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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-14
BANKS "LOAN" MONEY.
They Don't "Lend" 1t Because 1t Is q
Business Transaction.

They Don't Lend" 1t Because 1t Is
Business Transaction.
Why is it banking houses always
loan" their huge sums Of money, new
err by any chance lend" them? Lend"
is the true verb, while loan" was ex-
clusively the noun. How came it about
that ito loan" has uniformly Supplant-
ed ito lend?"
The purists make great fuss about
this. They insist that the stupid and
untaught financial world has foisted
upon the language substantive verb
when no new verb was needed. when
the ancient and established usage was
fixed in the Specification of Ito lend"
But prior to the modern development
Of business enterprise when money
was lent it was bestowed upon the bor
rover either for temporary use with
out cnpensation, as a mark Of favor
or patronage. or by the professional
money lender who, taking advantage
of persons in extremitieS Of need, de-
handed uSurious interest. This Anglo
Saxon verb today retains it's ancient
productive powers of money were un-
known and the wealth of rich men
was locked up for safety and kept out
of the channels Of commerce.
Nowadays, by devices of credit and
rapid INSTRUMENTATION it is kept
constantly working in productive en-
terprises Immense loans are made. no
longer to relieve the necessitous and
the improvident. but to stimulate in
dustry and to enable the borrower as
well as the loaner to reap profit in his
transactions. Money is loaned" in this
sense. 1t is not lent.-New York Times
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-14
The Seychelles Islands.

The Seychelles islands form an archi
pelago of ia islands and are situated
about 1.4OO miles east of Alden and
1000 miles from Zanzibar. They rise
steeply out Of the sea. eliminating in
the isle Of Maize, which is about 5000
feet above the level of the ocean and
is nearly the center Of the group All
the islands are of coral growth. The
houses are built Of a species Of mas
sive coral hewn into square blocks
which glisten like white marble.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-14

A local banker said that nearly
every business man in Washburn has
had to borrow more money than
usual in the spring of the year to
carry on his business. This is be-
cause prices have doubled and more
capital is required, and not having
donble the amount of capital forwith,
with which to take care of this
sudden expansion and demand, the
merchant locally and everywhere,
has had to double his demands upon
the home banks.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-14
SIX SIDED SNOW CRYSTALS.
That Is Natures Law, but Why 1t 10
So Science Cannot Explain.

That Is Natures Law, but Why 1t Is
So Science Cannot Explain.
Snow crystals obey an immutable
law of six. They are six sided jewels
or six pointed stars. They never an
swer to the law of four or five. Snow
is crystallized water, and water always
crystalliZes in six sided forms. Why?
No one ever will know. There is no
more apparent reason for the sixness
of crystalized water than there is for
the monoclinic prisms Of sugar crys-
tails. Water and sugar and the COM
plex minerals which make the granite
rock all follow laws which are utter
ly Interchangeable, but which are, as far
as we can see, without any special rea-
son. 1t is as profitable to speculate
why the chlorophyll of vegetation is
green and why the blood of animals is
red
The whiteness of the snow is under
standable 1t is due to the fusion of
prismic colors scintillating from the
countless surfaces of minute crystals.
Human science comprehends this. 1t
also comprehends the fact that snow
is a poor conductor Of heat and thus
prevents terrestrial radiation and keeps
the earth and the things in the earth
snug and warm under the white blan-
ket which is softer and finer than
lambs wool or eiderdown. Science
knows why snow is white and why it
is benefcent, but it cannot explain the
law of six.
1t is well that snow cannot be al
together explained. 1t is one of the
earth's most beautiful mysteries. 1t
would lose something in beauty were
it to lose all its mystery.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-14

But this is no indication of hard
times, panicky conditions or disaster;
rather just the opposite. Wages are
higher than ever, employment is
more abundant, and on account of
the war, business is expanding. Our
Washburn men of business must
draw the distinction between short
age of capital for larger demands
due to increased business and higher
prices and business depression.
There is no depression, no danger
ahead, nothing but prosperity as the
secretary of the treasury has so
plainly stated.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-14
The COMMERCIAL CLUB and CITY AFFAIRS
Edited by Ed. M. Heermans. Executive Secsetary
Washburn Commercial Club.

months. So do not order the funeral
wreaths today. This is the best
year in Washburn's history and it is
the year for general expansion.
There are some things to be done
here this year. or they will never
be accomplished.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-14

The Secretary of the treasury OF
the United States said yesterday
that some people in this country pro-
TESS apprehension about the future
of business. In this connection, Mr..
McAdoo, in a New York speech
said: Why gentlemen, prosperity
in the next twelve months will be
greater than it has ever been in our
history. You cannot prevent it if
you try. Ten billion dollars are to
be spent during the coming year by
the United States and the allied
governments for the products of
American farms, mines and factories.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-14
Tryinu to ObIiue.

whats your name, my poor manT'
asked the kind hearted woman.
Lady" replied Flooding Pete un-
blushingly. "me name is Lord Reginald
Courtenay Thorpe"
"Are you sure that's your real nameT'
mo. ! jes' thought it 'ud be nice
name fur you to use if you wanted to
put de fact dat you had given me a
sandwich an cup o. tea in de society
news. Washington STAR
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-14

This is from one in the highest
authority. 1t has been on the tongue
of the eastern leaders of finance,
business and industries for weeks.
The message should be brought
home to us here in Washburn. Here
is fact, that not all of us have con-
sidered at first thought: Owing to
the doubling and trebling of cost
prices in almost all kinds of mer-
chandise and foodstuffs, the merchants
and manufacturers find that it also
requires double the amount of capital
to carry on their various business
enterprises.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-14
There Are Others.

1T is very strange that no one has
ever been able to find Captain Kidd's
treasure"
"Oh, we'll. Captain Kidd isn't the
only man who has put his money into
real estate and couldn't get it OUT
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-14

Professor-Now, what was the cause
of the decline of the Roman empire?
Bright Student-1 know. 1t was due
to too r4uch militarism on the part of
outsiders.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-14
The Whole Period.

There is a period in a woman's life
when she thinks of nothing but dress"
what period is that?"
From the cradle to the grave
Puck.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-14
Ear of the Whale,

The orifice Of the whales ear Is
scarcely perceptible, yet it is said that
the whales hearing is so acute that
ship crossing its track half mile dis
tant win cause it to dive instantly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-14

Beauty is the first present nature
gives to women and the first 1t takes
anywhere.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-14

For rent or sale-House and barn
on five acre lot, or will sell on easy
terms. Inquire of a. E Farnhar.
6 II
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-14

Believe me, 1t is prudence that nrst
forsakes the wretched.-Ovid.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-14

The Commercial Climb has handled
500 new employees for the Dupont
chemical plant and secured housing
for them during the past month.
The plant is running about 1,5OO
men and will be putting on more
and this will continue for at least a
year, we are assured on highest
authority. Now if few malcontent
really want to have their business
funeral, they can at least put off
engaging the undertaken for twelve
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-14

Our advice is to first understand
this situation thoroughly, and be-
lieve what we all can see about
prosperity, only having to look
around us here at home, and then
brace up and stop talking about
dangers and imaginary business set
backs and depression. 1t is as wrong
to talk calamity, in the face of pros
perity as it is to disown the flag. 1t
is as dangerous and as depressing to
preach business discomfort as it is to
talk and preach sedition against the
government. Uncle Sam will have
his hands full managing the war and
there is no room for the pessimist or
calamity bowler in times like these.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-11-19
SOMETHING TOR THE DELEGATE TO DO.

Delegate Sulzer is on his way to Washing ton to attend the coming session of Congress- when he will endeavor to do something for the whole of Alaska Of course he may have his program all made up, consequently cannot add more to it. but we are not supposed to know that, and while it may appear selfish on our part We admit candidly that we prefer to believe that he has not and that he is going there on recrea- tion trip and nothing more. Be that as it may. there is one point upon which we are perfectly clear, and that is that Ketchikan and vicinity are shamefully in need of attention at the hand of Congress- Knowing as much, and likewise knowing that nobody can tell congress better than our Delegate. it cannot be no great indis- creton on our part to outline program for him to follow.
 The reasons nobody can tell congress our needs better than Delegate Sulzer are many. The first is the fact that he has alwaya uean resident of our precinct since he first came to Alaska. The second reason is that haVinC been a resident of this precinct these many ye he is not without knowing that congress has never done anything for us. Having thus shown that Delegate Sulzer is the proper person to appeal to at this time, three can be nothing Troag in suggesting few things that shov.# lea Ten up at the coming session. For inst E need federal building the worst way. 10 prove that to congress- all the Delegate has to do is to show the lawmakers the grand jury report just pub ished-the report itself is perfectly clean. We need better mail service to all the camps in the vicinity of Ketchikan. These many camps are rapidly increasing in population and importance, and the service that was considered sufficient vnar O, Two hack iS fay from catisfactOrv now We need strict regulations of our fishing industry we need pulp mill: shelter and many other things But if the Delegate can get us what we have enumerated above we shall be satisfied. You see, we are no hog.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-11-19
WHAT WE MAY EXPECT.

The convention that is to be participated in by representatives of all the allied nations Tn Paris. to discuss among other things the advisa- bilifv of adhering to the strangle-hold embargo mon exports to neutral nations by the United States. will have a far reaching effect, and Ii scr11pulouslv adhered to, will do more to end the war triumphantly for democracy than any thing else short of an overwhelming victory on the western front.
 Great Britain France and Italy have not thus far been inclined to take such drastic meas ures. because they have felt that they as we'll as Germany, proited by the neutral trade Mill ta1,y considerations however, have prevailed and our guarantee that the commodities which they have been receiving from the neutras will go forward abundantly from this country, they have agreed to reinforce our stranele-hold on supplies unmistakably destir- ,o reach Ger many.
 As hard as this may appear, at least Sweden and Holland iil not be able to assert that the restrictio~5 are unwarranted Proofs of their gree help to Germany are not lacking. What the Allies should do, while considering the legi- innate wants of the neutrals would be to deprive them of the power and the opportunity to contin- ue of service to our enemy; and the sooner the neutrals are made to understand as much the sooner the war will end
 \ Milwaukee school teacher has dedicated poem to Senator La Toilette Serves him right. That is what man gets fer flying in the face of Providence He de serves punished but did not expect it to take such vrulent form. And at the same time he might have stayed with the people and had cocktail named for him As is the American would as soon drink turpenttne as a La Toilette hghball-Douglass News
 
 To advance is to leave behind and what the mind has ougro~n longer represents it's life It is evident that every change human thought is followed by cor responding changes in human life, and that man is consistent by being his past but to his present thought-Truth Seeker
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-11-19

lives who approve the cultivation of their pro- gressive faculties. On the other hand, It VIII De a hard blow to those who believe they should De held back Obviously the Bureau of Education does not propose to restrict progress, not even among the Indians. On the contrary 1t has help the natives along that line remarkably well ol late years Everywhere in Alaska, that depart ment of the federal government has done we'll and as Mr Lopp said, "The end is not yet.
 Incidentally we may ask this pertinent ques- tion: If the government finds it profitable to es- tahlish an industrial school for the natives Tn Alaska: wouldn't it also be profitable to establish an institution for the insane, instead of taking them to Oregon?
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-11-19
MASQUERADE BALL!
AT THE MOOSE HALL

AI HI NIOOtoI iItNI4L1
 The Eagles announce that they will give their customary annual Thanks giving Masquerade ball this year on November 29th. Prizes will be award ed so get busy thinking up your cos tune right away-dav
 Home Made Costumes Preferred Six Prizes will be given.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-11-19

German money has tried to cause strikes among the miners the investment is turning out to be about $ poor as was similar effort with the w. Wan or ganzaton that is now broken to bits. Today no man dares to admit that he is member of f. and it isn't safe to be caught with red card in ones possession.- NflMaukee Sentinel
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-11-19
THAT INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL

The report that the department intended to establish an Industrial School at Metakatla along the line of the Chemawa school of Oregon will be jolly good news for the friends of the na-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-05-25
Duty Before Men of Today.

In an address at the Homewood Gem
etery, Pittsburgh, Rev. ]. e. Norcross
of the Shady Avenue Baptist church
said: 1--WE are living in the best period
Of the worlds history. In spite of war
and rumors of war humanity is ad-
vancing. The rise and fall of nations
form stages in the evolution of the
race. National crises are not mere
happenings; they are the meeting
places of broken laws. God waits for
nations to move, but God moves while
we wait. Nations, as well as individ-
uals, reap their harvests. Much will
be required of us. To falter will be
reckoned cowardice. Our strength
will be equal TO amnipotence if we are
aligned with God. 1t is our specific
mission to help America fulfill her
unique destiny"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-05-25
The Value of Second Thought.

The other night friend of ours
went to formal party, all duded up
for the occasion. He had blown him.
self for a new silk hat, in fact, says
the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Presumably he had good time at
the party. When he left, he was jaun-
ty-so much so that he made literal
faux pas, which means false step.
He slipped on. the sidewalk and sat
down on that perfectly good silk hat,
He was good and mad. The hat was
new, and fitted him perfectly. he
swore with great bitterness and for
several minutes. But that did him nc
good. 1t was after he had ceased to
curse that bright thought struck him
He looked at the bum lid closely. He
smiled.
He sneaked back into the house he
had just left, laid the ruined chapeay
on a chair in the hall, took his OWE
hat from the peg where it was hang
ing-and left again. {;
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-05-25
FAMOUS MEN WERE "BROKE"
Many Celebrities Who Have Swayed
Millions and Ruled Continents
Felt Pangs of Poverty.

Being broke" is an experience
through which some of the greatest
men in history have had to pass.
Men who have swayed millions, ruled
continents, commanded mighty armies
have not always been blessed with
money.
Hard cash was the one thing which
in the early days Napoleon could not
lay hand on, and the same may be
said of Marshal Soult, who, long be-
fore he became duke of Dalmatia was
without a penny, says London An
swers. Nor was his great comrade-in-
arms, the heroic Ney, any better off
when in his youth he donned the uni
form of a private soldier.
We do not know for certain wheth-
er Columbus ever carried his coat to
the pawnshop, but the miseries of a
dungeon were certainly not the only
ones which tried his heart. his pocket
often being empty.
Owing to poverty, Dickens knew
hardships as a boy, and Dumas, the
author of Monte Cristo," died a de-
pendent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-05-25
MEN WHO erred LAST
SHOTS OF THE WAR
AFTERWARD MET
COLUMBUS (Ohio) man
\ claims to have fired the last

A COLUMBUS (Ohio) man
~ claims to have fired the last
~ shot of the war of Seces-
sion-David N. Osyor, the
Columbus Dispatch states. He was
member of Company F, Ninth Ohio
cavalry. On the morning of April II,
1865, that command was near Dur
ham Station, N. G. 1t was keeping
close watch on Gen. Joe Wheeler's
cavalry, which was on the opposite
side of an extensive swamp. Part of
the Union cavalry was ordered to dis
mount and wade across the swamp to
distract the Confederates, while the
rest constructed a corduroy bridge.
They used their carbines so vigorously
| that the Confederates surmised that
very considerable force was coming at
them, and the road builders got along
fine with their bridge.
Near the other edge of the swamp
! Osyor says a Confederate bullet just
clipped his sergeant's chevron and the
skin on his arm. Looking for the
source of the bullet, he spied the long
barrel of gun and the gray legs of
| Confederate soldier in the forks of
tree in front of him, and he fired at
them. He saw the legs withdrawn
and the owner of them crawl slowly
away.
Just then a flag of truce came in
sight and the Union men were ordered
to cease firing. The occurrence, Osyor
said, did not impress him at the time.
but that flag of truce was really the
sign of the end of the Civil war, for
the general surrender came soon and
the troops were sent home.
A strange part of the story is that
long after the war Osyor met at Biz
mingham, Ala, a man named Amos
Thompson, who was lame-said he
had been wounded in the Confederate
service and, comparing notes, they es-
tablished to the satisfaction of both
that Thompson was the man who was
In the tree on the edge of the Durham
swamp back in 1865, had shot at Osyor
and been shot in turn by him. Osyor's
bullet struck Thompson in the knee
and made him a cripple for life. They
agreed that they had fred the very
last shot on each side in the Civil war.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-05-25
SOFT, CLEAR SKINS
Made So by Daily Use of cuticura
Soap and 0intment-TriaI Free. i

The last thing at night and the first
in the morning, battle the face freely
with Cuticura Soap and hot water. If
there are pimples or dandruff smear
them with Cuticura Ointment before
bathing. Nothing better than Cuticura
for daily toilet preparations.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-05-25
Woman's Rifle Club.

81 see Lakewood, N. j., has wom-
ans rifle club"
"What do they do rifle their hus-
bands pockets?"
mo, think the object of the club
is to improve woman's aim in life"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-05-25
Otherwise ENGAGED.

$50 you think you will stand bet
ter chance with your gardening this
year?"
EYES," replied Mr.. Crosslots. "All
the neighbors will be making gardens
themselves, instead of standing around
laughing at me-,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-05-25
Druggists Customers Praise
Kidney Medicine

DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root is the
best seller on the market today in this
locality. I believe it is all that is claimed,
and during my experience of eight years
in handling it as kidney, liver and blad
der remedy I have never heard single
complaint and know that it has produced
very beneficial results in many cases, &C.
cording to the reports of my customers
who praise it highly.
Very truly yours,
HERBERT S. MAXWELL,
Druggist.
June S, 1915. Plymouth, Mass.
Prove What Swamp.Root Will Do For You
Send ten cents to Dr.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, n. Y, for sample size
bottle. 1t will convince anyone. You
will also receive a booklet of valuable
information, telling about the kidneys
and bladder: When writing. be sure and
mention this paper. Regular ffty-cent
and one-dollar size bottles for sale at all
drug stores.-Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-05-25
Safety First.

"What are you going to tell your con-
stituents when you get homer"
Hadn't thought of that" replied the
congressman who speaks impulsively;
"I'm waiting to see whether it will be
safe for me to go home"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-05-25
oREgN,s AUGUST Fl LOWER

has been the most successful family
remedy for the last fifty-one years for
biliousness and stomach troubles, to
which the American people are addict
ed, causing sick headache, nervous in
digestion, sour stomach, coming up Of
food and general physical depression.
rs and 75c.-Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-05-25
Exodus of Genesis.

She-Don't' you just love to think
of Eden and our first parents?
He-Oh, I don't know. You see,
mine got divorced so often that /
can't remember which were the first
Judge.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-05-25
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
r.E ul. Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as Cen
eral Tonic because it contains the well
known tonic properties of QUININE and
IRON. 1t acts on the Liver. Drives out
Malaria. Enriches the Blood and Builds
up the Whole System. so cents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-05-25
Women Of
1liddkAge
Many distressing Ailments experienced
by them are Alleviated by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Here is Proof by Women who Know.

Lowell, Mass.-"For the last three years have
been troubled with the Change of Life and the bad
feelings common at that time. was in a very ner:
vous condition, with headaches and pain a good
deal of the time so was unfit to do my work. A
friend asked me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound, which did, and it has helped me in
every way. am not nearly so nervous, no head
ache or pain. I must say that Lydia E. PinkhamS
Vegetable Compound is the best remedy any sick
woman can take."-Mrs MARGARET QUINN, Rear
259 Worthen st., Lowell, Mass
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-05-25
use ALIENS FOOT EASE,

The antiseptic powder to be shaken into shoes
and sprinkled into the foot-bath. It relieves
painful, swollen, smarting feet and takes the
comforter ever discovered for all foot-aches
Sold everywhere, 25c. Trial package FREE
Address, Allen 8. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.-Adv.