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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-11
PARKS ARE DEVELOPED
New Bureau TO Manage All of
Uncle Sans Fairgrounds.
Several Already Have Been Made
SeIf-Supportins as Result Of
Increased Patronage.

The National Park service which
was created by congress to administer
the national parks under one correlat-
ed system has been organized. Sec
rotary Lane of the interior department
has appointed as director Stephen T.
Mather who, to accept the place, re-
signed the office of assistant to the
secretary OF the interior. Horace NJ.
Albright becomes assistant director.
Secretary Lane began the work OF
national parks development, the sue
cess of which is insured by the or
ganizatioE of this new bureau. two
years and half ago. During this pre-
liminary period much has been accom-
plished Of Importance to the cause.
All national parks have been opened
to automobiles. New roads have been
projected Of which many have been
built and many improved. Co-Opera-
ton In the public interest has been
promoted between railroads and the
government, between concessioners
and park arrangements, and between
parks. Large private capital has been
induced TO enter several national parks
for the enlargement and Improvement
of hotel and transportation service.
Prices TO the public have been de-
creased wherever possible.
New concessions have been made on
a basis destined to make national
parks self-supportlng under conditions
of increased patronage. and several
parks already have become self-sup-
porting Larger appropriations have
been secured from congress for road
building and the perfectlng of sani-
tary and other conditions. An extern
slve educational campaign has been
inaugurated for the information of the
people concerning the hitherto I'M
known quality and extent of their
scenic and recreational possessions,
under which public interest in our ma
tional parks is growing with unantici-
pated speed; and public realization,
interest and practical use is the con-
dltlon as well as the object Of nation
al parks development. 'ublic patron
age of the parks has Increased rapidly
and steadily.
These and many other beginnings
point the way toward the system
which II will be the object of the new
service to build and perfect.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-11
For American Mercantile Navy.

Before the war this country had d.
rect shipping services to all the world.
But these services were rendered by
foreign shipping companies who had
complete control Of the services and
rates we enjoyed. When war broke
out half the shipping companies serv7
Ing us, the Germans, were biased Off
the seas. The other half. the British
ships. were subject to call Of their
Admiralty. What they do not need, re-
main 10 serve us. 1t must never hap
pen again.
Now we want these direct services.
after the war. renewed and extended
by American lines with American men
aboard the ships that carry American
products.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-11
complIea,lons with Japan.

For the United States to pursue a
weak policy will invite the Japanese
to proceed to satisfy their own ambI-
lions regardless Of our demands and
protests. We probably are safer now
than we have been for years. but the
complications which threaten trouble
are not removed, and we do not be-
lieve they can be removed by agree
uents such as we have been making
With Japan.
'rhe issues represent essential diff
ferences In race. national organiza-
ton AID ambition and economic de-
velopmen.. and In such conflict the
strong nation will have its way and
the weak nation will either yield or.
being too proud to do that, will be de-
feated and Inundated.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-11

from your own dam isn't the only
thing or the main thing In this case.
They are obliged to have this dam site.
or, at least, one as high up the river
as this. in order to get the water over
to their newly alienated grant in the
western half of the park"
You've got it straight" said the
colonel.
VERY good. Then they're simply
obliged TO have your dam. or Don't
you see the alternative now, colonel?'
Heavens TO Betsy :" exclaimed the
breeder of fine horses. bringing his fist
down upon Williams desk with a crash
that made the ink bottles dance. And
then: what lot of fence-posts we
are-the whole kit and b1lin' of us
If they get the dam. they sell water TO
US; If they don't get it, we sell it 10
themi"
That's it. exactly" Smith put in
quietly. "And | should say that your
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-11
HOW FIND REVENUE?
Government Ownership Would
Present Problem.
With a Tariff Like the Present OneA
and Prohibition of the Liquor
Traffic. Heavy Taxes Would
Have to Be Imposed.

If the principal Of government owns
ership should ever be established after
national prohibition arrives, the gov
eminent will need a magic wand to-
raise revenue. Accompanied by al
tariff law that does not raise revenue
probation and government ownership
would VIZ tIdlly leave the government
destitute. The only recourse would
be direct and heavy taxes upon all
individuals, regardless of their earn
ings
The most serious phase of this sit-l
uation is government ownership. The
corporations of the country are paying
the bulk Of the taxes. One of the lar
gest railroad systems In the country
reports that last year its taxes in
creased 10 per cent and In the last TEN
years l29 per cent. Taxes now take.
il cents out of every dollar of operat-.
Ing revenue. compared with cents ten
years ago. when complaint was already
made against excessive taxation.
The interstate commerce commission
reports that in the ten years from
1905 TO 1915. inclusive. the taxes OF
all railways increased from $74,TS5. 615
TO Sal, 23S, 4SS. The increase of taxes
alone was more than the increase
asked for in the advanced freight rate
case, OF which only n fractional por-
ton was allowed If the government
sholld take over the railroads, how
could these revenues be replaced by
the states and the nation? The finan-
cial problem of the government Is
growing more complex. It is q PROB
lem that cannot he met day by day.
but which can only be solved by evolv-
ing general and comprehensive pro-
gram for the future as well as the
present.-Washington Post.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-11

Bsldwin's daughter; and the other.
much bigger and more depressing. was
the realization thar Ia breaking with
his past, he had broken also with the
world Of women, at least TO the extent
Of ever asking one of them to marry
him.
He pushed tie thought aside, COM
ing back TO the other one-the puzzle
Of familiarity - when Miss Baldwin
pointed to a transplanted Missouri
farm mansion, with a columned pOr-
tico. standing in a grove Of cotton
woods on the left-hand side of the
road. telling him it was Hillcrest.
There was a massive stone portal
fronting the road. and when he got
down TO open the gates the young
woman took the wheel and drove
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-11
CHAPTER VII.
TimanYoni Ditch.

Smith had his vote of thanks from
Colonel Dexter Baldwin in Williams
sheet-iron office at the dam. the
colonel having driven out to the camp
for the express purpose, and the chief
of construction himself was not pres
ent.
You've loaded us up with a toler
ably heavy obligation, Smith-Corry's
mother and me-" was the way the
colonel summed up. IF you hadn't
been on deck and strictly on the job
at that railroad crossing yesterday
morning"
Don't mention 1t, colonel" Smith
broke in. 81 did nothing more than
any man would have done for any
woman. You know it, and l know It,
Let's leave 1t that way and forget it,"
The tall Mssourian's laugh was en-
tirely approbative.
II like that" he said ITS a good
man-fashioned way Of looking at It,
You know how / feel about it-how
any father would feel; and that's
enough"
Plenty" was the brief rejoinder.
But there's another chapter to 1t
that neither of US can cross out; you'll
have to come out to the ranch and let
Corry's mother have a hack at you"
Baldwin went on. 81 couldn't figure
you out of that if I should try. And
now about those claim jumpers: sup
pose you didn't know any of them by
Manner
mo"
"Corry says you gave them the time
of their lives. BY George, l wish I'd
been there to seer and the colonel
slapped his leg and laughed. Did
they look like the real thing-sure-
enough prospectOrsT"
They looked like bunch OF hired
assassins," said Smith, with grin.
IT'S some more of the interference,
isn't it?'
The cOloners square jaw settled into
the fighting angle.
How much do you know about this
business mix-up of ours. SmithT' he
asked.
"All that W.lIisms could tell me in
little heart-to-heart talk we had the
other day"
You agreed with him that there
was tolerably big niger in the wood
pile. didn't you?"
Il had already gathered that much
from the camp gossip"
well, IT'S so. We're Just about as
helpless as q bunch of cattle in a sink
hole" was the ranchman president
confirmation of the camp guesses.
What in the name of the great horn
spoon can we do-more than we have
dOne?"
There are number Of things that
might be done" said Smith. falling
back refiectiyely upon the presumably
dead and buried bank-cashier part Of
him And if you can manage to stay
in the game and play it out. there Is
big money in il for all of you: enough
TO make it well worth while for you 10
put up the fight Of your lives"
"Big money! mean in saving
our investment"
ION. no not at All; IN clnching the
other fellows" Smith put in genlally.
Colonel Dexter Baldwin lifted his
soft hat and ran his fingers through
his grlzzled hair.
SAY. Smith; you mustn't forget
that I'm from Missouri he said half
I auizzically.
"But ! shouldn't think you'd need
70 be shown in this particular in
stance" was the smiling rejoinder.
The chance to sell yo1 people water
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-11

he started back after the two other
men. They were not waiting TO be
carried to the wagon; they were up
and running in wide semicircle TO
reach their hope of retreat unslain. if
that might be. 1t was all very brutal
and barbarous, no doubt, but the
colonels daughter was Western born
and bred. and she clapped her hands
and laughed in sheer enthusiasm when
she saw Smith make show of chas-
ing the circling runners.
He did not return to her until after
he had pulled up the freshly driven
stakes and thrown them away, aud by
that time the wagon, with the horses
dashed to keen gallop, was disap-
ridge.
"Thats one way 10 get rid of them,
isn't it?" said the emancipated bank
man, loosely, upon taking his place
In the car to cramp it for the turn.
"Was. that something like the notion
you had in mind?"
Mercy, no." she rejoined. And
then: Are you sure you are not hurt?"
mot worth mentioning" he evaded.
Those buffers couldn't hurt anybody,
SO long as they couldn't get to their
guns"
"But you have saved the company at
your own expense. They will be sure
to have you arrested"
1--WE won't cross that bridge until
we come TO It," he returned. IF we
were back in the country from which
| l have lately escaped. 1t would be
! proper for me to ask your permission
I to drive you safely home. Since we
are not. l shall assume the permission
and do it anyway"
"Oh, is that necessary" she asked
meaning, as he took it, nothing more
than comradely depreciation at putting
him to the trouble of II.
mot absolutely necessary, perhaps,
/ but decently prudent. You might drop
me opposite the dam, but you'd have
to pass those fellows somewhere on
the way, and they might try to make
it unpleasant for you"
she maze no 1urtner comment, ana
/ he sent the car spinning along over
/ the hills to the westward. A mile
short of the trestle river crossing they
overlook and passed the wagon. Be
| cause he had the coloners daughter
with him, Smith put on a burst of
speed and so gave the claim jumpers
no chance TO provoke another battle.
In the maze of crossroads opposite
| the little city on the south bank of
/ the river, Smith was out of his reck-
oning., and was obliged to ask his COM
! panion to direct him.
II thought you weren't ever going
to say anything any more" she sighed,
/ in mock despair. Take this road to
| the right"
81 can't talk and drive a speed
wagon at the same time" he told her,
/ twisting the gray car into the road she
had indicated. and he made the asser-
! ton good by covering the four remain
ing miles in the same preoccupied
| fashion.
There was a reason. of q sort, for
his silence; two of them, to be exact.
/ For one. he was troubled by that
| haunting sense of familiarity which
was still trying to tell him that this
was not his first meeting with Colonel
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-11

through; whereupon he decided that
it was time for him to break away.
and said so.
But how will you get back to the
camp?" she asked.
Il have my two legs yet, and the
walking isn't bad"
mo; but you might meet those
two men again"
THAT is the least of my troubles"
Miss Corona Baldwin. like the Mis-
souri, colonel, her father, came upon
moments now and then when she had
the ultimate courage of her impulses
Il should have said you hadn't a
trouble in the world" she asserted,
meeting his gaze level-eyed.
The polite paraphrases of the cot
! fined period were slipping to the end
of his tongue. but he set his teeth upon
them and said. instead: That's all
| you know about it. What if | should
/ tell you that you've been driving this
morning with an escaped convict?"
81 shouldn't believe it," she said
calmly
| We'll, you haven't-not quite" he
returned, adding the qualifying phrase
in sheer honesty.
She had united her veil and was
asking him Hospitality if he wouldn't
come in and meet her mother Some
thing in the way she said II, some little
twist of the lips or look of the eyes
touched the spring of complete recog.
milton, and the familiarity puzzle van
ished instantly.
you forget that / am working
man. he smiled. MY gang in the
quarry will think I've found a bottle
somewhere" And then: did you ever
lose a glove, Miss Baldwin, white
Kid with little hole in one tingerY
Dozens of them" she admitted
land most of them had holes. I'm
afraid. But what has that to do with
your coming in and meeting mamma
and letting her thank you for saving
my life?"
Nothing at all, of course" he
fastened to say; and with that he
bade her goOd-by rather abruptly, and
turned his back upon the transplanted
Missouri mansion, muttering to him
self as he closed the portal gates be-
hind him: Baldwin, of course What
an ass l was not to remember the
name! And now I've got the other
half of it, too; it's Corona
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-11

Hello, Is this you, mother DEAR"
Eyes, Sue. What is It? Something
awful must have happened for you 40
call me up at this"
IT'S not so awful. But John. dear,
hasn't been feeling well. and the doe
tor gave him pills TO take every four
hours. I've been sitting up to give
them 10 him. and now its about tlne
for his medicine, but John has fallen
asleep. Should I wake him?"
II wouldn't If / were you. What Is
he suffering fromT
Insomnia Pittsburgh Telegraph
Chronicle.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-11
Comes From Ireland to
Reioin Soldiers of Sea

There's a little spot in Ireland
that Michael Mcnamara had In
his 'moind's eye" for long time
thirty years. in fact. All that
time Michael was Obeying or
ders, drilling. campaigning and
doing the hundred-and-one things
that fall to the lot of the AmerI-
can marine.
Michael finished his time, re-
firing with the rank of "sarjint
major. no less" and went back
TO that little spot in County
Mayo.
Then came our participation
in the war. Did Michael stay
retired7 He did mott He came
right back, paying his own fare,
and went directly to the U. S.
Marine corps headquarters TO
volunteer his services.
Mcnamara could have signed
up with some Irish regiment, for,
despite his fifty-Odd years. he is
still a "fOlne broth av a boy"
Instead, he braved the subma-
rines to fight under the flag that
for thirty years he had called his
own.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-11
pr.sld.n,,s Weak Cabinet.

II Is unfortunate that president Will
son has surrounded himself with men
OF small caliber. In the Democratic
party there is a paucity Of good ma
terial. The president declines to go
outside the ranks Of his political sup
porters ia seek advisers, and there Is
gre e doubt whether his cabinet Is
composed of the highest intellects that
the Democratic party affords. His
present cabinet members are recalled
10 our memory only by their blunders-
This may be the reason that the presi-
dent advises with them so little.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-11

stake in the game is worth the stiffest
fight you can make to save il. Don't
you agree with me?"
Great Jehu! l should say sO''
CALCULATED the amateur trust fighter.
Then he broke down the barriers mas
terfully. THAT settles 1t, Smith. You
can't wiggle ont of It now, no way or
shape. You've got 10 come over into
Macedonia and help us. Williams tells
me you refused him. but you can't re-
fuse me"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-11
Resistance Of the Wind.

Tests on d model of the naval collier
Neptune made in the wind tunnel "
the Washington navy yard by Naval
Constructor William McEntee show
that If this vessel were steaming
against a 3O-mile wind at II knots an
hour 1t would require about 40 horse
power to overcome the resistance OF
the wind. This is about 20 per cent
Of the power necessary to propel her
through the water.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-11
Enectlxs HOLDER for Pens.

A good-look1ng old-fashioned desk
with rose-colored appointments was
lacking a holder for pens. pencils, etc.
An ingenious person substituted a rose
pottery flower holder which come with
a flower bowl With a goodly assert
ment Of pens, including a good looking
quill, this holder WAS very effective. A
blue flower holder can be used In a
room where blue predominates.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-11

Do you believe that Smith
would be wise in taking an inn
portant position with the ditch
company-especialIy II he really
hopes to escape prison as a re-
suit of the LawrenceviIIe AFFAIR."
Wouldn't he be wiser IL he disap-
peared from the new job?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-11
Wilson Adopts Republican Ideas.

President Wilson IS showing his
stiffness by adopting Republican poli-
cies when in a jam. The laying Of al
tariff on heretofore free imports OF
10 per cent and an additional duty OF
10 per cent on imports already taxed
Is a case IN point.-Los Angeles Times
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-11
Method in His Madness.

AHce-"Wasn't 1t sweet Of your huD-
band to send you kiss by wire7'
Agnes-'T haven't decided yet. I am
suspicious that that telegraph operator
vas a woman
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-11
pa..n.s. int.rest in Children.

Psychology pronounces the law Of
interest from parent to child to be true.
Therefore. if parents desire their chill
dren 10 succeed In mt SIC or in any
other subject, the surest way to obtain
that success IS 10 take more than q
passing interest in their work, and see
that they pra rtice the Studies VIII N
are designed to insure that success.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-11
Am.rlcan Pianos Ponular.

Stocks Of European pianos in Sac
Paulo, Brazil, have been replaced by
instruments Of American makes, says
Uncle Sam That is attributed not
only to the war. but to the superiority
Of the American Instruments
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-11
mhsrn Il Ia Nseded.

Lord Northcllffe might be invited.
as his first duty here, to inject little
ginger into the Official Bulletin at
Washington. :
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-11

Fffty-four per cent of the inhabitants
Of the state Of New York over ten
years Of age were working for living
In 1910.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-11

Indications are that the hazelnut and
almond crops OF Catalonia. Spain, VIII
be normal ones
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-11

Montague Smith cashier of the Iawrencevie Bank
bachelor Verda
WrOngfuy Warous
urged the his guilty
Durham him
He a
camp
his
in financial
the a of financial
Corona Baldwin
Baldwin, president of the
Washington Journal., 1917-04-20
Der suS i'm SOucr.

Die alte Burg Der euglii9en &O<
nige i'm 9ersen 2on0ons, Ser Sotper,
bic I9aurige, bunfle @teinmahe, bot
fi9 auf ibre gef@i4tti6e ROlle befonz
men.
@el9e @ef9i9te zines a0nietums
1T 70 blutlg, ME bie Der englif9en
R0nige! Sm Sutper lieBen fte bic
@roBen gum Sobe fiibren, Die &Onis
einnen, prin8en, 9er5uge, 9rofen.
Oas ebelte 8lut @n9lanDs mnroe
BORT beripriBt.
DIT tlingt ieBt pieber bic Soperz
@lode, tpenn Tpgenannte Spione
nauredtgeiteut" perben. Mon fast
nint geri9tet, gemoroet, nt4t einmal
eebentt ober eri9ofen, benn Der @ng~
lGnOer 1T bumon, fret, 9riitli3, feis
mes aOnigs untertan, fo16ern Elm
FREEZER 8iirger. Darum liebt er Die
Morte nidt, bic nd9 @etpalt flin9en.
Nber oos M6f9ieBen, bas 9enfen, bas
&0pfen tit oem 0onbpner 8iirger nod
INNER cine tiefinnerli9e 2uit. Darum
ma9t ibm @eorg V. bic 5reube, ben
eepDbnten glodenfdoa ertlingen gu
lo7en. ipenn pie0er einnlal i'm Soiper
r5ure4tgeitelt" nirb. Neuli4 more
gems iparen es eleid iieben.
Mer bas MARI Nttr Der &i6ter
neiB es. Niemanb erfdbrt bic 8erz
baftung, niemanb bic 8ef9ulbisung,
niemano ben Mntldger. &ein urteilsz
ipru9 miro bertinOet. Niemanb fennt
Die Numen Der @eri9teten. Nur bic
3abl miro ~perfiinbet, unb bic Stunoe
ibres Sobes mirb alien Bolt our9
@lpdeni9ldg funOgetan. Sarauf min
bas 8olt ppn 2onoon ni9t perai9ten.
Die Steine re0en.
Rein. Sic reben ni1t. S6ten Tie es,
Die bes Sppers miiBten i9reien,
Washington Journal., 1917-04-20

gonas araitauItrensutg bringt feline
9ilfe. Der 8agsn fte6t fait unbe>
pegli9, ME bingemauert, uno init
i6m itebt oieIer gang rieiige 3ug bon
6ubriperten bon bier an Bis 5in=
'iber. Bis ouf bas buIsarii4e ufer.
8aIo lit 9iIfe ba, cine &naobl II
mGnii9er @efangsner, Die III ibrem
griinen Mantel' BON fpeitem ausieben
pie cine bsipegli9e Miefe. Sic fternz
men ii4 gegen ben tpiberipenlttsen
Wager, f9ieben nit boiler &raft an,
Der Masen bebt fiG, fGlIt bann nit
einem barten Bud, unb 10 gebt es,
bis ale feds S9ienenpaare iiber<
punoen finb. SEPT tit Der Wagen
pieoer fIott. Ser grobe 3ug Der
Nrnee tann tpsiter 9ebet, aus benz
StilIftonb lit fpieber 8etpegung ge>
tpotben, bic 2anoitrabe trdgt biefe
epi9e enbloIe Soft peiter ms 2anD
binein.
Die @efansenen bleiben In elmer
unr~egelmdbigen @ruppe fteben. SIS
iinb gang eigentimli9e 8eii9ter
barunter. Mon9e ROpfe iiebt man,
bic an Die olten rOmii9en Profile
%erinnern. GbeI sefOrmte Stirn, i4arf
gei9nittene Nafen, bod bic @ugen
bes Stlaoen, Der fem 2eben oblebt,
obne freie eigens @sbanten unO Re>
gunsen. Sa paren Iogar nod Die
ruifii9en @eFongenen anbers. Sic
poren i~penigitens geiprd4ig unb
tonnten au9 in ibrer elenben Gage
laden, nit einem finOli&en Baden,
Oas fie ibmpdtbifA ma&te. Sie bier
iino 70 ftumm unb fportlos. 4ber
foul finb iie ni4t. au9 obne auf>
ii4t perri9ten fie ibre 4rbeit, unb
in biefer tpeitper3peigten &nlage bes
9abnbufs iiebt mon iiberall biefe
@riinmdnteI, bic in unenbli4em
S9utt unb l1nrat. Der na4 benz