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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-01-05
Raises Biggest Turnip.

Standardization Plank and
e. T. Lowe are making bid at plac-
ing Logan county in the front rank as
a vegetable producing county. Mr..
Plank exhibits turnip that weighs
S pounds and IL ounces and measures
24h inches in circumference. Mr..
Lowe has grown a head of cabbage
that weighs Is pounds and measures
48 inches in circumference.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-01-05
Revised state Fair Premium List.

Revised State Fair Premium List.
The premium list for the 1916
state fair is being prepared by the
Wisconsin department OF agriculture.
The revision is more thorough and is
being made by a committee of five
members of the advisory board and Of
ficials of the state fair division of the
department.
A number of changes are being
made in classifcations in order that
all classes may be brought up to
date and the possible competition pro-
vided in each department.
Special efforts are being made to
strengthen the boys and girls exhibit
and contest department. This depart
ment was created this year and is
the beginning of one of the strongest
divisions of the fair. The amount of
money to be awarded in this depart
ment will be larger than in 1915, and
several competitions will be added.
1t has been decided to drop the
blacksmiths' contest and the boys
aviation department. Money given
in these departments will be added to
| the boys and girls department.
An effort will be made at all times
to strengthen all departments having
| to do with agriculture
A worlds record was established by
the dairy department in 1915, and the
prospects are that the 1915 record will
| be exceeded in 1916.
New swine and sheep barns, and
the fact that the fair will be open
| to worldwide competition, insures rec
ord-breaking swine and sheep exhibit
in 1916. In the cattle and horse de-
partments prospects for record-break-
| ing showings are excellent.
Supt. e. l.. Luther expects more
| than thirty-five county exhibits in 1916.
Already the following counties have
voted to exhibit: Wood, Sawyer, Onei-
da, Ozaukee and Milwaukee.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-01-05
Poultry Industry Growing.

Poultry Industry Growing.
Here are some of the facts and hg
ures which could be used to prove
that despite all notions to the con
trary, poultry raising is another OF
Wisconsin's many important farm In
dustries.
Fifteen million dollars is the est,
mated annual valuation of Wisconsin,
poultry and poultry products.
Fifty million dozens of eggs mar
keted by Wisconsin's poultrymen
year.
One hundred fifty thousand Wiscon-
sin farmers raise poultry.
Three hundred young men and
women are studying poultry hus-
bandry at the college of agriculture.
the University of Wisconsin.
Sixty poultry shows are held in
Wisconsin every year.
There is scarcely township In the
state which has not poultryman 10
it's credit. More and more farmers
are beginning to specialize IN their
industries. And many seeing the
ideal conditions which Wisconsin Of
fers for poultry raising, are investing
in poultry as a means of earning
good livelihood. They are working
with their heads as well as with their
hands, and the result is a class OF
poultrymen who know their business
and clear their profits.
Besides these professional poultry
men, there are the farmers who keep
poultry as side issue-for pocket
money, perhaps By far the greater
number of f1ocks are owned by this
class. These farmers are waking up
as well as the poultrymen. They are
learning how to feed and how to house
their birds. Some of them are even
improving their stock by selection and
the purchase of purebred fowls.
Everywhere farmers are caring for,
and increasing their fiocks. They are
beginning to see that their once de-
spised focks have been laying golden
eggs, and have come to the conclusion
that whatever is worth doing at all, is
worth doing we'll
Then there are the city poultrymen
the men who keep little flock
penned UP in the back yard. Starting
as a thrifty movement to reduce the
cost of living, the backyard poultry
industry is rapidly coming up over
the horizon as profit-sharing bust
ness. Improved methods of feeding
and housing have put the little city
flock on a par with it's country neigh
bors, and more and more city men
are going in for poultry as profitable
hobby.
And back of all, this back-to-the-
flock movement is the poultry depart
ment of the agricultural college of the
University of Wisconsin. Although
but recently established, the depart
ment is doing much to advance and
develop the industry which too often
has been considered of but minor i'm
portance.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-01-05
Found an Extra Nee4

Evansville, Ind.-Berden jackson, a
farmer living in the Stringtown road,
near Evansville, thought he brought
three dozen eggs to produce house
here. His foot struck something soft
in the straw In the bottom of his
wagon, and when he investigated he
found hen sitting on nest contain.
ing ten eggs.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-01-05
State Patents.


John B. Arndt, Neenah, automatic
circuit breaker; B. Bennett, Blue
Mounds, carrier track; John H. Grow,
Milwaukee, timber treating apparatus;
Edward Harthke, Milwaukee. COLLAPSE
bic seat; Edward G. Hoernel, Racine,
key duplicating machine; Julius o.
Johnson, Eleva, end gate for hay
racks: Alonzo kellogg, Portage. cam
era; Ebert c. Leach, Oshkosh, con-
troll means for belt driven machinery;
Morton Murphy, GAINESVILLE, fireless
cook stove; Leo Pangborn, Madison,
tree holder; Peter Paulus, Appleton
acid absorbing apparatus; Clarence
Plummer, Kewaunee, temporarily pre-
serving shelled peas and similar vege-
tables.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-01-05

Madison. - Although there is a
state law providing for the display of
an American flag on ali public school
houses in the state, it is no crime to
disobey the law. Such is the conclu-
sion of Attorney General W. c. Owen In
an opinion to District ATTORNEY J. II.
Hill of Sank county.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-01-05
State Should Care for Risks on Life.

The state legislature should provide
money by direct appropriation or 9TH
surance if the state life fund insurance
business is to be continued, is the con,
clusion of Actuary L. A. Anderson OF
the state insurance department in a
report filed with State Insurance Com
missioner M. ]. Cleary.
The cost of conducting this insur-
ance business, which is the administra-
ton of a life insurance fund by the
state, greatly exceeds the revenues
provided, the actuary says.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-01-05
New interpretations.

The following interpretations filed
notice of increase in capital stock:
West Water-Sycamore company. Mil
waukee, from $4,000 to s725. 200.
The Daily News Publishing com
pany, Beloit, from $4,000 to s125,00
Wisconsin Valley Electric company,
from 100000 to 100000.
The Wisconsin Iron and Wire
Works, Milwaukee, from $4,000 to
$4,000.
The Lingerie Manufacturing com
pany. Milwaukee, from $1,000 to
$4,000.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-01-05
NEWS OF THE STATE

Medford.-J. T. Edwards, manager
of the Medford Veneer company, has
been elected president of the National
Veneer association.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-01-05

Spcuu OuTlSLIudS LOS0IucI Will S'OAJ
thing forgiven and forgotten.
Madison.-The industrial commits
sion reports that this is the nrst
Christmas week since the enact
ment of the ten-hour law for women
when the commission has not been Pc
titioned to allow longer hours for wom-
an clerks in stores. Every year until
the present" said Chairman j. D. Beck.
I'VE have been asked to make conces-
sions SO woman clerks might be
worked more hours per day for the
Christmas rush. This year not single
merchant has asked concessions. l
give credit chiefly to the newspapers.
Early and late they have urged shop
pers to buy early and to spare the girl
clerks"
Grand Rapids.-The program for
the State Drainage association which
will meet here on January 10. 20
and FL is complete and includes
many prominent men in this line in
| the state, and several addresses will
be given by outside speakers.
Portage.-Emil Erdman was in
stantly killed a1d his son, Louis,
| sustained a crushed. chest and frac-
/ lures of both legs, when an automo-
bile. containing, besides them, Mrs.
Erdman and her baby went dead" on
a railroad crossing at Doylestown, 20
miles from here, and vas struck by q
passenger train
The Detroit times., 1916-08-14

WILL ACCEPT
ARBITRATION
oCopti.ued from r.xe oacD

derstood that the managers were in.
cliued 20 BE- favorable 20 a PROPOSE
ton 81 his kind
Judge Chambers OF the mediation
board carried the invitation 20 con.
FER with the president 20 the broth,
erhood oricisls at the National no
tel The = brotherhood representa-.
tl,ss rude 10 ,he street cars 20 he
White House where Judge ham.
bs-s introduced Jhem 90 The presl
dent
The president received them In
the green room
\ 2 Garretson outlined the con.
tertions OF the employees az the pres
lccn's request lie spoke for near
Is 20 minutes After concluding the
pi.s.len, talked with the men in
au Effort 20 narrow down their
claims 20 a concise statement thar
would give him some tangible INA
rgr.a ou which 70 worE when ~
conferred with Tho railroad man
ayers
The railway managers WIN contec
ul#l IKE rres iGeu- later
The president arranged 10 see
,lcl &C alone l~-r. getting he
different points Of ~ and giving
his own Af'e- thus ho'H parties
,,.-a .x7.ctsd 'o tcld vcre' cor.
t,--0c"s later probably meettnS
WITH ,'. president tosetAcv ~ This
aral meeting .. prc badly Will ue
.r.e~-u NOD Nao'her 'he president a
efforts have rc-e,ded or failed 70
ie believed The difference VII la7r
throughout The la
A IRAN CLOSE 10 Elisha Lee chair
wau Of the ra'rgad manage,
-tcse pcs~!mi-'i>aIl ~ 'E- 1.tloos
despite tls presidents intervention
Sc s5, asked TO c,,t a. ;he
Waite House e. '.s'. yoa knew 3,
equivalent -o ar .a-.a-' Ls satd
Vy -ay- no r.esrn Sow 20 change
as- .r,uI- Th men hay, refuse
F ao ars'a.nz md The failure 10
-.- together D. result - ,hie 70
$50 fa1 al. -eady for a strike
be ,a- sacd
rs err rr,dy NJ Answered
".s. DO tN0 railroad nara ger
gree s- Do MA, course go pursue
---. 80 Yr. eav,r rr,ftF~r. Unite Ira 1
The Detroit times., 1916-08-14

is uDprepsred for strike More
than $4,000 cars OF freishJ pass
through Chicago daily. ne estima'
ed. and the confusion should these
cars be- iefJ az standstill would
affect the entire uaiion In add
ton 20 100000 railway men who
would have 90 walk on Il a strike
we're ordered. 100000 other work
ers would be affected
Chicago l. the terminus for go
railroads. having 'oial mileage OF
1882 miles or more than 40 per
cent ~ the entire mileage OF the
United States Fourteen hundred
miles Of belt line euCircle the city
onethird of the bel, line mileage OF
the country There are more than
700 freight Yards and 3l5 freight
receiving stations The operation
~ all Of these would De paralyZed
The Detroit times., 1916-08-14
Telegraphic
STOCK MARKET
OPENS LOWER
Customary Monday Dizziness
Prevails On y. \.
Exchange

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE stocS
market opened with tho CUSTOMARY
Monday morning dullrs-. loda'.
Fractional gains ir rail and motor
insues were recorded.
Awaiting the outcome Of the rail.
road conferences with President
Wilson there vas little trading In
rail issues during the first hour al
though prices held 20 the opening
level
Though tie market was inactive
during the early Afternoon hour
there was little or no Tagging IN
prices
The Detroit times., 1916-08-14
BRITISH LOSE
PART OF NEW
GAINS ON SOMME
,continusd from Page one,

ro4-t widening their positions on
tho IRON, north % ,ae S0mme here
was brisk ranaoradI1z around me
newly SION French positions ~
Nagrcgss
Ou tAs Vertln front. ,rs Ger.
mans ATTACKED 'rree t.uos ,as- nigh,
east % PIN sa4. on ,re YES. bank
~ 'be Me1se. and 10 -be region Of
FIcgry Aj me attacks were re-
pulsed
Between ne Oiso and Tho Alsne.
ao.ea. as-l8eJ stT4sEie occurred
~ mo sector Of MouAns and so4St
oven,
TIE success OF the Frsn. thrust
north % The somme In Ssrlr! 3
ard sunday. lighting Increase he
..srI ~ the German lne trOn
-ou5le- 20 Peronne The capture
~ mo villages % Msurspss and
Cfe-s necessary % an advance
against Ps-orHa from tne north is
believed certain under he next
great French 1.oe on this front
The Germans bomharded The
french un's around Maurepag r"ag
Hy LAST night They are expected 20
launch a frsvy sountera''art 20
batter .u roe Vedge thrust info fErir
Inc ard g. 8. possible this cannon
aiding PRECEDED strong Infantry A..
tacf
The Detroit times., 1916-08-14
Frog IN Ice Cake.

YORK. Pa. Aug ~ The follow
ing frog story comes out ~ Sprlng
Grove. and ls youched for ty a score
O, residents from th" little village
Edmund Srntr fouHd 2 frog frozen
IN cake % ice When taken ou'
and placed ,n ugcte' OF Naf,.
The frog was revived and ls now
apparently healthy u Is believed
tha; The frog was frozen IN me ice
Eve months aEo
The Detroit times., 1916-08-14
New York Would
Starve Within 8 Days

MN YORK. Aug 14-Hov III
Nvo million people living b. Greater
New York rill 30 fed iu he event
az a railroad 'rike d, problem be-
ing given real consideration by OF.
Gals here oday
Joseph = Hsrt4gu. eere'ary rt
MAJOR Mitchell. 10 aittee on fgsa
supply. has recomr med ,o Acuus
Mayor Frank T.. tcnlIn< that az.
ton be AIKEN av f.a rifF govern
ment 20 preparr 7gaine' any stop
page Of traffic IN fo,d-f1Ts HaTri
gan propose tia .lrsey b" ma #e
Of all sources OF frrd supply which
could 10 commanded + tho "dEe
g. declared
Win The CITY r ne grip ~ an o..
fanfiie Paralysis 20 demie city an.
thorltios arc irving 20 determine"
how ls 2.2.00oH quart = milk tho
city consumes 5sdy could De"
brought 10 me city .n no event Of a
strike
Meat packers o-'.ma.ed foda5
that New Works sggr,s Of igesf
would last bat 80 hf day. 4 tl,
railroads wore tied up
More than 700 0Co tourists are nov
in New York % o. eFt.ma cd How
these people could Do ted 20 say
nothing ~ their being unable 10 r..
urn ~ their homes anil places ~
buslnets, ts also troubling city of.
Gals
As New York pftduces practical
Is ~ foods'ufs. strike that wouli
cut ~ -fe city from its food sup.
ply would 70 .ul' IN appalling condi-
tions boo short time, au'horiiio~
s.Id
The Detroit times., 1916-08-14

LANCASTER, Ga, Aug 1t Ma
James Burnside says that oiling he
streets is the cans" ~ fhc dsap
pearan'e OF the -parroVz These
birds e. oi Ion their feet and then
on their eggs Thesc Viii not hatch
then Re also saws many sparrow
leave town FOR The country as soon
20 'ho oil s .proad To- order 20 got
heir dust baths
The Detroit times., 1916-08-14
Half Million Would
~ BE Idle In Chicago

CHICAGO Aug IA general
railway strike will throw more than
half a million men out ~ work here
according tO conservative estimates
made today
According ro " q Bierd preai-
dent Of the Chicago q Alton rail
road. Chicago the FreateS, railroad
center In Tho world % the continent.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-14

NEW YORK. Aug 70 Papers
hay, been -'gnad providing fos the
erection of se-o.0"0 factory 'o~
M Emerson Motors TO The cor
racrors specify thar th, factory Us
'o be completed within four months
The factory vii boz located IA ION
Island city. on a tract that cover
TWO city blocks
The Detroit times., 1916-08-14

have worked in America the Tar
iSus are frequently able 90 converse
Win their prisoners in English IN
t,rspersed with American slams
Lord Northcure wired
The Detroit times., 1916-08-14
Detroit esns CIcartnso.

uetroir bans Goauaes FOR Mon
day were Sa.35+.T}FNa To.al clear
.ngs for 1875 20 date are 5l21a.6S'
-s3 Is as against sS55.cf>25' ~ FOR
The CORE spondlrE period last year
The Detroit times., 1916-08-14
plead. For Pc, Rabbit.

BLDOMINGDALE. md. Aug. II ="
William - leonard has inserted 4
notice In the papers requesting
his friends and neighbors not 70
harm hts pct Kansas iackrabbit.
The rabbit has The run OF the Leon.
ard farm, but L. 20 domesticated that
if returns az night 10 sleep IN the
Kitchen
The Detroit times., 1916-08-14

The interna iOnal Typographical
union begins It's annual convention
today A. Baltimore
The Detroit times., 1916-08-14

priatfnE--the piain neat ktnd--thst
O. rIEht--Times job DcBt.--MRln am.
The broad ax., 1916-02-05
Aeademic Dress.

Academic dress Is a sort Of scholars
badge consisting Of gowns, hoods and
caps, copied or adapted from styles
long prevalent In England. the comb
nation of articles being so arranged as
to indicate the degree or academic
status Of the wearer. The code was
formulated by an intercollegiate col
lege commission chartered by the Uni
versity Of New York and has been
adopted In many American colleges.
There are three distinct types OF gowns
and hoops-the bachelors. the mas
ter's and the doctors. The bachelors
gown is most commonly worn and has
long pointed sleeves; the masters gown
has long closed sleeves with a slit
through which the forearm protrudes;
the doctors gown has velvet bars on
round open sleeves and velvet facings
down the front Caps worn with such
gowns are the regulation mortar boards
with black silk tassels.-Philadelphia
Press.
The broad ax., 1916-02-05
The Jumping Frog Story.

It was in the Angel Camp bar that
Mark Twain heard from an exploit
called Ben Coon the jumping frog
story. Clemens related it to Artemus
Ward, who urged him to write II, to be
included in book that Ward was pub
fishing. Clemens dallied and sent 1t
to the publishers too late. but they
handed it over to a dying paper called
the Saturday Press. which gladly gave
it pride of place in its columns on
Nov. Is, 1865. Professor Sidgwick
synopsized it in Greek form for his
book "Greek Prose Composition" and
thus arose the legend that the jump
ing frog story originated In ancient
Greece, legend in which Clemens him.
self believed till Professor Sidgwick
undeceived him in 1899 by telling him
that the Greek version was merely a
translation of Clemens own work
The broad ax., 1916-02-05
How Jefferson Dressed.

In dress President jefferson was gov.
erned by comfort rather than by ele-
gance. pride costs more than hun
ger, thirst and cold" he used to say,
and as he lived in an epoch that wit
messed a mighty revolution in mems
clothing as well as in mems govern
ment. monarchy's queues and velvets
giving way to short hair and the useful
ungainly pantaloOn, only the watchful-
ness of his body servant saved him
from unbelievable anachronisms OF cos
tune. Indeed. in later life at Month
cello. where this democrat ruled abso-
lutte king. he often wore the garments
Of several different periods together,
like superimposed geological strata or
the historic remains in the Roman
forum.-Century.
The broad ax., 1916-02-05
Our Navy a Century Ago.

One hundred years ago the naval
force Of the United States on the At
lantic coast consisted Of thirty-three
vessels, twenty-seven Of which were
In commission. Among them were a
dozen great ships, first class frigates
and sloops Of war, some Of them car
rying as many as seventy-four guns
each. They were all sailing vessels.
The era Of the steam warship, how
ever, was close at hand. With the aid
OF an appropriation from congress
there was now nearing completion a
floating steam battery" designed by
Robert Fulton This ship, which was
launched a few months later, was the
first steam war vessel ever built and
was destined to revolutionize the meth
DDS Of naval warfare throughout the
world-Exchange.
The broad ax., 1916-02-05
Washinqton at Might.

Night life comes on swiftly when 1t
gets really started. Night In Washing
ton is a beautiful girl drawing a black
velvet, jewel bespangled cloak over
white shoulders. The streets are light
ed with dull bronze, rather low lamps;
artistically perfect lamps that hold dull
white, glowing globes. The lamps are
very close together. They are the
pearls that the girl winds about her
throat and in her dusky hair.
The White House stands out, glim-
mering boldly against the black Of the
foliage. its lighted windows dtmmed
with tightly drawn curtains. What of
national portent may not have hap
pened behind those same curtained
windowsI Perhaps fear has grappled
with bravery behind the shelter Of the
friendly walls; perhaps hatred and love
have clashed. Perhaps towards have
become strong, and surely strong men
have wept. Characters and homes and
nations have been nodded behind those
friendly blinds.-Margaret E Sang
ster. Jr.. In Christian Herald.
The broad ax., 1916-02-05
A South American Hobo.

Santiago, capital Of Chile, is the
home Of the roto Chileno, or broken
Chilean, most picturesque and unique
Of hoboes. The name Is a byword In
South America, and as far as that con-
ttnent is concerned he is unique type.
We find rich people everywhere and
poor people everywhere, but in no 9th
er South American country but Chile
DO we find this good natured, service
able, deceitful, ragged, drunken, crimi-
nal species Of tramp. He earns a live
hhood by begging, doing odd jobs and
thieving. The last Is his mainstay. In
his hands stealing has become a fine
art The Chileans have a saying that
he VIII steal your socks without touch
ing your boots. A long, jointed wire
with a hook at the end is his favorite
tool II a window ON the street Is left
mguarded he VIII with this simple
contrivance successfully remove from
the interior everything but the heavy
furniture.-New York Independent
The broad ax., 1916-02-05
~ You s.II Off the Earth.

After you have learned that the
earth Is spinning through space like a
great top and that we are all living on
the outside Of this top you probably
wonder where we would all go II
we fell OF. The earth itself has enough
power of attraction to keep everything
on it's surface from falling on.
Now, just imagine that this power of
attraction stopped altogether. If that
happened and you were indoors your
head would hit the ceiling. If yoq
were out Of doors you would go
straight up into the sky for a long
time, and gradually you would begin
to move slower and slower and slower,
for the resistance Of the air would re-
tard you. At last you would come to
a stop, and there you would stay. And
very cold you would find It
If the air did not resist, with the
least little jump you would go sailing
of into space. That Is the only way
you could fall OF the earth, when the
earth's attraction stopped and when
the air did not resist-Exchange.
The broad ax., 1916-02-05
Turks, Names For Greeks.

The Turks have definite names for
the Greeks who inhabit Ottoman terri
tory and for those who are their own
masters. The latter are Yunan and
their country Yunanistan-names de-
rived from Ionia"-while the Greeks
and Turks are Rum. By origin this Is
simply Romans and is an inherit
ance from the Byzantine days, when
the inhabitants of Constantinople, the
new Rome, were called Romaioi, while
the provincials were known as Hella
dikoi Rum was the conquering
Turks name for the Byzantine empire
1t survives In Roumelia, while the
popular Greek language of the present
day is still known as ROmaic. But
every Greek, in Greece or in Turkey.
calls himself a Hellene.-London Spec
tator
The broad ax., 1916-02-05
Chinese Architecture.

The monuments Of China are among
the most conspicuous in the world.
Interpreted broadly they range from a
coin or an oracle bone to the Great
wall. China has more than 1000 i'm
portant specimens of the pagoda, an
original form of tower architecture I'M
surpassed for beauty by any similar
kind of structure. The Porcelain tower
at Marking deserved to be ranged with
the wonders Of the world. and for
reasons which made it the superior of
the so called seven wonders. Chinese
sculpture has never been surpassed,
and there is no evidence in mundane
art to show that it ever will be. There
Is a single fragment in the Metropoli-
tan museum in New York-a stone
head Of the Tang period-whose gran
deur Of plastic mastery since its ap-
pearance has conferred distinction upon
the sculpture of the world.-Journal of
the American Asiatic Association.