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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-16

A carpet social will be given by
the 8. l.. 8. society at 5sth and
Bennington, Tuesday evening at s
o'clock. Everybody welcome.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-16
slS There A MAN TRUE
TO HIS WIFE?"--MARCIE

bitter memory to mind asked Elene do
think there husband the world that sometimes untrue
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-16

The Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Brotherhood OF Railway Train
men will give their 18th annual
ball Oct. "a at Lincoln Dancing
academy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-23
WCTORIA's LETTERS.
Royal Secrets That Are Stored Away
In Buckingham Palace.

Royal Secrets That Are Stored Away
In Buckingham Palace.
1--WE may wonder If the world will
ever be allowed to see the private cor
respondence amassed by the late Queen
Victoria says writer. 1t Is stored
away in a strong room built into the
walls Of Buckingham palace, and the
queen shared her confidence with no
one.
So long as she was physically able to
do SO she opened and closed the safe
herself and arranged its contents.
When she was too feeble to do this she
employed an old and trusted secretary.
but even he had to work under the
royal eye. He was never allowed to
keep the keys nor to read the letters
that he handled.
Queen Victoria was always vOlum1-
nous letter writer, and she was in con-
slant communication with most of the
royalties in Europe. Every domestic
secret and privacy Of royalty during
half a century is said to be represented
by the contents of this wonderful safe,
and it is easy to believe that the mod
ern historian would find his hands full
If he were permitted to browse among
these letters.
But probably he will have to wait a
few hundred years, and then his pop
ular audience will be languid one. 1t
II one Of the ironies Of life that we can
never have thing when we want it.
Pittsburgh Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-23
BULBS in A BOWL.
An Easy Way to Cultivate Miniature
Fioatinu Gardens.

An Easy Way to Cultivate Miniature
Floating Gardens.
A novel way Of growing bulbs, such
as crocuses, has been tried with good
success. After securing the bulbs the
next thing is to get one or two rather
large corks. Through these holes are
bored and the bulbs fitted into the
openings in such a way that the under
side, from which the roots spring, Is
near the lower part of the cork.
Now obtain a large shallow bowl and
fill this with pure water. Float the
corks, with the bulbs in place, on the
surface and set the whole thing aside
in a rather shady position for two or
three weeks. At the end Of this time
il win be noticed that the roots are
growing down into the water; thence
forward place in sunny window
should be selected.
The upper shoots of the bulbs will
start to grow rapidly, and at this time
it is a good plan to arrange little
moss to hide the upper surface Of the
corks, or, If preferred, however, grass
or some other seed, such as creSs, may
be sown to provide green covering.
There is nothing to do but to keep
the bowl well supplied with water and
change this now and again. Finally
the flowers emerge, and then the effect
ID extremely pretty. The bulbs may be
planted In this way any time up to
early January, though naturally the
sooner they are started the earlier they
win blooms. Leonard Basin in st.
Nicholas
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-23

500 will possess shorter route than
the Omaha between Ashland and
the Twin Cities. The outlook for
such building is said to be brighter
Just now than ever it was before.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-23
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WELL?

Many Washburn People Know the
Importance of Healthy Kidneys.
The kidneys filter the blood.
They work night and day.
Well kidneys remove impurities.
Weak Kidneys allow impurities to
multiply.
No kidney i'll should be neglected.
There is possible danger in delay.
If you have backache or urinary
troubles,
If you are nervous, dizzy. or worn
out, begin treating your kidneys at
once;
Use a proven kidney remedy.
None endorsed like Doan's Kidney
Pills.
Recommended by thousands.
Proved by Washburn testimony.
Mrs. J. E. Westgate, Washburn,
says, "Doan's Kidney Pills were
used with success in our family for
dull pain in the back that made
every move very painful. Doan s
Kidney Pills also corrected dis
ordered conditions of the kidney
secretions and res tol ed the kidneys
to a normal condition. We have
also given this medicine to the
children and it was the only remedy
that did any good "
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't,
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Westgate recommends. Eos
ster-Milburn Co., Props, Buffalo,
N. Y. Adv,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-23
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Pioneer.


Linton Hall. aged three years,
son OF MIR. and Mrs. jesse l.. Hall,
Of this city, who has been under
DOCTORS care in Minneapolis for the
past nine months, was brought
home by his aunt, Mrs. Loud last
Saturday. The boys feet were
turned in badly since birth, and in
order to correct this defect it was
necessary to have the little boys
feet in plaster casts for seven
months. His feet are now as
straight as any normal child. and
has been pronounced entirely
cured.
Eleanor Ripley, aged seven years,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Byron
Ripley, became i'll about the middle
of last week and the symptoms in.
Dictated that the trouble was due to
appendicitis. On Sunday afternoon
a consultation was held by DR..
Dodd, of Ashland, and Drs. Johnson
and Tarter of this city, when the
decision was reached that an opera
tion would be the safest remedy, so
on Monday the child was taken to
Ashland and the operation was
performed in the afternoon.
DR.. E. G. Johnson returned Tues
day morning from Quincy, Wis,
where he spent several days on pro-
fessional business.
George Hall, who is working in
the office of the Park Falls Lumber
company, spent Sunday with his
mother and other relatives in this
city.
Emmanuel Thiedens, of Chetek,
Wis, who purchased a part of the
Warbalow place on Iron Lake last
fall, arrived in the city last week
and has begun the laying of plans
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-23
BAYFIELD,

Progress
Mrs. Harry Anderson Was taken
to the hospital IN Ashland Monday
evening. She had been ailing for
some days and her troubls finally
diagnosed as typhoid. We are in
informed that it appears 80 be .
mild case, one that win yield speedily
to such care as is given in the In
stitution to which she has gone.
This will be pleasing information to
Bay field folk, all OF whom are warm
friends OF the patient.
Miss Mabel Turnquist, who is a
teacher in Iron wood, made Saturday
and Sunday visit here in the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Aug
ust Turnquist.
Mrs. James Conlon and son Frank
arrived home Friday from Virginia,
Minn. They had for several weeks
been guests of relatives and friends
out there. r
Mrs. o. G.. Anderson. whose
home is on Madeline Island, but
who is a winter resident in this city
has been appointed member OF the
Ashland county educational COM
mittee.
A. II. Wilkinson and 81. Q. Hale
were ia Ashland Monday in confer
ence with 500 R'y men and others.
The matter under consideration was
the feasibility OF the proposed "cus
of" from Reserve 70 Mellen. Should
that short piece Of line be built, the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-23
Dissolution Notice

Notice is hereby given that the
firm known and styled as Robinson
& Hanson has this date been dis
solved, w. A. Robinson retiring
from the business, which will in
future be conducted by Amos M.
Hansen.
All accounts, bills, notes, or
other obligations against the said
firm of Robinson & Hansen will be
assumed and paid by Amos M, Han
son, and all accounts due the said
firm will be collected by Amos M.
Hansen.
Dated this 4th day OF March, 1916
w. A. Robinson.
Amos M. Hansen.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-23
visiting in the west, returned to
their Island home Wednesday.

bACik ibiSI0 AOtAAO "
Paul Johnson and his bride. for
nerly Miss Severson. of Washburn,
arrived home Saturday last and
they are now receiving congratu-
lations of local friends.
Drs. H. Hannum and II. q.
Mertens were in Ashland yesterday
where they attended a clinic con-
Quoted by Drs. Dodd of Ashland,
and Hopkins of Chicago, at the st.
Joseph hospital. About twenty
doctors from Ashland and the near
by cities and towns were in attend
ance.
DIR. Pickett's new Lunemotor ar
rived Monday and he states he is
now ready to save all who want tc
try the quick and easy route" by
drowning, asphyxiation or other
wise and says those who want the
honor of being the first saved ha6
better hurry or he'll try it out him
self.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-23
sandwIch,e Wonderful Drum.

The eccentric Lord Sandwich had, ac-
sording to his biographer, a strange
passion for the thunder of big drums,
for the qualification Of which passion he
had caused the entire side Of one large
music room in his mansion at Hinchin-
brook to be covered with parchment,
so that when it was struck with a
massive stick it gave out a roar sufil-
cient to terrorize any sensitive soul
Many who heard this drum once struck
positively declined ever to enter the
apartment again lest they should be
given second performance.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-23
High School Notes
(Contributed)

Last Friday evening the
Seniors were defeated by the
Sophomores in the last spelling
match of the series. The Seniors
put up a stubborn fight but had
to give in to the inexhaustible
Sophomores. Miss Ruth White
stood up the longest for her
side while Misses Ruth Cowing
and Esther Finnegan carried
away the honors for the Sophie
more Glass.
After the contest dancing be-
gan and was followed by fine
spread served in the Domestic
Science room.
The last two contests were
also won by tie Sophomores.
the honors being carried away
by Miss Dina Hove. The hon
ors may be shared by the fol-
lowing three, Misses Ruth Cow
ing, Esther Finnegan and Dina
Hove.
The Sophomores feel elated
over their recent successes
and intend to keep up their
spelling record. They have
been challenged by other classes
but have notaccepted on account
of High School Activities.
The Oratorical and Declamatory
contests will be held at the Congre
gational Church. The Cratorcal
contest will be held Friday the Oath
and the Declamatory the 31st.
The winneas of the Spelling con-
test were presented with Mr..
Chew's new Speller.
Literary Societies are being or
ganzed and many have their pro
grams on the bulletin boards for
Friday 24th.
Miss Halberg is drilling the boys
and girls chorus for the Miles
Standish play. Some fine returns
are expected.
The characters in the Miles
Standish play are learning their
parts to perfection. Messrs Hawkins
and Calrow are instructors.
Miss Esther Blexrude of the
Junior class has been taken to Ash
land to be operated on for append
citis. Latest report says that she
is improving,
The boys of the V. Fl. S. wart
some willing young ladies to teach
them to dance. The reason is that
they want to attend the Junior
Prom. Speak to any of the boys,
they will give you the necessary
information.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-23
To the Voters of Bayfield, County

To the Voters of Bayfield, County
/ am q candidate for the Office of
Judge of the Third Municipal Court
of Bayfield, County, located at the
city of Bayfield,, to be voted for on
the second Tuesday of April 1916.
Your support will be appreciated.
o. Flanders.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-23

We wish to call the attention
of our readers to the exception
ally fine line of advertising
carried in the columns of The
Times this week. The adver-
tisers represent almost every
line Of business.
The Times will this week be
issued as ten page paper
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-23
Press

kreSS
The " achsmuth Lumber Com par v
this week Installed in their machine
shop at the foot of Third street a
new acetylene welding and cutting
machine Of the very latest design
and Of the newest pattern. This
machine 10 a wonderful continuance
especially Of value TO- she milling
company in the repairing of broken
steel shafts. castings, etc, that
might occur dnring the operation of
the Big mill. There is no steel or
iron made that cannot be cut or
welded with this instrument and it
is a valuable acquisition to the
equipment OF the machine shop.
George Joanis returned to Wash
burn yesterday after a few days
visit ia the city with bis wife.
B. +. Judd, who Is spending the
winter at Salmo with his sister,
Mrs. Laurie Nourse, left today on
b business trip down the line in the
interests OF the Pheuton Remedy
Co.
Rev. Sorsnson, the Adven fist
Evangelist is quite seriously i'll with
typhoid fever. A male nurse from
the Adventist Sanitorium at Madi-
son, arrived in the city Tuesday to
care for him.
Webb Hanson, who is employed
at the Dupont plant at Barksdale,
10 in the city visiting with relatives
and friends and taking lay-off
from his work while nursing an in
jured hand, sustained at the plan t
this week through becoming en-
tangled in pulley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. Gilbert,
OF Madeline Island, who haye been
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-23

Accidents will happen, but the
best regulated families keep DR..
Thomas Eclectic Oil for such
emergencies. Two sizes rs and Soc
at all stores. Adv.
For Sale:-FuIl Blood Poland
China Bore Pedigree furnished. W.
f. Sarver, Washburn.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-23
NEWS

for the erection of a home on the
place as soon as the snow goes OH.
With him was r. e. Johnson, Of
Augusta, Wis.,. who came up to
look the country over and pure base
place if he can and one that suits
him:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-23
To In. Voters

I wish to announce that / am
candidate for the Office OF City
Treasurer an if elected | will per-
form the duties Of the Office to the
best of my ability.
Jerusha Johnson.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-23

/ hereby annonce myself candi-
date for the Office of Judge Of the
Third Municipal Court OF Bayfield,
County, located at Bayfield,.
L. E. Davis, Bayfield,, Wis.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-23
Political Advertisements

Notices appearing under this heading
are paid for at the rate of Sc per line by
the parties signing the same.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-01
Manufac-

for whatever happens. Manufac-
turers and transportation companies
Big Business-have promoted our
liberal education in this respect, in
order to relieve themselves of their
proper share of the high cost of
safety.
There's a dividing line somewhere
between what we owe them and what
they owe us: 1t is up to the public to
see that the safety first boundary
is put in the right place. For justice
works both ways. 1t is a thing to
get as well as to give.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-01

NESOL y VT OFNT = ]
FIRST most remarkablesafe-
ty record in the history of American
railroads was made in the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1915. The total
number of fatalities was the smallest
in Is years.
Not in 10 years have fewer passen-
gers been killed and not in II years
have fewer employees been killed. Yet
last year the railroads carried SO per
cent more passengers than in 1896
and employed LOG per cent more men
than in 1898.
How does this remarkable new
safety record come about?
1t is not all to the credit of i'm
proved railroad conditions and the
extra precautions which have result
ed from the workmen's compensation
laws. These have not yet made any
railroad fool proof"
In good measure, the 1915 record
is due to the safety first" movement.
Constant repetition of this catch
word is beginning to show results.
Its first effect has been upon the
individual. He has assumed greater
responsibility for keeping out of dan
ger.
This is well, but it is not enough.
The next result of safety first"
should be a persistent public demand
for every possible protection from ac-
cident at all times and in all places.
Too much of the preaching about
Safety first has been designed to
make the public take all of the blame
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-01
SHORT ONES

Our idea of something funny is an
English newspaper knocking the
Russian censorship.
Bethlehem Steel common, worth
$50 before the war, gets a dividend
of $50 per share War is-wen, have
you got any Steel common.
We're getting a bunch of English
capitalists who are fleeing to this
country to escape the income tax.
Ket's put 'em to work in the munition
factories.
King Nicholas of Montenegro
seems to have recalled his surrender
to Austria. It is better to be board
er in Italy than a crownless king at
home, where common folks can turn
up their noses at you for simply be-
ing kingly.
Evening star., 1916-01-02
WETMORE.
of

being national as well as local in char
acter Mrs. Hopkins devotes a large
part of her time to this one of her
many philanthropies, and she took time
from a busy Christmas eve to talk
about some of the phases of the work
here.
The Civic Federation is thing
which stands for the highest kind of
civilization" she said. "and we want
more people to know about it, To
make it and it's work better known,
the Washington section has been
giving lectures by specialists on the
topics of the day. These are free of
charge and we are glad to have them
largely attended. One of our most
important projects here in Washington
looks toward the erection in the near
future of the group of homes for the
poor, known as the Ellen Wilson Me-
mortal Homes. The woman's depart
ment found that it could not help the
people until it improved their environ
ment. There is no use in having a
woman in the first stage of consump-
tion drink milk if she is living in a
place so broken down and insanitary
that the average business man would
not store a secondhand car in it.
"And how can one teach physical
cleanliness or morality when people
live huddled in courts where in a
small space several hundred are COM
pletely cut off on four sides from pub
lie view. where crime and disease are
fostered by isolation and the infant
death rate is SO per cent higher than
in other sections?
This is the work into which the
Evening star., 1916-01-02

for families of different sizes and
tastes, from the two-room fiat to the
ideal family house of five rooms. There
will be no narrow light courts, no dark
ventshafts, no lighting of rooms from
the top through skylights, no bath
rooms on exterior staircases. Every
family will have it's own front en-
trance and it's own back yard.
The total cost of the buildings will
be approximately s350,000, the rentals
of the houses ranging from $3.50 to
$3.50 a month, no more than has been
paid for the insanitary novels thl
alleys have provided. The plans, wher-
ever they have been seen, have ELECTED
the highest approval, and it is hoped
to establish a housing plant at the
capital which may be model and an
incentive to the entire country. We
require funds for the completion of
this work, and we can offer investors d
dividend of per cent on their invest
ment. We also appeal to the country
for gifts, however small, toward this
beneficial effort"
Mrs. Hopkins was not alone in re-
linquishing part of busy Christmas
hour to talk of her chief municipal in
terest of the moment. Mrs. John n.
Mclaughlin, vice chairman of the Dis
trict of Columbia section of the wo-
mans department, was pleased to tell
of her work as chairman of the gov
ernment employees welfare committee.
Our work has been very fruitful of
results" said Mrs. Mclaughlin. We
have been successful in having rest
rooms established in many of the gov
Evening star., 1916-01-02

service under the leadership of Mrs
Frederick II. Brooke, who is vice chair
man OF the surgical dressings commit
tee There are many of these COM
mittees> connected with the womans
department and they have sent abroad
nearly 100000 surgical dressings
Three automobiles have been sent to
the war front and three fotiIlas, cost
ing $4,000 apiece, each comprising a
hospital unit of five automobiles EACH
equipped with sanitary supplies.
THE womans department is vitality
interested in plans which are being
formulated for preparedness and home
defense and stands ready to work as
devotedly and whole e-heartedly for this
idea of new Americanism as it has in
the past for outside elements and con-
ditions which needed the backing of
national organization. <The officers
of the woman's department are ear
nestly hoping for strong movement
to develop throughout the country on
some constructive platform in which
it will gladly join, as the question of
home preparedness in days of peace
seems by far the most important which
the nation has to face at present"
OF the various sections of the wom-
ans department which will be repre-
sented at the coming convention in
Washington, none has been more active
and fruitful in beneficial results than
that of the District of Columbia. Work
in the District Ia unique by reason of
Evening star., 1916-01-02

the middle of the sixteenth century. In
1882 the Gregorian calendar came into
use. This made adherence of twelve
days from the old Julian calendar, but
as they both had the bissextile year
there was no difference in the leap year
days. During the sixteenth century a firm
of London stationers had the monopoly
of almanac making. They had in their
employ astronomers and philosophers,
and when the almanacs appeared for
the first time there was such a rush OF
purchasers that the clerks were fairly
overwhelmed with the great demand
for them. Later a sort of parade of
men carrying the almanacs was jim
augurated and the day became known
throughout England as almanac day"
The Chinese civil year has been
regulated by the moon from the time
Evening star., 1916-01-02

former wife of President Wilson, who
was honorary chairman of the wom-
ans department, threw herself most
ardent1y upon coming to Washington.
She found 27S alleys occupied by near
ly 1900 people, and it was through
her efforts that a bill for the aboli-
tion of the alley as it existed in Wash
ington was passed.
Our alleys have been notorious
eyesore to what should be one of the
most beautiful capitals of the world,
as well as the model city of the ma
ton. The bill which was passed does
not abolish the alleys, but it changes
them. We do not wish to change the
environment of the people, many of
whom have spent their lives in this
locality, but we do wish to give them