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Morris tribune., 1916-11-24

ones We had to pay we might more
easily discharge them, but we have
others. and much more grievOus to
some Of us.
We are taxed twice as much by our
ignorance. three times as much by our
diSlOyalty - four times as much by
our folly. "nd from these taxes the
commissioners cannot ease or deliver
us by allowing an abatement.
The state, county and town levy and
exact certain tax from every piece OF
property located within their bound
aries. the amount depending upon the
official requirements. In a rich. pros
porous community, where marketing
and manufacturing lend their stimulate
ing influences. taxes are low. A COM
munity where the local town is dead
taxes necessarily are high.
The explanation is easy. The town
which is prosperous has successful
merchants with large and valuable
stocks of goods; it has manufacturing
plants and industrial enterprises of
great worth; it has newspapers, bank
ing houses and hotels. and above all,
it is marketing center. The large
amount and the high value placed upon
this property materially decrease the
tax demands made upon the farmer in
that vicinity.
Streets Paved With Jimson Weeds.
Then take the other town, the dead
effect 7
town What are the cause and
The cause is lack of patronage. lack Of
Industrial pride, dislOyalty and ignO-
rance of ones own condition and best
interests. The effect? The town has
become Jay town. In the streets
have grown Unison weeds, the side
walks have gone to decay, the stores
are vacant. and IN air of poverty and
dilapidatiOn prevails.
In this latter town and the surround
ing community taxes are high, prop
erty values have decreased, and alto
gether it is an undesirable place to live
Morris tribune., 1916-11-24

IOgue, while. on the other hand. the
local retailer, If he understands his
business. buys his stock direct from
the manufacturers and jobbers who
have reputation at stake and who
supply goods of quality to their direct
representatives. the retail merchants
throughout the country.
Prize Their Regulations.
The responsible high grade manu-
facturer and wholesaler will not under
any condition or circumstance sell
their goods to the catalogue retailer
at any price. Many instances are
known where catalogue houses secured
by trickery Il quantity of staple goods
of standard make and advertised them
as ''specials'' at ridiculOusIy low prices
The manufacturers, in order to protect
their regulations and interests neces-
sarily had orders sent in for the en-
tire stock or quantity Of the articles
through persons in their employ. They
did not propose to have their articles
which were standard, advertised by
the side of inferior articles of light
weight and Of decidedly cheap con
StructiOn.
A Vast Difference.
There are numberless articles which
the catalogue house advertSes as the
best ON the market, among which are
paints, and it often agrees to fur
nish an impossible guarantee with
this class of goods. However. it il
very noticeable that it never at
temptS to ship it's paints into states
that require printed copy of the
analysis Of the contents Of the pack
age.
The answer to this, of course, is
that the goods are not as represented
in the catalogue. The up to date To-
cal merchant, Of course. is cOnverSant
with these facts and can explain them
to his customers IL given an OppOrtu-
nifty. and he can also. If he understands
his business thoroughly, explain the
vast difference between the goods sold
by the catalogue house and those sold
by him.
Articles Challenge Explanations.
The cheap, flashy. flimsy article can
never stand alongside of the honest
reliable article without challenging an
explanation.
The business man who cannot meet
this demand upon him is not up t.
date. and his education regarding the
line of goods he carries should b.
touched up.
II the home town consumers are
alive and awake to their own interest
they can begin to educate the lOca,
merchants by demanding from them
the information concerning the differ
ence in the quality of their goods ana
the goods of the catalogue retailer IT
they are unable to explain they viii
also be unable to render efficient sprv
ice to their customers.
1t is time merchants of this kline
wake up to the situation.
Speeches..
A cOlored telephone subscriber at st.
Joseph, Mo-, called the test board: "Hel-
10! Is this the chief wire? Well, say.
I want you all to come right up and
fix my fome. 1t amt spoke a wor
since Saturdayr-Exchange @
Morris tribune., 1916-11-24

An Up TO DaCS "eFCnauG WHO QUO"
cessfuIy Fought Fire With Fire-Lo-
cal Dealers Request Consumers to
Give Them an Opportunity to Figure.
Can and Will Meet Competition.
copyrighted 1914, by Thomas j. Sullivanl
If you want to succeed in the world
you must make your own opportunities
as you go on,
The man who waits for the seventh
wave to toss him ON dry land will find
that the seventh wave is long time in
coming. You can commit no greater
folly than to sit by the roadside until
some one comes along aud invites yOu
to ride with him to wealth or infiu-
ence.
Business men. local and otherwise.
in the entire country, are DESTROYS of
increasing and extending their bust
ness. and if they did not care to do this
they would not be in business.
Can Successfully Cope.
1t is doubtful if there be a local re-
taller in the country who could not
successfully cope with the mail order
and catalogue retailer would he but
try. This the local merchant may not
know. but nevertheless it is an absO-
lutte fact
There is retail firm in a town in
Wisconsin which cOnspicuOusly displays
upon its counters one Of the cata-
lOgues of the largest Chicago mail Or
der houses, upon the cover of which is
pasted notice that it will furnish
any article advertised in the catalogue
as cheapIy as the buyer can secure the
articles from Chicago. and it lives up
to the advertisement attached to the
very letter.
Mail Order House Seconds.
The substantial local merchant knows
we'll that the cheap stoves sold by the
catalogue mail order houses are light
weight stoves; that the iron beds
shown in the advertisement matter as
massive frames with strong corner
posts and heavy crOsSbars are light,
frail castings, commonly known to the
trade as seconds which no honest
or reliable furniture dealer would keep
in hts stock because he could not sell
them to people who were given an OPP
portunity to inspect the goods before
purchasing.
1t is only on very rare occasions that
patrons of a mail order house ever get
the worth Of their money when they
buy from the pictures in the cata-
Morris tribune., 1916-11-24
Sardinia Gives Name, but No Fish.

Sardinia Gives Name, but No Fish.
We get the word "sardine" from Sar-
dinia,- but we get few sardines, says
the National Geograp hic Magazine, for
practically all of this "catch" is con-
sumed locally. The funny fisheries of
the island. on the other hand, are i'm
portant and profitable. The Genoese
control the latter industry, for the Sar
dinians are not maritime folk.
The title of duke, the highest order
of the British peer9ge, was first intro
duced in 1887 and the Black Prince,
the son Of Edward III. of England,
was the first duke under the title of
the Duke of Cornwall.
Morris tribune., 1916-11-24
MISS OPPORTUNITY
YOU MISS SUCCESS
Waiting For the Seventh Wave
Is Foolish.
WISCONSIN FIRMS SCHEME.

An Up to Date Merchant Who Sue
cessfuIIy Fought Fire With Fire-Lo-
cal Dealers Request Consumers to
Give Them an Opportunity to Figure.
Can and Will Meet Competition,
Morris tribune., 1916-11-24

in. and the disposition Of such property
is an impossible feat.
AS we stand and survey the ruins of
once prosperous and promising city
we turn to the once successful retail
merchant, now standing in the door of
his empty store. and ask for the an
SWer.
Briefly he makes reply: THE retail
catalogue houses. Our residents in his
community became hypnOtized by their
pictures and prices and misrepresenta-
tons and this is the result"
On the Altar of Greed.
They sacrificed their own interests
and their own town on the altar of
greed and understanding
The farmer should easily cOmpre-
bend that when stock of goods in
store is depleted One-half or more it
cannot be taxed for more than its
value, and in case the merchant for
lack of patronage is forced to retire
altogether from business then there
remains nothing to be taxed but the
building, And what can it be taxed
at provided q tenant who is willing to
take chance with his money cannot
be found? Eventually the farmer will
have to pay the taxes This merchant
formerly paid, and if the farmer con
tinues throwing his patronage to out
side concerns ne will continue to re.
duce local vniueS and increase his
taxes
Reflect Too Little.
Some farmers read too much and re-
feet too littlc-~depend too much upon
others. too little upon themselves
They make of their heads cold storage
warehouses for other peoples ideas
instead Of standing up in their own
independent, godIike individuality.
Reading and rereading Of mail order
catalogues leave a man in about the
same condition as Mark Twain's toad
with it's stomach full Of shot.
What do the mail order houses d"
Morris tribune., 1916-11-24
Like Aladdin.

at Morris. MINI. at close CT business on
November 18th. 1915.
Date of report by bank, Nov. %, 1916.
RESOURCES
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-01-21
1916 A PROMISING YEAR.

Nineteen sixteen promises to be
memorable year in the lives of many.
In the first place there are So Satur-
days, which mean to many So pay days
and it also boasts of So Sundays. also
favorable TO the working man and wo-
man Strange to say there is but one
Friday the 18th, and that is away off
in o tober. 1915 had SO Fridays and
several were on the 18th, too
Christmas in 1916 comes on Monday,
Washington's birthday on Tuesday,
Decoration day on Tuesday, Fourth of
July on Tuesday, Labor day on Sept. 4,
Thanksgiving on the last day in Nov
ember and election day on Nov. Z. Ia
Wisconsin primary day comes on Sept.
and the spring election on Apr. 4.
Nineteen sixteen also promises us
Eve eclipses-three of the sun and two
of the moon.-Ex.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-01-21
SOME FOLKS REMEMBER.

Some folks in the lead belt remem-
her few months back, when the
Democratic tariff was in full effect
and there was no war demand for lead
The Lead Bell News, of Flat River,
calls attention to the fact that the I'm
derwood tariff brought the worst crisis
in the history of the lead industry;
that hundreds of men who had not
been idle for years were thrown out OF
work and that the charity organiza-
tions were deluged with appeals for
help" 1t adds that during 1914 St.
Francois county had more business
failures than during auy similar period
in its previous history. War orders
for shrapnel brought the demand for
lead aud revived the industry. AS the
Democratic party did not start the
war. it cannot claim credit for present
cond tions. But tue folks will blame
it for enacting tariff which was so
disastrous until the war nullitied it's
iniquitous operations.-St Louis
Globe Democrat.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-01-21
ANOTHER LAND DEAL

The largest land deal that has been
made in this city in years was conclud-
ed on Tuesday evening when G. E Lut-
sey, G. T. Dawley, S. E. Wright,
Henry Knapstejn, f. A. Archibald,
George Ostermeier ana l. H. Mack
with two or three outside parties pur-
chased tract of $40 acres of land in
Forest county from the heirs of New
York estate The tract lies between
CrandOn and Monico just east of the
Oneida county line and consists of 90
eighties lying in compact tract. The
deal took a substantial sum of money
to handle although the tract has al
ready been logged and the purpose is
to sell it to colony Of real farmers
the coming spring.
The land is very well watered and
the soil IS fertile and it is rumored that
the price ran over $40, 900. The land
will doubtlessly be sold in 40 acre
tracts to Finnish settlers. 1t is less
than four miles distant from two rail
roads and will clear easily. Lon
don Republican.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-01-21

President of the Polk-Miller Drug
Company. Richmond, Va, is authority
for the following extraordinary state
ment:
Il estimate that the business men of
this country could increase their eff
cheney fully ten per cent by taking an
occasional laxative and not neglecting
the bowels as most of them do
He also said that if the Department
of Commerce in Washington would
present each business man in the coun.
try with box of Rexall Orderlies. 1t
would be of great benefit to the ma.
tional welfare, Rexall Orderlies are
prompt in action. pleasant to take and
never grippe. can be used by men. WON
en- or children. and are just the thing
for toning up sluggish livers.
We have the exclusive selling rights for
this great laxative. Trial size, 10 cents.
WABENO DRUG STORE
THE REXALL STORE
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-01-21
WHY 1T PAYS TO READ THE ADS

There is every advantage in trading
uon-advertiser VINO tells you he can
sell cheaper because he spends no mon
ey for advertising, shows by that very
argument how little he knows of mod
ern methods of merchandising. You,
yourself, know he is wrong. Do you
ever go out of town to trade? If you
do, you do not go into the city and
hunt up the stores whose advertise
ments you have never seen. You bur
~ to the stores you are familiar with
through their advertising. Ask your
self then, If advertising pays 1t pays
the store, and it pays the customer.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-01-21
New Towns and New Wealth.

The completion of the Wisconsin
and Northern railway to Crandon was
made the topic of newspaper article
by NJ. j. Wallrich in the Amigo Jour
nal, in which he reviewed the new
situation as affected by this extension
which carries the line from it's con-
nection with the Northwestern road at
Shawano to the Northwestern at Gran
don and the 500 Line at North Gran
don.
Mr.. Wallrich suggests state park
to comprise about the equivalent of
a township of land extending east and
west about fifteen miles and touching
the Wisconsin and Northern north of
Van Ostrand. The land in question is
a range of hills that are, said to be
very attractive.
MIR. Wallrich points out that several
new towns viii spring up in the early
future along this new line, and owing
to numerous water powers, will be of
considerable Importance.
The Wisconsin and Northern trav-
erses the Wolf River valley in its up
per stretches--a region of splendid
farm lands that will soon be one of
the best farming districts OF the state.
The building of the Wisconsin and
Northern is the work of Wisconsin
people. and testimonial to their en-
terprise From its conception Mr.
Wallrich has been leading spirit IN
the construction OF the road. The
t!nal result will be the addition OF
much wealth TO the state.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-01-21
IL Arrested for Trespass.

Following the visit OF Northwest
ern railway detective to Marinerte
last week, seventeen persons were
arrested charged with some form of
trespass. Nine of them paid fines for
picking coal along the tracks, while
eight boys were fined for stealing
rides on freight cars. The penalty in
all of the cases amounted to 81 and
costs, with the exception of one boy
who was fined $50 and another SIS.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-01-21
INFORMATION FOX FARMERS
New Agricultural Bulletin Gives Five
Methods for Improving Sandy Soil.

New Agricultural Bulletin Gives Five
Methods for Improving Sandy Soil.
To do just as much work as the other
fellow on the same kind of land, anC
yet derive less profit-well, no farmer
wants to do that, but many of then
are doing it.
In the new poster bulletin issued bs
the agricultural experiment station OF
the University of Wisconsin there il
found some very useful'and sensible IN
formation for farmers whose soil Is
light and for all farmers interested II
keeping up soil fertility. While the
illustrations can not be reproduced
herewith, the subject matter should be
cut out by every farmer and preserved
for future reference. Here are the
five methods given for improving sandy
soil:
l. By adding lime. 2. ygrowing
legumes. 8. By adding plant food. a
By rotating crops. 5. BY conserving
moisture.
Details on each method follow. By
adding lime: What kind? Ground lime
stone, quick lime, air Stacked lime OF
mari. When? In spring or fall on
plowed land. How much? From one
to two tons per acre depending upon
acidity. How applied? With manure
spreader or fertilizer spreader.
By growing legumes: Why? To add
nitrogen; to furnish humus. How? By
use of lime; by use of plant food; by
inoculating; by compacting soil. CThe
corrugated roller is very useful in
bringing moisture to terminating
seed.) Which? Red or mammoth clio
yer, soy beans and alfalfa.
, By adding plant food in stable ma
nure which contains all the elements
needed for sandy soils, or in CONNER
cial fertilizers containing phosphorus
and potassium. Nitrogen may be sup
piled by raising clover or some other
legume.
By rotating crops: To maintain nj
trogen by use of legumes. To main
tain humus by green manuring crops.
To prevent growth of weeds. To pre-
vent insects and diseases.
Conserving moisture: How? By the
use of the harrow or cultivator to keep
ground covered with fine dust muc Oh.
When? AS soon after rain as possible
to keep soil water from evaporating.
The plants will need it.
A good rotation suggested by the
poster is oats, hay Glover or alfalfa),
corn, potatoes.
The original fertility of light soil is
easily lost if it is farmed wrong. Prop
er farming will not only maintain the
fertility but increase it Which kind
are you practicing? Wouldn't it be a
good plan to clip this and put it where
it can be found when you need it?
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-01-21

A farmer visited the city and, among
other things, ne wandered into Wo-
mans exchange on Twenty third
Street in New York. After few mo-
ments of staring about at the things
on display, ne sized up several women
attendants behind the railing. so
this is the woman exchang, eh?" he
said thoughtfully. Yes, this is the
woman's exchange" came the reply.
.What can / do for you?" ''An' you
all are the wimen?" Yes. Wal,
guess then I'll just keep Maria"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-01-21

There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together and for years it was sup
posed to be incurable. Doctors pre-
scribed local remedies. and by constant
ly falling to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Catarrh is
local disease. greatly influenced by con-
stitutional conditions and therefore re-
quires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrn Cure. manufactured by f. j.
Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio, is constl-
tutional remedy, is taken internally
and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous
Surfaces of the System. One Hundred
Dollars reward is offered for any case
that Halls Catarrh Cure fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-01-21
OUAcK GRASS BRINGS 500 PER


A farmer in the southwestern por-
ton of the state makes the report
that an acre of quack brought him
$500. He had to explain, however, be-
fore his auditors would believe the
statement. 1t was like this. The
quack had got started and defed all
effort at determination. Finally, yield
ing to the advice that a few years ago
would have been scoffed at, he seeded
the plot to alfalfa and this year took
off crop worth 500. So he insists
that the acre of quackgrass brought
him the 500. We Will not argu the
uuestion-but if there is no other way
to move farmers to start alfalfa let's
look in friendly way at quackgrass.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-01-21
CHURCH SERVICES

GERMAN LUTHERAN. Regular
services every Sunday morning at IL
o'clock except the End Sunday of eaci
month. English services on the first
and third Sunday evening of each
month. Sunday school every Sunda!
morning at IL 80. Bible class on the
first and third Sunday of each mont
at 2:15 o'clock p m.
REV VIM. A KUETHER, Pastor.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-01-21

ST. AMBROSE. Mass every Sun
day at 8 and 1O:15 clock. Baptism at
1870. Sunday school at 2. Benediction
at 8. On the 5th Sunday of every month
Mass at 10 o'clock only.
FATHER A. o. BUYTAERT, Pastor.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-01-21

PRESBYTERIAN. Regular services
every Sunday 10:45 a m. and 7:3O. p. m
Sunday School at $50 a. m. 7. Z. >
C. E. at 80 p. m.
REV L. R. GIROULX, Pastor,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-24
WASHINGTON Is STIRRED
WITH DEEP APPREHENSION

WASHINGTON. June 23.- General
Pershing's report indicating that the
American cavalry command engaged at
Carrizal was the object of a treacher-
Gus attack by Carranza soldiers. and
virtually was wiped out. stirred Wash
incton tonight with deeper appre-
hension than has been aroused by any
other development in the series which
have brought the country to the brink
of war with Mexico.
While no official would indicate the
probable course of the United States
should the report prove true. there
were many grim evidences that ten
sion had been greatly increase Pres
ident Wilson. who had retired before
the news reached Washington, was
awakened and talked with Secretary
Baker over the telephone. AT the
war Department, officials apparently
credited for the first time the story
that the Mexican troops had been gull
ty of an act which could lead only to
the most serious consequences.
Late tonight the PershinG report
told Of in news dispatches had not
reached the War Department officially
+, A report was received from the COM
u mander in Mexico. however, saying
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