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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
Abused Superlatives.

1t is hard to make people understand
that the adjective almost invariably
weakens the noun and that the word
very" for instance, does not strength
en- a statement, but qualities it. But
the use Of the superlative is even more
abused. We talk of the ''unimpeach-
able" honesty of somebody or other.
knowing perfectly well that anybody's
honesty may be impeached. What
seems to be required is a reimbursement
of our habits Of thought and better
teaching of the value of words and
even of the usefulness Of grammar. a
superlative necessarily involves an ak
iom. 1t commits you. like saying that
the sum of the angles of any triangle
is equal to two right angles. Your di-
lemma arises when you try to prove it.
'Impregnability" and 'invulnerability"
and all other superlatives in general
use are posing as axioms when they
are mostly fallacies.-Wall Street Jour-
nal
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22

IN communication to the Madison
Democrat, Bryan J. Castle illustrates
what has happened in Madison and
what is going on in every Wisconsin
city. He shows that in 1900 the assess
ment of Madison So, 400, 900; tax rate
.021. In 1905 $40, 607, 565, rate .015. In
1916 sos, 53S, 700, rate .0165. In the
meantime bonded Indebtedness has
risen from 1888, 900 to 81, 519, 900. But
that is not the whole story. During
this period Madison has enjoyed other
blessings with the rest of us. The state
income tax has been invented. Inher-
itance taxes have come into being.
Railroads that then paid 81, SAT, 900 now
pay three times that. So with other
corporation taxes. How many citizens
of Madison are really able to bear three
or four times the public burden they
bore sixteen years ago? The answer
to that question is the real measure of
the justice of this sort of thing. 1t
will come to speedy reckoning now.
When $4,000 or 20, 900 of our most &C
tive young men go to war, and it re-
qulres, the estimates say, five people
behind the firing line to keep each one
o. hem supplied with munitions, food
ano clothing, then the people will, in
addition to this already great burden,
have $33 head of government taxes
to carry and 10000 people withdrawn
from productive industries to engage
In works of destruction. And we have
only our second taste of government
war taxes. -Usher's Correspondence.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22

SECRETARY LANE in an address be-
fore the Home Club at Washington
told in this very consise manner just
why America is at war. eve saw ship
after ship sent to the bottom-ships of
mercy bound out of America for the
Belgian starving ships carrying the
Red Cross and laden with the wounded
of all nations ships carrying food and
clothing to friendly, harmless, terror
lied people, ships flying the Stars and
Stripes-sent to the bottom hundreds
of miles from shore, manned by Amer
lean seamen, against all law, without
warning. We believe Germany's prom
Use that she would respect the neutral
flag and the rights of neutrals, and we
held our anger and outrage in check.
But now we see that she was holding
us off with fair promises until she
could build her huge fleet of subma-
rines. For, when spring came, she
blew her promise into the air, just as
at the beginning she had torn up that
scrap of paper. Then we saw clearly
that there was but one law for Ger
many, her will to rule. We are fight
ing Germany because she violated our
confidence. Paid German spies filled
our cities. Officials of her govern
ment, received as the guests of this
nation, lived with us to bride and ter
rorize, defying our law and the law of
nations.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
The Boys Working Reserve.

The National Council for Defense es-
Inmates that about August 1st there is
likely to be a shortage of labor to help
save the crops. In order to meet this
imminent need the United States De-
partment of Labor has effected the or
ganization of what is called the United
States Boys Working Reserve. The
Reserve proposes to make thoroughly
available all able-bodied boys through
out the United States, between the
ages of 16 and 20 years, inclusive, for
labor chiefly in agriculture and indus
try. The Reserve desires to impress
upon boys of these ages that the serv-
ice that it is asking of them is a serv-
ice as thoroughly patriotic and as thor
oughly necessary as military service
itself. Every soldier takes the oath of
allegiance to the United States. Every
boy of the United States Boys Work
ing Reserve will be asked to take the
like oath. Every soldier enlisted in the
armies, and every sailor enlisted in the
navies, of the United States wears the
badge of his service. Every boy enlist
edsin the United States Boys Working
Reserve will have given to him, upon
condition, badge that declares him to
be member of the Reserve, and sig
nifies that he is doing his part to serve
his country in her hour of need. A
very large number of Wisconsin boys
has responded to the call of the State
Council of Defense and is at work on
the farms and in the shops and mills
throughout the state. It would digni-
fly the labor Of these boys if they could
feel, one and all, that they are mem
bers of a national organization, and
that the nation recognizes, by some
appropriate outward and visible sign,
the value of their services.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22

If ALL of the gratuitous advice ten
tered the farmers since the food crisis
developed were compiled in one work,
the dictionary would not hold it. Pos
sibly there was some sound sense in
portions of it, Certainly the major
portion of it has been the merest drivel.
1t is not advice the farmer needs. If
there is a class of men in this nation
today who are really familiar with ev-
cry phase of their profession, it is the
farmers. What the farmer is in dire
need of right now is more man power
man power to put into effect the plans
he is perfectly capable of formulating
and carrying out if he has agents to do
his bidding Let him be ever SO intel
ligent-and as rule he is person of
sound sense and reason-he simply can
not cultivate hundred acre farm by
himself But he can utilize thousand
acres if he has the man power with
which to do it, for he already has the
brains. We should make no mistake in
this matter. With practically the world
to feed, if this war is won the farmers
will play an important part in the win
ming, and all of the advice from those
slackers who have nothing else to give
is not going to help him one whit.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22

In AN interview for the July Ameri-
can Magazine, an authority on the food
question says: Stop asking lot of
guests to dinner every few days, and
making an unnecessary and unholy
show Of lot of food. Parties of this
sort are going to come mighty close to
disloyalty in the days ahead. The So
ciety woman who gives tea or dinner
to couple of hundred guests is COM
hitting national crime. There is no
occasion on which it is necessary to en-
terrain more than ten or dozen per-
sons. One can get all the wit and
brilliance in that number that anyone
needs. Don't just do these things
yourself = create a public opinion
against them. Preach and live the
gospel of the clean plate. Everyone in
America ought to be forced to eat
everything on his table. In that event
a good many of us would die of indiges-
ton, and most of the rest would learn
that an altogether unnecessary amount
of food is being cooked. The articles
of food that Europe needs most are
wheat, beans and pork. AS much as
possible, stop eating these. Use corn
instead of wheat. There are plenty of
substitutes for pork and beans and the
other staples Europe is crying for.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
Victor HUGO,

Victor Hugo was born at Besancon.
France, Feb. rs. 1902; died May %.
1885. He began his literary work at
fourteen, and by 1927 his reputation
was continental. In 1852, on account
of his democratic sympathies he was
an exile in the island of Jersey but aft
er 1870 he returned to France Forced
into politics. he soon became disguised
with its insincerities and resigned his
seat in the assembly to which he had
been elected In 1876 he was made a
senator, but never accomplished much
on account of his uncompromising hos
tility to every form of official trickery.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received at
the office of the city clerk, Edgerton,
Wis, until IL O'Clock noon, Monday,
July 2, 1917, for furnishing all material
and performing all labor necessary for
constructing girder bridge over Saun-
ders creek on North Main street.
The material and construction of said
bridge to conform to plans and specifi-
cations drawn by City Engineer Reich
ardt and now on file in city clerks of
flee, and be it understood that said
plans and specifications are to be made
a part of said contract for performing
said work.
A bond in sufficient sum to protect
city's interest will be required.
The right to reject any and all bids
is hereby reserved.
J. M. Conway, Mayor.
H. B. Knapp. City Clerk.
Dated Edgerton, Wis, June %, 1917.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
HTeIl 1t Not in Gath"

"Tell it not in Gath" means "Don't
let your enemies hear it," Gath was
famous as the birthplace Of the giant
Goliath The quotation is from the
Second Book of Samuel, first chapter,
twentieth verse: "Tell it not in Gath,
publish it not in the streets of Aske-
lon, lest the daughters of the Philis-
tines rejoice, lest the daughters OF the
uncircumcised triumph"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22

THE people are showing lack OF
confidence in President Wilson's cab
met and it is being urged that the time
has arrived for coalition cabinet.
Probably nothing would serve so swift
ly to restore full confidence in the ad-
ministration at Washington as reform
ing the personnel of the presidents
official family. Ex-President Roose-
welt is being urged as the most suitable
man in the nation to be called to Wash
ington in this connection. -Waukesha
Freeman.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
Tire Really Poor.

That man is to be accounted poor, of
whatever rank he may be, and suffers
the pains of poverty, whose expenses
exceed his resources and no man is,
properly speaking, poor but he
Paley.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
Place for Him.

Denny, aged six, was in the first
grade. His teacher asked him what he
was going to do during vacation. II
am going to join the army" he replied.
"You can't, because you are only an
infant" she told him. swell, then. I'll
join the infantry"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22

On complaint of r. J. Maltpress,
deputy oil Inspector, L. L. Simmons,
Clinton Junction grocer, was fined in
the municipal court for failure to OBJ
serve the law that requires gasoline to
be sold only in containers painted red.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
Coffee and Pianos.

There is a close relation between the
csffee industry and the piano business
in Guatemala. Whenever there is
good year for coffee in the republic
there is better demand for pianos.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
TimbreI Now the Tamborine.

The timbrel of the Bible was the in
strument known today as the tambo-
rine. 1t was used in early times by
the Syrians of Padan-aram at their
merrymakings Genesis 81 :27a.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
FRIDAY, JUNE %, 1917.

THE promptness with which the
American public has responded to the
governments call for subscriptions to
the Liberty Loan Bonds is glorious
tribute to the loyalty of our people.
Later estimates figure the bonds have
been nearly 100 per cent over subscrib--
ed. 1t is safe to predict that the Red
Cross campaign this week will be
equally successful.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
Chester Whites.

I have 60 head of February, March
and April pigs for sale Sired by Bin
gos Laddie and Paddy 2D39619.
There will be no lear pigs for sale
after July 1st.
/ also have one yearling Short Horn
bull for sale
JoaN NoTSETER,
29tf Deerfield, Dane Co., Wis.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
Dental Offices Closed

Saturday afternoons during June,
July, August and September.
DR.. HoLTON,
DR.. HYLAND,
DR.. MEYERS,
29tf DR.. MILLER.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
Cure for Govt,

a cure for govt offered by Ger
man physician is air impregnated with
radium.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
Notice

DR.. j. B. Miller's dental office will
be open Saturday afternoons as usual.
30t1 DR.. J. B. MILLER.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22

No man can do nothing, and no man
can do verything.-German
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22

Not a big lot left, but
Late spring and early
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-01-11
The War Today

British troops pushing north
Jon eu the ~lHa. peninsula have
carried Eaeir advance - Ihe bore
der af Palestine, They have cape
ureI there tHe defensive eU-
traHcbHeujs of Rata, 81 miles
northeast ai FL trj-tr. aa the Med
IterraHeHH. and about seventy
miles southwest af Jerusalem.
taken hs the British last month.
EHa attack was carried eUl hF
Australian troops ami camel
corps. fu the operation E.6HU un-
wounded prisoners and four
mountain guns were taken
EHa battle between fHe Rus
slams and Germans iH northwest
Russia near Riga appear 90 Ge
growing IH intensity, but reports
from Berlin and pefrHErad are $50
divergent that the result DC tHe
lighting is somewhat uncertain
Field Marshal won Wacken~eu'S
army is still advancing In WoIda-
STA and has forced the Russ iaR-
End Ruuanlaus across the >eretH
river.
Un fhe Tigri- the British have
rarturea Turkish treuche- over
front of .HA0 yards.
Greece has formally accepted
the terms af the ultimatum ~ the
entente allies.
Ambassador sharp a1 Paris has
received the answer IF the allied
governments t. President Wilson's
peace note Of Dee. 10, II VIII be
published Friday morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-01-11
Latest Bulletins

Fraanurf. Ul- Jan. EI- Attacked
a. rrarr disease. Nr-. William
Brown. wife oi q farmer 90 Noga-
M. faU across the Kitchen stove
while preparing breakfast and was
burned 90 death raday.
ua~ MONIES. Ia- San. lI-- Wil-
ffam IL. Harding of ~i0uE CITY and
ernest u. Moore III eeaT Rapids
fHf. afternoon formally tonk ONCE
- governor and lieutenant goF-
ernor Of Iowa, respectively.
Ffrfu. M. Jan. H. EngaHg.ed
fn fish net the bodies ~ three
4nar. f,ya Of them gHicaEgan>- were
fauuH iu NClUiIom's lake, north
.f NeHeury. Ill., and we're taken
II their homes today, He three
we're Al Mack, Julius split ~
chicago. and Charles H"Ilerhu~H
af Woodstock. iii
nanville. Iu. Jsn- g.. Oscar
RaHdard % cripple, in court &C
gotfuyfan. Ind Hear here this att
erpaeu confessed that DEE had
allied hl, wife with an axe.
bloomington. Jan. ~. wreck
v[as reuorfcd t. have occurred gH
fbe chicago and tlfau railroad
fhi~ afternoon. buf officials Of the
road declared fhey bad ne jn-
formation ~ To-,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-01-11

Paris. Jan. a. Premier BRAND
today received Ambassador sharp
and handed him. iu the name of
aII the allied governments, the
answer 90 President Wilson's note
uf Dec. go. The reply win be
published oH Friday morning, tho
allies desiring tU DE sure That She
president has the TEST IRA hand be-
fore publication lu fae press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-01-11
DAY IN CONGRESS


SENATE.
Considered miscellaneous lcZis-
iatiau.
t0mmercc committee continued
hearing aH railroad problems
HOUSE.
considered DostUhicp auur8pria.
ton Bill.
secretary Baker. commander
Todd. e.. $. ~ aud others adYo-
Gated bin for government mnn0p-
oily 0f wireless teleETaphy a. ee-
~cntt1l 90 national security.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-01-11

NJ e m b er Of A Il dit
Bureau of Calculations
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-01-11

Associatc d Press
Leased Wire Report
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-10
COAL MEN GIVEN
ORDERS BY LABOR
President of Miners Union in I'LL
nois Says Physical Tests Must
BE Stopped at Once.

Springfield, HIN a letter sent
out out by President Frank Earring
ton of the illinois district. United Mine
Workers Of America, 10 the three coal
mine operators associations In the
state, warning is given that If the al
legged practice OF requiring miners 10
undergo physical examinations before
being accepted By mining companies is
not stopped at once, all miners in mi
nCis WIZ be called out on strike, pro-
vided such action should be consid-
cred necessary 10 accomplish The de-
sired result.
The examination Of miners. it Is
stated. was started July ], when the
compulsory woTkmeu's compensation
law went into effect.
The compensation law does not
give to the operators the right TO re-
quire men to pass a physical exam
inari0n before securing employment -
President Farringtous letter argues.
"and. # allowed, the practice would
work great injury and injustice 10
thousands of men employed in Illi-
nois mines.
Mr.. Harrington states in his letter
that he is under instructions from the
miners district executive board Us
take up the subject with them and
ito serve notice on you that the min
ers' union viii not tolerate the estaB-
1ishment Of this practice in Illinois.
even though we may be put TO the
undesirable necessity Of ordering q
strike 5n order to prevent its being
done %
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-10
TAFT GETS FIRST
FOOD IN 3 DAYS
Former President Given Egg and
Toast as Only Nourishment Since
Early Tuesday Morning.

Clay Center Kan. Aug, 10,-PhvsI-
clans attending former President viii
liam r. Taft. who is III at a local no
tel decided today 30 give hjn the first
food be had eaten since the attack
Of intestinal trouble early Tuesday
morning mir. Taft is some better this
morning" Dr. Morgan said, He has
no temDera fU~a. and although weak,
is more cheerful and like himself than
at any time since he became H."
The decision TO give uourlshment 20
the former president was made after
he himself had asked for food He
viii be given an egg and toast, DIR.
Morgan said, that being the patients
wish.
~ don't want to say the danger
mark has passed, DR. Morgan de-
clared, after having visited Mr. Taft
for the first time since last night when
he was sleeping easily. SThat would
not be entirely correct However, ]
5o not think at any tine there has
been any immediate danger. / was
a little afraid Of conditions that might
develop
'1Tr- Taft passed a very good night
and Z should say that he is some bet
ter. He couversed this morning about
things IN general in a way that he did
not Alb yesterday when be talked very
little He is more like himself today
than he has been"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-10
COMMISSION MEN
BUYING HEAVILY
IN THIS COUNTY

Commission houses IN Chicago have
extended their buying operations for
vegetables into this community on an
extensive scale for the first time.
1t is said that many acres Of pota-
toes have been snapped up al a price
Of $i.25 q bushel in the ground and
that many OF the spuds are now being
shipped cat There has also been ex-
tensive buying of tomatoes. Local re
tail dealers and restaurant keepers are
feeling the PINCH experiencing much
trouble ia securing spuds IN any
amount
These activities may be connected
with reports that the government has
discovered a gigantic com biue Of pack
ers who are buying up products in
vast amounts for the purpose OF. can
ming and holding for fancy prices
next season. The movement may also
be credited to the government which
has purchased vast stores OF canned
foods for the army. forcing the com
mission men to go further than ever
to secure the amount Of products
needed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-10
WAITER RUSS HEADS
BROKERAGE CONCERN

Walter A. Russ has resigned his
position with the Hartz * Bahnsen
wholesale drug house. with which he
has been identified % years, the great
or part of the time in che capacity Of
travelling salesman. To enter the brok-
erage business. He is president and
manager of the Greenfield Brokerage
company. which has established an
Office lila suite eos Safety building, The
Greenfield company is a Rock Island
concern. all those having holdings in
Fl being local residents. The company
Will deal ln investment securities
stocks and bonds and farm mortgages.
Mr Russ enjoys an extensive acGuaint-
ancesnip over the tri-citjes and in the
surrounding country gained In the
years ef craftsmanship. and his friends
SSH u wish for him that success in his
new undertaking that he SO richly de-
serves.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-10
BUCKET OF BLOOD"
TALES UNDER TABOO

Greet Lakes. IlI-%o Bucket 81
Blood stories for the boys at the
j Great Lakes Naval Training station.
Ask the rookie" you see stretched
out cu the grassy lawn in the after
noon what lie is reading. Instead Of
the thrilling detective story You might
expect to md. the volume is probably
a French or Spanish grammar. "a
mathematical text book or the Blue
Jacket manual
Probably 1000 of the boys IN the
camp are seriously studying with q
view to taking examinations for en-
trance 10 the United States naval acad-
envy.
e In former years the only means of
entrance 30 Annapolis was by appoint
maut hE ones congressman Now.
however. laws have been passed civ
ing The enlisted men the same oppor-
tunity that others have
Once q year. after recruit has seen
- months OF service IL the navy. he
may take the competitive examination
open to all enlisted men under the age
OF % 1T the time Of the examination.
There are openings right now fer 100
m#dsh5 pmeu at the naval academy from
the ranks and g high naval official has
said that an who pass d favorable eX-
animation VIII be allowed to enter, no
matter if the complement of 100 is
allied.
Spurred by she opportunity of be-
coming commissioned officers in the
finest navy aloal, thousands of young
recruits from high schools, universe
ties and colleges throughout the coun-
try are preparing for their eEamina-
Men who enter Annapolis from the
ranks seasoned hE "a wear of axDprf~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-10
12LOST ON BOAT
ON GREAT LAKES
All But Two Of IL Aboard Schooner
George A. Marsh, Perish AS Craft
Is Wrecked IN Storm.

Kingston, Ont,.Au g. Twelve out
Of IL persons aboard the schooner
George A. Marsh per3shed when the
vessel was destroyed in 85-mile gale
which swept Lake Ontario Tuesday
night, &c has been learned
The dead include Captain Smith. his
wife and five children; Mrs. ATcC1en-
ran and one child. William Watkins,
mate and George Cousins. deckhand.
All we're drowned except one child,
who died from expo sure, while Me-
Clenuan. one of Ghe survivors. Was
rowing for land In a small boat. The
only other person aboard che vessel
saved. was William Smith, I 0. son of
the captain. McClen nan and the boy
were picked up by fishermen
The schooner was laden with coal,
having sailed from Oaweeo.