Washington Mr., Brandeis IS
a lawyer, who has been much in public
life during he last three years He
is Kentuckian by birth and is sixty
years Old. MIR, Brandeis viii be the
first Jew to sit on the bench of the
Supreme court.
PRESIDENT Wilson left on his one
week expedition to preach the admin.
istratlon's preparedness: program to
the. people: He is scheduled to make
10 speeches before his return to Wash,
ington.
The text of the American protest to
Great Britain against interference
with neutral mails made public at
Washington, reveals that diplomatic
and consular pouches have been treat
ed in a manner the United States con-
siders ''vexatiously inquisitorial The
United States declares that parcel.
post articles are. entitled to the ex-
emptions of neutral trade
Internal revenue receipts for the Elk
months from July to December, inclu.
sive, on spirtuous liquor taxes aggre-
gated $S0,400 coo. a gain Of $74T,O00"
over the. corresponding six months OF
1914, 1t was announced at Washington.
To pay. for the preparedness pro.
gram Of the administration at Wash,
ington revision Of. the income tax
law is:to be made by congress. which
will net easily an extra Sl0000o. 600 OF
revenue. This plan, which has been
approved by. the president ana Demo
cratic leaders, means the repeal of the
existing stamp taxes imposed under
the emergency act of October %.
.1914.i.. r. -. -. 49,
The munitions. embargo. clouds
which have been lowering over the
senate at Washington. for several DAYS
broke into deluge when a mammoth
petition for an embargo on arms. bear
ing over a million signatures, was pre-
scented: The petition was worked up
by~the organization Of Women for
Strict Neutrality. :.
~ - ...'. .
The administration at Washington.
definitely committed; itself to. c0mrls<a
,iRdependence Observation-Disclosures w.thiu
four years. abandoning its nantal.sels
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
MOST IMPORTANT
NEWS OF WORLD
BIG HAPPENINGS OF TIE WEEK
CUT TO LAST ANALYSIS.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN ITEMS
Kernels CuIled From Events of Mo-.
ment in All Parts Of the World
=, OF Interest to All the
I'LL. .'' People Everywhere.
European Var News

=. Austro-Hungarian troops have cap
tured the Albanian town of Alessio
and are. nearing Durazzo, according
to word received by the Italian gov
eminent at Rome With the occupa-
tion of Durazzo the Teuton forces: will
be in control of all of northern Alba
nia:>
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05

The administration at Washington
defnitel, committed: itself to. conrlete
Independence .ot:the Philippines within
four years abandoning its partial self
government plan for. the islands. >....