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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-04

Smith was by this time entirely IA
niliar with the maps and profles and
other records of the ditch company's
lands and holdings.
"All the land within the limits of the
flood level has been bought and paid
for-some of ii more than once, hasn't
it?" he asked.
"Oh, yes but that doesn't make any
difference. These men viii claim that
their Location was made long ago. and
that they are just now getting ready
to work It. It's often done ia the case
of mining claims"
when is all this going to happen?"
he inquired.
at is already happening" she broke
out impatiently. "Mr. Martin said
the three men left town little after
daybreak and crossed on the Brewster
bridge to 90 up on the other side of
the Timanyoni"
The young woman had taken her
place again behind the big tiller wheel
and Smith calmly motioned her out
of 1t.
take the other seat and let me get
In here" he said and when She had
changed over he swung in behind the
wheel and put n foot on the clutch
pedal.
what are you going to dog" she
asked.
I'm going to take you on up to the
camp. and then, if youll lend me this
car, tn 20 and do what you hoped to
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-04

persuade Williams to do-run these
miningclaim iokers into the tall tim
Der"
But you can'tr" she protested; "you
can't do II alonei And besides, they
are on the other side of the river and
YOU can't get anywhere with the car.
You'll have to 90 all the way back to
Brewster TO get across the river!'
1t was just here that he stole an
other glance at the very.much-aliye
little face behind the motor veil; At
the firm, round chin and the resolute
slaty-gray eyes.
II suppose / ought TO take you to
the camp" he said. But you may go
along with me. if you want to--and
are not afraid"
She laughed In his face.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-04

For closing q hole In the skull DR.. G.
Scandota Of Naples uses rubber
sponge. He reports TO La Riforma
Aledfca that he tried II on q rabbit and
A dog. which he killed after nine and
six mouths and found that except for
slight loose adhesion 10 the dura, the
rubber sponge was unchanged. II had
caused no trouble and the animals had
helaEed normally.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-04
ANY CORN LIFTS OUT,
DOESN'T HURT A BITI
No foolIshnessI Lift your corns
and calluses off with fingers
It's like maqiol

Sore corns, hard cOrns, soft corI9 or
any kind Of a corn. can harmlec say be
lifted right out with the fingers IL you
apply upon the corn a few drops Of
freezone, says a Cincinnati authority.
For little cost one can get a small
bottle of freezone at any drug store,
which will positively Fid ones feet OF
every corn or callus without pain.
This simple drug dries the moment
II is applied and does not even irrt-
tate the surrounding skin while ap'
plying 1t or afterwards.
This announcement viii interest
many OF our readers. II your druggist
hasn't any freezone ten him to surely
get a small bottle for you from his
wholesale drug house.-adv.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-04
JOHN SMITH HAS The GOOD FORTUNE TO PLAY HERO TO
AVERY PRETTY YOUNG LADY-HE is OFFERED THE
JOB OF FIGHTING ENEMIES OF COL. BALDWIN

Smith cashier Lawrencevle Bank
and company society Verda
wrongfy dishonesty by Warous
Durham employer scapegoat crooked
Dunham him for dead and fees the
state He up tramp irrigation dam
John
financial
Williams superintendent, Smith his troubles
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-04


far for me to ask if your experience
has been such as would warrant you
in tackling a job of this kind?'
That is a fair question. and can
answer it straight" said the man IN
der fire. i've had the experience"
81 thought so. If the colonel should
ask you TO. would you consider as a
possibility the taking of the doctors
Sob on this sick project Of oursf'
NO" was the brief rejoinder.
"Why not?"
Smith looked away ous Of the one
square window in the shack at the
busy scene on the dam stagings.
Because I'm not exactly a born sim
pleton. Mr. Williams. There are a
number of reasons which are purely
personal to me. and at least one which
cats ice on your side Of the pond. Your
financial doctor as you call him.
vo1id have 10 be trusted absolutely in
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-04
The Approach.

Nocoyne-rm going to ask old Got
rox for his daughters hand. What's
a good way TO begin7
Smart-Oh. spring few other jokes
on him first to see how lie takes them.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-04
Governor Makes Appointments.

Governor Philip has announced the
appointment Of former Congressman
Thomas Konop of Green Bay as a
mission to succeed J. ID. Beck. kO-
nop's term is for six years at an annual
salary of 5000. John II. Allen of
Lake Geneva was appointed a member
of the state railroad commission to
succeed Walter alexander. who re-
signed, Thomas f. Lyons of Superior
was reappointe0 a member Of the
state tax commission. f. W. Coon of
Edgerton was appointed member of
the state civil service commission and
Assemblyman \. Everett. Eagle River,
as member of the state board of con-
troll. The appointments have been
sent to the state senate for confirma-
ton.
The upper house of the Wisconsin
legislature is opposed to the idea of
giving a minority power To call heads
of boards, commissions and state de-
partments before the legislature for
discrimination regarding their acts.
By vote of 10 to II the senate struck
such a provision out of the revised
statutes bill.
The senate concurred in the Everett
amendment to the Baxter coal tax Dill
Ievying ~ cents ON soft coal and :
cents on hard coal passing over the
docks In this state.
The assembly retraced its steps and,
by vote Of g. to 8, reconsidered and
passed the bill appropriating $4,000
for the erection of an intirmary mt the
University of Wisconsin. The second
bin to appropriate $4,000 for the pur-
chase of the so-called Raymer proper
ty. on which an intirmary is now To-
Gated was not recOnsidered.
The assembly sent to engrossment Il
resolution to change the constitution
so that the county superintendent OF
schools shall be elected for term of
four years Instead of two years.
Signs School Lunch Bill.
Every board of education in tn
state is authorized TO furnish lunches
for schoolchildren. The Bray bill on
this subject has just been signed by
the governor.
Approval has been given 10 the bill
which makes II unlawful for any dis
trict attorney to hold the office of or
act as city attorney of any city in the
county of which he is district attorney.
If any district attorney shall violate
the provisions of the law. his office OF
district attorney shall become vacant.
Approval has been given by the eX'
ecutlve TO the so-called riot and bonn
bardment insurance act. This measure
provides that insurance corporations
shall be permitted to organize ami
write Insurance o. earthquakes, bonn
bardment, invasion. instruction, riot
civil war. military or usurped power.
The measure was occasloned 10y the
, war with Germany. The bin was rec
ommended by Insurance Commissioners
NJ J. Cleary
Governor Phillip has also signed the
bill which provides that the rate of tax
levied tor the purposes of the Indus
trial and continuation schools shall
not In any one year exceed three
| fourths mill for the maintenance OF all
such schools. This $ an Increase IN
/ the mill tax allowed heretofore.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-04

Hot heads and cold feet cause most
- our trouble.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-04
Kills Industrial Bank Bill.


The assembly has killed the so-called
Industrial bank bill This measure
was aimed at the loan sharks. II pr"-
vided for the loan Of money In krIat
sums to poor people.
The fight against the bill was led uy
Assemblyman Eyjue Of Dane county,
who charged that it was promotional
scheme and that the operators would
make as high as 80 per cent of the
money loaned TO poor people. The bill
was championed by Assemblyman
John Donnelly Of Milwaukee. who
claimed that It would benefit the poor
people, who were unable to borrow
money al the present tine, except
through loan sharks.
In the assembly final concurrence
was given TO the bin providing Tor the
licensing of manufacturers of soda wa
ter and beverages. This bin was urged
by the state dairy and food commits
sion on the ground that II the estab-
lishments were not kept ia a sanitary
condition the license OF the manufac-
turer could be revoked.
The Arnold home rule resolution
was sent to third reading.
The otto bin removing some of the
restrictions on the testimony Of ply
sicians and surgeons in lawsuits was
passed. The Burke resolution direct
ing the adiutant general To furnish
suitable badges 10 members of the
WISCONSIN National C.1ta ri WIN aarypd
in the federal army on the Mexican
border last year, was cOncurreJ IN by
the assembly.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-04
Workmen's compensatIon

REVISION q the WorKmen's conpen-
gation schedule is the only important
pledge 81 the Republican platform re-
mainiug to be acted upon by rhe leg
stature. This bili has been under
consideration from tho beginning If
the session. but there are stlil signs
of disagreement. The plan now is FOR
the senate go pass the bin as framed
by the committee on corporations and
tn have il Ia the ASSEMBLY for 81 thor
ov-b hearing ia committee of the
whole. Senator Bray Is taking almost
complete charge Of the work on the
An
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-04
NO TAX ON THE
FARMERS DOG
Assembly Kills Bill That Would
Require a License for the
Watchdog on the Farm.
NO MONEY FOR lNFlRMARY
Governor Phillip Vetoes Burnett Bill
Providing for Exchange of Ad-
Vertislng for Mileage by
Newspapers of State.

Madison.-The farmers watchdog
win not be taxed and can without spe-
cial license continue to bark and watch
a large vote killed the measure after
an hours debate Opposition to the
bill was led by Assemblyman Spoor
of Green Lake county. The bill was
supported by assemblyman Woodland.
Assemblyman Hedrich of Marathon
county contended that the farmer was
already taxed too heavily.
The Wisconsin legislatures mad
rush to conclude all business by mid
night Saturday broke down late Friday
afternoon when the large number of
bills clearly showed that it would be
impossible to finish the sessions work
before the conclusion of another week.
Both houses therefore adjourned until
Tuesday morning.
Governor Philipp vetoed the Burnett
bill providing that weekly and daily
newspapers might exchange advertis-
ing for mileage. The governor claimed
that the bill violates the constitution
of the state. No attempt will be made
to put the bill over the governors veto.
Farmers Win Fight.
The farmers societies won their
fight to give the railroad commission
power TO pass upon warehouse sites
along railroad rights of way. At the
present time the railroad companies
have full power and supervision over
their rights of way and the location Of
warehouses. Assemblyman J. c. Han
son OF Dane county showed TINT In
some instances at least this authority
Of the railroad companies had been
abused Farmers had been refused
warehouse sites. To correct this evil
Hanson offered a bill TO give The rail-
road commission the power 10 take
testimony and decide on the necessity
for additional warehouse facilities on
the sites a hot fight has been made
against the bill all through the session.
The amendments To the bill offered IN
the senate have now been cOncurred
in by the assembly and the bill goes to
the governor.
The assembly cOucurred In the bill
approprtating $500 TO Mrs. Frank
Sutliff. whose husband was found in-
jured In the capitol several weeks ago
He died the same night that he was
found Sutliff had been employed at
the capitol as an assistant engineer for
number of years.
The Pieper bill providing that all ap'
preparations made by the Legislature
should lapse at the end of two yenrs
was killed in the assembly. Al the
present time most of the departments
and institutions have continuing ap
preparations, so that if an arPTopria'
ton was not made by the Legislature
they would have some money on which
to operate IT was the plan of As
semblyman Pieper 10 have all OF these
appropriations lapse so that the next
legislature would have an opportunity
to pass ON the merits of all continuing
funds.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-04
bill
Two Bank Bills.

There are TWO bills affecting banks,
70 be passed upon BY the assembly.
The so-called industrial bank bill,
aimed al the shark loan. has been
killed. but motion for reconsidera-
zion has been entered and viii bring
the bin up some time today. Another
hin ~ change the taxation OF banks.
na king capital stock. surplus and m
divided profits the basis Of taxation,
with the application Of the rule 70 rel
ative ratio Of real estate taxation TO
no appiied. The house refused to kill
the bin and the measure has been
placed on the calepdsE,
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-03-27
; after winters sojourn at the home
. Of their son Arthur and family.

after a winters sojourn at the. home
Of their son Arthur and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Pennington
and children of Colorado Springs.
Col. arrived in the city Saturday for
a visit with Mrs. Penington's parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Baldwin, and 9TH
Ter relatives.
Miss Marie Sergeant, of Fonda.
a college friend of Miss Hazel Bemis,
spent Sunday with her at the Geo.
w. Lee home.
Mrs. w. c. Reed and baby, of lie
Mars are visiting at the home Of the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
IS. Bingham.
Mrs. Frank H. Shafer, of Blairs-
burg, is spending the day here.
w. H. France, of Woodstock, is
in the city today on business.
Mrs. Martha Guthrie returned to
her home in Stratford this morn
ms ultSi " tloiL with Vic ". NJ
Vegors family on Superior street.
Jack Smalley, of Woodstock,
came down this morning. Jack is
a member of Co. c.
Mrs. N. c. Nelson, of Kamrar,
visited the e. II. Hemmen family
saturday.
MIR. and Mrs, f. o. Satter spent
Sunday with relatives and friends in
Ellsworth
Mrs. Ellen Brown visited with
friends in Randall over the week
end.
Mrs. w. H. Streaver and little
son, of Greene, who have been
guests at the Geo. r. Strever home
went to Ames Saturday afternoon to
spend Sunday with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Hendrickson
and baby, of Kamrar, visited Mrs.
MS parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram
Carey, Saturday
Mrs. Geo. Longstaff, of Huron.
is. d., who has been guest in the
w. S. Weston home, left Saturday
Afternoon for Jewell and Eldora.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. C. Loving and
daughter, Miss Marie, and Mrs. Del
ia Simmons, all of Ames, who have
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. J. B.
Merritt and other relatives, left Sat
urday afternoon for Portland, Ore,
where they expect to make their fu-
ture home.
The Misses Gladys Howell and
Mary Pigg Sundayed with relatives
of the later in Ellsworth.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-03-27

Over in Elfora they are having a
hard fight between the people and
the council over paving. 1t APP
pears that property owners do not
want to pave this year on account OF
the disquieting outlook. The mayor
is with the people and vetoed the
paving resolution. But the council is
headstrong and propose to have their
way regardless of the wishes of the
people. Now would be good time
for the people of Eldora to submit
to the voters the question Of adopt
ing the city manager plan. That plan
has supplied way to get rid OF
councils that have no regard for pub
lie opinion or public expenditures
Moreover, the. city manager plan is
the best thing yet devised in NUM-
cipal government and has worked
wonderfully we'll here in Webster
City during the eighteen months it
has been on trial.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-03-27
PERSONAL BRIEFS.
(From Saturdays Daily.)

Linwood Bauer, of Des Moines, ar.
rived in the city last night for an
extended visit with his grandparents
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bauer.
Mrs. Noble Little, of Waterloo, is
in the city, guest at the home OF
her cousin. Mrs. II. E. Lewis, on Web
ster street.
Mrs. l.. A. McMurray and daugh-
ter, Miss Jessie, are spending sew
eral days in Chicago on a shopping
trip.
Mrs. Ray Johnson and little
daughter, Shirley, of Williams, Wis
tied the formers sister and niece, the
Misses Mary and Leatha Tilghnan,
yesterday.
Mrs. Mabelle Anderson McCol-
Tough went to Des Moines yesterday
afternoon, where she met Miss Elsie
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-03-27
OUR DUTY IN WAR.

If the United States gets into war
every effort should be made to make
our Influence felt against our adYer-
saries. There should be no halfway
business about it, but we should
go in with vim and vigor from
the start. Congress must stand
shoulder to shoulder with the presi-
dent, the army and navy and appro-
pirate sums of money as may be ne
cessary to prosecute the war vigor-
ously from the first minute that war
is declared or it is officially an
nounced that state of war exists.
If $1,000, 100000 are needed, or if
the army and navy officers think that
sum is necessary, congress ought to
appropriate it and not cut down the
the amount to 100000 1000. War is a
serious business at best, but it is more
serious if prosecuted with languor and
indecision, which only prolongs the
contest and adds TO its horrors. The
resources of the country must be Of
fered without hesitation and the peo-
pie must expect to be called upon TO
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-03-27

Two Germans were arrested few
DAYS ago in New York charged with
being spies and of conspiring to get
military information in England for
use of the German government. Con-
trary to expectations, the men pied
guilty. They are moving picture
manipulators and were charged
with inducing bogus newspaper men
to go to various Euroean countries
as spies. 1t is believed they pied
guilty to prevent the disclosure OF
facts at a trial that would implicate
men high in public confidence. The
time is here when the United States
government cannot deal lightly with
such offenders. This government
must proceed in such cases just as
Germany would proceed, which is
likely to be the program when spies
are apprehended here after actual
war exists between the United States
andGermany. War now appears to
be foregone conclusion and the 10y
al peole of this country seem to be
ready for it.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-03-27

One cannot help but wonder what
would have happened if those three
American vessels had been sunk by
submarines when T. r. was presi-
dent.-Aberdeen Herald.
1t is not easy to tell just what
would have happened under such
leadership, but it is absolutely
certain that had Theodore Roosevelt
been president of the United States
the past three years this country
would now be reasonably well pre-
pared to face what it has to face,
1t is easy to fling slurs and cheap
|insinuations at Roosevelt, but he is
a man of courage and action and
did more to clean out corruption and
lvice in high places while president
than was ever accomplished before
or since in the same length of time.
lit was Roosevelt that started the
Panama canal, the greatest engineer
ling feat of the day. He cut away
| the red tape and went to work where
other presidents had made recon-
lamentations and written treatises on
how to do it, Teddy is not perfect,
but he is q loyal American citizen,
ready to make any sacrifice to sus-
tain the honor Of his country and
preserve the glorious tradition of its
past. The Freeman-Tribune likes
Roosevelt and wishes there were more
men like him.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-03-27
LOWER RATES

Boone News-Republican II h e
Sioux City Journal, which still up
holds the anti-competition insur-
ance law, observes that no newspa-
per which is against it mentions the
fact that the average cost of fire
insurance per $1,000, is lower under
the new law than it ever was before.
This is important information if
true, though is has never been prov
ed. But under the improved method
of building that has been inaugural
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-03-27

make many sacrifices if necessary. 1t
is useless, in the judgment of the
to think of enter
ing the war except as an ally of the
countries now opposing Germany, and
we must be prepared to stay to the
end. The agreements now existing
between England, France, Serbia,
Russia Italy, Roumania and others
arrayed against the central powers
not to conclude separate peace must
be acquiesced in by the United States
government and we must expect to
bear our just share of the burden from
the day we enter the great conflict
The FreemanTribune had hoped that
the United States might escape, but it
is apparently decreed otherwise, and
if we must fight the harder we fight
the sooner will the great holocaust
end and peace be restored to harass-
ed and ravished world. Let no man
deceive himself with the thought that
we are about to engage in a sort of
summer outing or spring-day picnic.
Germany is the greatest military pow.
er the world has ever seen and she
is still strong and full of confidence.
She has mighty allies, all of whom
are well equipped and ready to fight
until it is plain that there is no long
er hope of victory. The people of this
country must nerve themselves to
take without faltering what comes
and stand as one man behind the gov
eminent and its duly constituted au-
thorities. Those who have disagreed
with the president, the war depart
ment, congress and the heads of the
navy, and we have exercised the right
of criticism, must forego criticism in
the face of the enemy and must leave
all political differences at the wars
ledge The United States can render
great aid to the allies in many differ
ent ways, the most effective of which
will be in furnishing them credit, mu-
nitions and food
When the United States was sorely
pressed during the revolutionary war
our soldiers were heartened by the
presence of French soldiers in the
ranks and it may be believed that
French soldiers now in the trenches
would be given renewed energy and
strength if division of United States
soldiers would volunteer to fight upon
French soil against the common enc
mics of both countries.
A New York dispatch says that
Col. Roosevelt has been busy for sew
eral weeks interesting young men in
an army division to be recruited to &C
to France, and the dispatch further
says there is little doubt but that lie
will succeed in his efforts. If this
country had a few thousand more
men like Col. Roosevelt it would now
be prepared for war and its entrance
into the conflict would be the begin
ing of the end. The colonel pointed
out two years ago the necessity of
getting ready for eventualities, but
his advice was UNDECIDED and we are
now having the DpO3ltv Of pnr iplif-
ference and lack of foresight. But it
is now too late to talk of these things.
Let by-gones he by-gones. turn our
faces resolutely to the future and give
encouragement to our allies by show
ing courage and determination from
the very start.