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Charlevoix county herald., 1916-11-10
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N o T E S

There was no school in the four up
per grades of the high school last
Thursday and Friday because of the
State Teachers meeting at Grand
Rapids. Miss Coleman, Miss Sprague,
B. j. Holcomb and Srpt. Holiday were
in attendance from the local school.
Fire drill in the Central school was
accomplished last week in l minute
and IS seconds. The time was con-
siderably slower this time as the upper
grades were sent down the. east fire
escape.
All of the grades of the schools are
doing excellent work in the Palmer
penmanship system. The pupils work
is being graded by the Thorndike scale
published by Teachers College, New
York City.
The West Side school was forced to
lower its eolors recently when the flag
staff was blown down in heavy wind
storm.
The English class of the high school
is studying George Eliots Silas Mariner.
The class in Soil Physics made field
trip last week Monday and located nine
different varieties of soil within a mile
of the school building.
The Civics IL class conducted a gen.
eral election in the high school on Tues
day, following as nearly as possible the
legal plan for such elections. All stu
dents were required to register previ-
Gus to the election, the high school be-
ing divided into three wards and
registration board sitting in each ward.
In the election on Tuesday regulation
instruction ballots were used, the vote
being taken on the national and state
ticket and on the prohibition and home
rule amendments. There were 1S0
votes cast.
Plans are being made for big county
fair to be held late in the Month under
the control of the Student Council. The
money raised is to be used for the
athletic and debating teams.
The Student Council has arranged
for triangular debate between Charlie
voix, Boyne City and East Jordan to
take place before the Christmas vaca-
ton.
The years supply of magazines has
been ordered and will begin appearing
on the reading table next week.
The third grade of the Central school
is enjoying the use of fine new set of
supplementary readers.
The first and second grades of the
West Side school have on display some
very attractive handwork.
Several of the grades in the Central
school had Halloween parties in their
rooms last week.
The latest forward step that the high
school has made is the organization of
the Student Council, which was COM
pleted last week. This Council has
been formed for the purpose of taking
charge of student affairs and helping in
student government. The council con-
sists of two students from each class,
one elected by the class and one ap-
pointed by the faculty, and three men,
bers of the faculty. The officers are:
President, Walter Fowler; Secretary,
Basil Cummins; Treasurer, Dick
Dicken.
The boys Of the foot ball team are
wearing handsome new red and black
toques, the gift of Nose Weisman.
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-11-10
5000 From Six ReehIves.

Hiawatha, KAN. w. Admire Of
Hiawatha, during the season just
closed, got 1,540 pounds of honey
from six hives Of bees. His profit on
the bees will be close to $500.
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-11-10
St. Joseph's Church
Rev. Timothy Kroboth.

Sunday, Nov. IL.
500 a. m.-Mass. Holy Communion
for the Holy Name Societies.
1890 a. m.-Mass.
ZOO p. m.-Holy Name meeting
Sermon, Benediction.
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-11-10
Church of God
j. w. RuehIe, Pastor.

Sunday, Nov. 18th, 1916.
1000 a. m. Sunday School.
HOO a. m. Divine Worship and Ser
mon.
2:3O p. m. Services at Three Bel
School House.
7:3O p. m. Divine Worship and Ser
mon.
Wednesday evening at 7:30 prayer
meeting.
Friday evening cottage meeting.
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-11-10

Agency for Traverse City Steam
LauAdry, Klon Smith, Agent, under the
Post Office.
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-11-10

For VIOLIN LESSONS, call M. S.
Berger, Phone No. Z.
Get your FLOWERING BULBS now
for fall planting at KLEINHAN'S
Greenhouse. A complete assortment
to select from.
Those contemplating the purchase OF
a Monument can save money by inter
viewing Mrs. George Sherman who is
local agent for a well known manufact.
turer of high grade monuments.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-01-19

saturated with alum to such an extent
that it had power to pucker distance
itself.
Bridger also found fine place to
fish: Somewhere along the shore an
immense boiling spring discharges it's
overflow directly into the lake. The
specific gravity of the water is less
than that of the lake, owing to the ex-
pansive action Of heat, and it floats in
a stratum Of three or four feet thick
upon the cold water underneath. When
Bridger was in need Of fish it was to
this place that he went. Through the
hot upper stratum he let fall his bait
to the subjacent habitable zone and
having hooked his victim. cooked him
on the way OUT"
The visitor to the region of petrff1ca
tons in the northeast corner of the
park and to various points in the hot
springs districts will have no difficulty
In discovering the base material out Of
which Bridger contrived the following
picturesque yarn:
"A mountain in the park was once
cursed by great medicine man Of the
Crow nation. Everything on the noun
tain at the time of this dire event be-
came instantly petri6ed and has re-
NAMED so ever since All forms Of
life are standing about in stone where
they were suddenly caught by the
petrifying influences. even as the in
habitants Of ancient Pompeii were sur
prised by the ashes Of Vesuvius Sage
brush, grass, prairie fowls. antelopes.
elks and bears may there be seen as
perfect as in actual life. Dashing tor
rents and the spray mist from them
stand forth in arrested motion as If
| carved from rock by sculptor'S chisel.
Even flowers are blooming in colorS of
crystal. and birds soar with wings
spread in motionless fight. while the
air floats with music and perfumes
siliceous, and the sun and moon shine
with pertrifed light!' 1t is denied.
though, that Badger was responsible
for the story that even the laws of
gravitation were petrified in the region
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-01-19
4 WONDROUS Land
The Yellowstone Region as James
Bridger Saw It.
AND He WAS A TRUTHFUL MAN

His Adventure With an Elk at the Fa-
nous Obsidian Cliff and the Effect
Of Ride Through Alum Creek-Sto-
ry of the Mountain That Was Cursed.
AS a teller of tales Munchausen had
Il worthy rival in James Bridger, the
celebrated hunter, trader and guide.
whose name and career are part of the
pioneer history of the west. Bridger
was thoroughly familiar with the re-
glon now comprised in the Yellowstone
park rs far back as 1880.
In his book, THE Yellowstone Park"
the author. Hiram Martin Chittenden,
bri@adier general United States army,
retired, sets down some of the yarns
Hridger told about that land Of Won
ders. Many of the Yellowstone coun-
try tales ascribed to Bridger have sur
vived to this day, probably because
they have never been capped. The
first story General Chittenden tells re-
lates to the celebrated Obsidian cliff,
a mass Of black volcanic glass with
which all the tourists are familiar. Its
)
hunting trip. and it happened in this
way:
Coming one day in sight of a mag.
niticent elk, he took careful aim at the
ullSuSpecting animal and fred. To his
Advancement the elk not only was not
wounded. but seemed not to have heard
tie noise Of the rifle. Bridger drew
considerably nearer and gave the elk
the benefit of his most deliberate aim
but with the same result as before. A
third and fourth effort met with SINH
lar fate. Utterly exasperated. he seized
his rifle by the barrel, resolved to use
it us club. since it had failed as a
hrearm. Rushing madly toward the
elk, he suddenly crashed into an i'm.
movable vertical wall which proved to
be mountain of perfectly transparent
glass, on the farther side of which,
still in peaceful security, the elk was
quietly grazing.
stranger still, the mountain was not
only OF pure glass. but was perfect
telescope lens, and. whereas the elk
seemed but few yards off, it was in
| reality twenty-five miles away"
Another Of Bridger's discoveries was
| an ice cold spring near the summit of
lofty mountain, the water from
which flowed down over long.
| smooth slope, where it acquired such
velocity that it was boiling hot when
it reached the bottom. This, a later in
yestigator of the Firehole river found,
was case in which Il hot spring dis
charged into the river bed.
Alum creek, tributary of the YELL
! loWstone, received it's name from an
accidental discovery by Bridger. One
| day he forded the creek and rode out
several miles and back He noticed
that the return journey was only a
small fraction Of the distance going
and that his horses feet had shrunk
to mere points which sank into the
solid ground so that the animal could
scarcely hobble along. Seeking the
cause. he found it to be In the astrin-
gent qualities of the water, which was
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-01-19

ed over several job lots Of coffee that
be had bought cheap and not only
made some money, but esta blished q
trade for his especial brand OF coffee.
1t occurred to Jim one day that his
quarrels with his wife had nearly all
been from the cause Of want Of sufh
Gent funds. Now that he was making
money possibly the troubles might not
arise; at any rate, they were far less
likely to arise. He began to recall the
hours he and Lizzie had spent together
when they were courting He wonder.
ed if she had tried to find him. Then
he thought what brute he had been
to leave her without giving her any
opportunity to find him in case she
wished to do so. Then he wondered il
after all he hadn't good deal Of self
ish brutality in him to have tried to
impose his will on a woman and be-
cause she wouldn't brook it and had
left him he had made the break be.
tween them permanent by taking his
departure from their home without Civ.
ing her an opportunity to find him and
make it up
The ladder of repentance usually has
a number of rounds. and Jim's had its
full share. When he had reached the
top round he felt like plunging down
headforemOst on the other side and
breaking his neck. But instead Of that
he set about finding Lizzie.
That was no easy job. She had no
relatives to whom he could go for in.
formation. and she was so distressed.
so poor. so broken in spirit. that she
shrank from every one who had known
her. When the baby came she secured
admission to maternity hospital. and
when the time approached for her to
get about again. realizing that she
must work for her living and could not
work encountered with a baby. she
determined to leave it at q foundings'
home
She was planning for this one day
when she saw the door of the room
she occupied at the hospital slowly
open. Then face appeared. looking
cautiously in. as If fearing to disturb
her.
Great heavens! 1t was Jim's!
The sight of his pale wife lying there
with little sleeper nestled up against
her was too much for Jims equanimi-
ty. With tears coursing down his
cheeks, he stalked to the bed and took
bis wife and child together in his arms
Neither Jim nor Lizzie had any fear
of further disagreements. They would
come. but thought Of the little stran-
ger would take away their harshness,
or at least tide the parents over them.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-01-19
The Little
Stranger
By LOUISE B. CUMMINGS

Singular it is. but nevertheless true.
that there are great many assertions
Oh one side or the other in couples
that have been married year. and |
believe that if statistics on the subject
could be obtained it would be found
that the nearer the wedding the great
er the number Of desertions. There is
reason for this. Up to the time of
marriage the parties are independent
Of each other. After marriage there
are two wills. between which there
must necessarily be certain amount
of clashing.
Jim and Lizzie Burden were one Of
those couples that met. but did not
mingle. Jim found his wife-so he
considered her-so unreasonable that
he hadn't been married a week before
the sweetness had turned to gall. Liz
zie considered herself so badly treated
that she could not possibly endure to
live with such a man. So one day
when be came home from work he
found his wife gone.
Mrs. Jim didn't regret what she had
done till she fell in with motherly
old lady. to whom she told her story.
and the lady informed her of the cause
of their disagreement. as it has been
stated at the beginning of this story
Lizzie wondered If that was So Then
she began to think that she had acted
unwisely.. The next thing to do was
to go back to her home and make up
with Jim. She did not find him. The
house was shut up. and Jim had gone.
no one knew where.
When baby was born to Lizzie she
regretted more than ever her action in
leaving her husband. The first baby
Is the first chain bound around a mar
ried couple-the first departure from a
romance that may have waned and
entry upon real married life But now
that the baby had come and Jim was
not there to rejoice with her Lizzie
wept bitter tears.
Meanwhile Jim. after waiting a week
for his wife's return. got angry with
her and, declaring that he had had
enough of married life. walked of
without leaving any address,. Jim was
carpenter and had finished job the
day of the separation. 1t was easy for
him to lose himself. and he took no
pains to leave any clew by which he
could be found by his wife in case she
repented Of leaving him and wished to
return. He knew nothing about the
baby or perhaps that might have
changed it all.
Jim concluded to make another
change in his life He was born
trader and always came out ahead in
any deal he made. He determined to
leave off carpentering and turn trader.
He had left. the little money he pos
sessed with his wife and hadn't cent
to his name. But to the real business
man money is not always essential. 1t
Is often supplied by credit. Jim made
up for its absence in assurance. He
bought lot Of damaged coffee on
credit fOra SONG. gave it Il fancy name
and sold It for about two.tllirds the
USUAL price. \ his sutlpt..u so well
that within u few mouths be had turn:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-01-19

G. G. Haug shipped three carloads
of stock to S. St. Paul on Tuesday.
DR.. Benson of Willmar made a pro-
fessional call at Pennock last Satur-
day.
Sever Iverson who has been sick
from a bad cold has recovered and is
now able to perform his duties.
Miss Hazel Bergman called on
friends and relatives at Willmar last
Tuesday afternoon and evening.
Paul E. Anderson spent Wednesday
and Thursday of last week at his
home at Willmar, returning Friday
noon.
Herman Anderson came down from
Sask., Canada last Friday and is Wis
iting at the William Christensen
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-01-19
DerGer11,an Cobbler
He Makes lis Shop
an Up to Date One
BY M. QUAD
Copyright, 1915. by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate

One evening as l vhas at work at my
Shop Mr.. Sprickman comes in und be-
gins to sniff und smell und make UP
some faces.
do you smell some new mince pies p
l asked him, und he answers:
Der law ought to complain for you.
Dot old lamp of yours alone gifts out
smell like some horse dead for two
weeks. Hans, you vhas back number
You vhas forty miles into der woods,
While all der peoples around you vhas
up to date. If man comes along here
in der evenings und likes a cement
patch on his shoe he looks into der
window und sees dat old lamp. The
place vhas gloomy und dark. Dat man
says to himself dat your leather vhas
mouldy, your shoe pegs rotten und dat
you can't get good work done. So he
goes along to some cobbler shop NIT en-
terprise. Dat old lamp has cost you q
good many million dollars in loss of
trade"
MAYBE it vhas so. but don't say
nothing
If you have four gas burners in
here.' he goes on. ''all vhas different.
Your shop vhas so light dot you can see
When you drop two dollar bill from
your pocket. People who go by stop
und say to themselves dat you are up
to date, und dey Will rush in here in
such crowds dat it takes four police
mems to rap der heads. A great fortune
is yours, Hans, und are you going to
grab on to it,"
but have no gas" says.
But you must have gas. Dots What
we are talking about. You vhas an old
friend Of mine. l have some spare time
on my hands just now. und l Will nut
In dot gas und see all about it. When
1t vhas in. l tell my clerk to give you
the very best gas und not mix any
molasses with it,
If you do dot, Mr.. Sprickman, dots
more dan brother would do. 1t Will
show me dot you vhas der biggest
hearted man in der world. l never
hat sooch kindness offered me before,
und it makes some tears come into nv
eyes,"
In two days Mr.. Sprickman gets a
man. und dey dig ditch und put in a
iron pipe and run der pipe into my
shop. Den Mr.. Sprickman gets some
gas fixtures. Dere vhas four lights.
Und my wife she claps her hands und
says we vhas rich. In. three or four
days man comes in NIT big iron
box on his back and says to me:
Hello. Dutchy-here vhas your gas
meter"
In five days more Mr.. Sprickman
comes in again. He looks around NIT
joy on his face. 1t vhas delightful to
see him. We shake hands und hua
each other. und he asks:
Hans. didn't tell you so?"
"You did," I says. II vhas a rich
man now. und you vhas all to blame
for it. l, can do twice as much work
as before, und don't smell one single
smell, except dot OF roses. o. Mr..
Sprfckman, It vhas 20 good % 0ooE
man like you" a.. #szzS.@ s. .s 1T
But what about fhiD nft1o I'm.
Hansl We might . ven settle . -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-01-19

place.
A class of six new members were
initiated to the mysteries of wood
craft in the local camp here last Fri
day evening.
Miss Hanna Severson returned to
Willmar last Monday after a couple
of weeks visit at her parental home
north of town.
Miss Mary Floren left for the twin
cities last Saturday morning. She
was accompanied by her brother, J..
F. Floren of this place.
Nels Peterson, who has been seek
ing medical aid in the hospital at
Rochester, MIMI, returned home last
Sunday very much improved.
Lynn Anderson returned last Wed
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-01-19

nesday evening from the twin cities,
where he has been attending the I'm
plement Dealers convention.
Mr.. Alfred Hong, who has been Wis
iting with his relatives and friends in
this vicinity for a couple of weeks left
for his home at Reeder, N. D., last
Tuesday.
Miss Alma Lindgren was the hos
tess at a Rock party last Sunday
evening at her home here There were
81 guests present whom she very
pleasantly entertained
Misses Edna and Helen Lundquist
left for their home in Stockholm, S.
D., last Monday having spent a couple
of weeks visiting with relatives and
friends in Pennock and vicinity.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-01-19

"Bfll? Bill? Vhas dere some bill?'
Its only little one. shall ask
you to pay me $47.5O for my work.
Dot vhas way cheap. If I had done
dat work for Mr.. Vanderbilt it would
have been $500, but you und me vhas
just like brothers, you know. Come
down NIT der long green. Hans
don't come down NIT der long
green-not just den. 1 come down on
der floor In a faint, und Mr. Sprick-
man hat to hit me five times with his
hammer before 1 vhas all right again.
But l can't talk to him. Ny throat
was all swelled up. He says he Will!
see me some odder time, und he goes
AWAY.
Den comes a man from der gas Of
fee. He walks in NIT q whistle und
opens der closet door to look at dat me-
ter. His hair rose up und lifted his
hat, und his eyes were like two tea
cups.
''Vhas it all right?'' asks.
1T vhas more dan all right, Hans"
he replied. "You have burned about
100000 feet Of gas in der last twenty
eight days! You keep right on, uni
der gas company Will hat porterhouse
steak three times day. Will you
give me a check?'
"How mooch?'
II vhill take 100000 und come back
again tomorrow with der wagon to
lake der rest"
I belief he goes out, but l dunno.
fa1nts away again. Und when I come
to vhas in my bed upstairs und my
wife und children vhas crying out dot
l vhas dead. Der doctor vhas dere,
ind he says:
mo; he isn't dead. He vhas Just
ripe enough for der idiot asylum. und
dat's where Will send him."
But promised to be good, und he
don't send me. In three or four nights
more Mr.. Sprickman calls, und he
shakes me by der hand until I vhas
tired. Den he lets go und says:
Hans, vhant to congratulate you"
about vhat?"
why, about being up to date"
What you mean?"
'vhy. you vhas in debt about ST.
100000"
'Und can never pay"
But you don't hat to. Der idea vhas
to get in debt as much as you can und
to keep piling it up. Dot makes you a
business man und up to date You
don't worry about your debts Let the
odder fellow do all the worrying. Good
night. brother Hans: good night
Und l burn all the gas can, und 7
buy all the leather on trust can, und
vhas pretty happy old man for q
cObbler.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-01-19

Pennock, Jan. 1S-Mrs. Ray Leslie
and her brother, Clinton Nordgren
called on friends at Willmar last Wed.
nesday afternoon and evening.
J. 3. Bergstrom is a twin city Wis
itor this week.
Art Berglund was an Atwater Wis.
itor last Friday.
Mrs. J. B. Jacobson was Willma1
visitor last Tuesday.
S. Paulsness shipped a carload OF
stock to S. St. Paul last Tuesday,.
Mrs. C. A. Bergman spent Sunday
at her parents home in Willmar
August Anderson, our former bar
Der is a Willmar visitor this week.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-01-19
A Plateau In Panua.

The most singular plateau in the
world is in the island Of Papua. The
plateau is 5000 feet above the sea,
and there are SUBMITS towering 5000
feet higher, but owing to the proximi-
ty of the equator the great plain il
covered with luxuriant vegetation. The
climate is a perpetual May, birds sing
in every bush. and the only animals
are few marsupials, such as ground
kangaroos and opossums. Yet this
lovely region is almost deserted. The
Papuans live in the sweltering coast
jungles and rarely visit the uplands.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-01-19
An Island Wilderness,

Andres island, among the Bahamas
Is ninety miles in length and twenty
to forty miles in breadth, and most of
its extensive area has never been ex-
plored. 1t Is an unbroken wilderness,
inhabited solely by about $500 negroes
1t has great forests, seldom penetrated
by white men. but no real effort has
been made to exploit it's resources.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-01-19
GIVE "SYRUP OF FIGS"
TO CONSTIPATED CHILD
Delicious "Fruit Laxative" can't harm
tender little Stomach, liver
and bowels.

Look at the tongue, mother! If
coated, your little ones stomach, liver
and bowels need cleansing at once.
When peevish, cross, listless, doesn't
sleep, eat or act naturally, or is fever
1sh, stomach sour, breath bad; has
sore throat, diarrhDa, full of cold, give
a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of
Figs and in few hours all the foul,
constipated waste, undigested food
and sour bile gently moves out of it's
little bowels without gripping, and you
have a we'll, playful child again. Ask
your druggist for a 50-cent bottle Of
california Syrup of Figs" which con.
tains full directions for babies, chill
dren of all ages and for grown-ups.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-01-19
Why Tsnnyson Wrote No lstt.r..

Why Tsnnyson Wrote No lsttsre,
Tennyson once told Sir Henry Tay.
lor that he thanked with his whole
heart and soul that he knew nothing
and that the world knew nothing Sc
Shakespeare but his writings and that
he knew nothing Of Jane Austen ana
that there were no letters preserved
either Of Shakespeare or Of Jane Aus
ten; that they, IN fact, had not hen
ripped open Ike piE1. !, rs
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-01-19
Working From q Model.

The stage manager says that l must
assume an expression of naughty scorn
more eloquent than words" said tho
actor. Il wonder how I'm going to
get thatr'
Come with me to dinner. Wen re-
fuse to give the waiter 4 tip, and then
we'll watch his Observation-Disclosures
Star ~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-01-19
The Sphinx,

what was the riddle Of the
SPHINX"
Il don't know; but judging BY Z
sphtnx's facial expression, don't be-
heve It was very funny = Washington
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