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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
License Petition Filing Being
Argued Today
Mandamus Proceedings to
Compel Acceptance of
the Petition.

The courts have been calico
on to answer the question
whether or not Miss Jerusha
Johnson, City Treasurer, is com
PEELED to accept the license Pc
tition for filing in the absence
of City Clerk l.. N. Clausen and
the question is being argued be-
fore Judge Risjord at Ashland
TO-DAY.
Oh. Tuesday of this week At.
torney Shea of Ashland, repre-
senting the 'wets" presented al
the City Clerks office a petition
containing the names of some
ninty signers asking that the
a license question be submitted
to a vote at the April election.
City Clerk L. N. Clausen has
been at Minneapolis for the past
two months receiving medical
treatment, although he he has
been performing the duties OF
City Clerk and the question arose
as to the legality of Miss John
son accepting the petition in his
absence, which she decided not
to do. Mandamus proceedings
were brought to compel her to
accept the petition and the case
is being argued at Ashland to-
day, Attorneys Macleod and
Alvord appearing for Miss John
son.
Should the license question
come up at the April election il
should be buried so deep that
the voters of this city will not
be troubled with the question
again.
The interest in the license
campaign this spring is all being
stirred up by outside liquor in
terests, assisted by a few loca
people who would like to engage
in the saloon business.
Should the question come vi
for a vote The Times will have
something more to say in the
next issue as to why the saloon:
would be kept out.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
New Cars Arrive

A carload of new 1917 Over
lands of the three popular
models were received yesterday
by the Robinson-Oscar Auto
company and will be placed on
display in the building east of
the Esta brook Olson furniture
store.
In the car load were the Coun-
try Club roadster, the Model
80 five passenger touring car
and the 85- touring car.
These cars are attracting
much attention by people inter
ested in the purchase of new
automobiles and the first car
was rapidly bought up.
Another car of five autos is
expected by the agency during
the com ing month.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
Card of Thanks

We wish to extend our thanks
to our many friends and rela-
tives for their kindness and
sympathy during the illness
and death of our usband and
father. Especially do We thank
the K Of 2 Lodge and all others
who contributed to the beauti-
ful offerings.
Mrs. r. Amland
MIR. and Mrs. A. Axelberg
Einar AXelberg.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
Notice of Caucus

Notice is hereby given that the
annual Town Caucus for the Town
of Bayview, Bayfield, County, Wis.
will be held at the Houghton School
house on Saturday. March 18th 1917
at 200 O'Clock in the afternoon for
the purpose of plGciug in nomination
candidates for town offices to be
voted on at the election to be held
the first Tuesday in April, 1917.
Signed
Victor Popolenski,
w. Fl. Irish.
Caucus Committee
The above Caucus was adjourned
to Friday. March 23rd 1917 at 200
O'Clock p. m.
Signed
Harvey Irish
Acting Clerk of Caucus
Dated this 10th day of March 1917.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
Celebrated Birthday

Amos Elliot, Washburn s
grand old gentleman, celet rae
his 95 birthday at his residence
on east 4th street on Friday Of
last week and many friends and
neiglibors presented him with
beautiful boquets of flowers.
Mr.. Elliot is now in bed as
the result of an injury in which
his hip was broken by a fall
down stairs three weeks ago
and his injury is giving him
considerable pain.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
PAYS Fine for SANDER

A case in which j. Marshak of
Ashland was charged with SLAM
der was heard before County
Judge H. P. Axelberg on Friday
afternoon of last week, the war
rant for Marshak's arrest being
sworn out by Joe Veno Of this
city.
Marshak entered a plea of
guilty to the charge through his
attorney Frank Lamoreaux of
Ashland, saying there was no
foundation for the rumor what
ever which he had been so will
ing to spread and that his story
was made out of whole CLOTH.
After hearing the statement by
his Attorney County Judge Axel-
berg assessed a fine against the
Ashland man of $100 and costs
and Marshak also made a state
ment before the court in which
Mr.. Veno was exonorated.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
Notice For tReceiving Bids For Wash
burn Ashland Road.

Notice is hereby given that Bav-
field County will on the 9th day
of April. 1917, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon at the Office OF the county
clerk at the court house in the city
of Washburn in said county, receive
sealed bids for the completion and
construction of the Washburn A sh-
land road, including all labor and
materials, in the town Of Barks-
dale, Bayfield, County, Wisconsin,
according to the specifications,
plans, profiles, grade and cross Sec
tion sheets now on file in the Office
of the D vision Engineer f. NJ. Ser
geant, at Ashland, Wis or in the
ufflce OF the County Clerk at the
court house in the city of Washburn,
BAYFIELD, County, Wisconsin.
Each bid must be accnmpa MED by
certified check for the sum of One
Hundred Dollars, to be forfeited to
the county if the bidder shall be
awarded the job and fail TO enter
int to the contract in accordance with
said specifications. plans, profles
grade and cross section sheets, ETC..
and give good and sufficient bond
| in the sum of Seventy Five Hun
dred ($75O0) Dollars for the faithful
performance of the contract, and
said contract shall contain pro-
vision that time shall be of the
essence of the contract, and that
the contractor will pay TO the coun-
tv the sum of Twenty Five ($25,
Dollars for each and every day the
work remains unfinished after the
date OF com pletion mentioned there
in.
The committee reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
Dated this 18th day of March
1917.
Geo. S. B lrnes
Georgc Meriz
Frank Robillard
Christ lversnn
James w. Good
Committee.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
M A. o,
one half million dollars a year.

one half million dollars year.
Very little opposition to the pro
posedincrease in automobile licenses S
is being manifested by automobile
owners. They realize the added
valuA in the use of their cars result
ing from the securing of state
wide 5 600 mile system OF trunk
lines with a coherent plan of con
struction and adequately main
tainea They realiz, the saving that
will resu from it n the added life
of their machines and the saying Of
tires and gasoline-that this will
far exceed the increase in their
license fee. AS matter of fact with
the increase, the fees will, be still
less than in most OF the states.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
To Sing Nations Praise

One of the big events to be
given by the Lawrence College
Girls Glee Club which appears
in Washburn on Saturday March
"a, is an elaborate patriotic pro-
gram. American history illus
trated by the thrills of music
will not fail to inspire every
loyal American who sees and
hears this particular part OF the
popular program to be presented
in Washburn.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22

Manager f. w. Downs Of the
Washburn Light company returned
on Tuesday from Milwaukee wh' re
he attended the electrical coIven
ton and also attended a j)ii.t hear
ing by the Runway c Dmmission and
the Industrial Commission concrrn
ing electrical construction rules.
The conference decided 10 adopt the
National Bureau OF Standard codes
Mr.. Downs had considerable diff
Guilty In getting to Milwaukee and
return on account of the severe
storms.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
Congregational Church

Regular service at 1870. Sub
ject of sermon, "The Price of
Privilege" Sunday school at
11:45. Junior Endeavor at 8 p.
m. Endeavor Prayer Meeting,
6:45. Evening worship at 7:30.
Rev. L. K. Keller, State Super
intendent, will preach. Wednes-
day evening at 7:30 Prayer and
Conversation Meeting.
O. w. Smith, Minister.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
To the Honorable Members of the
County Board, County of Bay
field, Wisconsin.

In regard to calling you together in q
special meeting. | would like to call your
attention to the following facts.
There was no objections, whatever. on
any of your actions taken on either Of the
Annual, or the Adjourned meeting, ex-
cept that part pertaining to setting over
into the Town of Barksdale the North
Half of Township Forty-eight, Range
Four, and Township Forty y-eight. and
Range Five.
Now this action was pronounced just
and proper. and was. after proper deli
berations, favorably passed upon by your
Honorable Body. but there was one man
who did not like that action. and that man
has been trying ever since by every
means he could think of, to nullify your
action. He had lawyers to examine the
proceedings in the hope of finding them
not legal. And now after finding nc
ground, whatever. to throw that action
over, he has the cheek to ask you to come
Together in special session to recind
your own action.
| Now this man, who is called the
Kaiser in the Courthouse at Ashlano
will undoubtedly exert powerful pres
sure on some of the members Of the
Board, and to make his case look better
he got Mr.. D. M. Maxcy to associate with
himself. Now. will you gentlemen please
ask these men their reasons for their act
ions before you will grant their unreason
able demands.
Living in the affected territory as | do
you must pardon me for taking the in
terest in this matter that do.
| On March, 18th, Mr.. c. F. Bogenrei
and myself had talk with Mr.. D. NJ
Maxcy. putting the question to him. wh,
he wanted the County Board to recino
their action. The following we got as re
plv. "Mr. Vim. Landraint, tells us. unIes
we do not get this action of the Count,
Board in regard to setting over certain
territory into the Town of Barksdale
recinded, we will not get our share OF th'
Income Tax coming from the Barksdal
plant" Now, did you get that1 AS | un
derstand it, unless we all do just exactl
as Mr.. Landraint wishes us to do. he vii
keep that $3.50. 100000 in the Town Treas
ury. and do with it what he pleases
Now, we don't hardly believe that MI
Maxcy can be scared by such nonsense a
that. We are not living in Russia. If tn
city of Washburn has any right to thei
share of that pile of money as they surel
do have. it will surely get in the end
whether the KAISER" or Gar pIeases t
give it to them or not.
Hoping that every member of ou
Honorable County Board will thorough
look into this matter.-we are not askin
any special favors, but we do expect
square deal and that our rights will b
considered. Your Honorable Body ha
decided twice that by right we belong i
the Town of Barksdale, and it woul
surely look questionable if Mr.. Landrain
could make you gentlemen here chang
your mind on this subject.
This is not simply my own ideas G
no ushts, but expire sses also the opinio
and feeling of the sixty odd voters an
Sttlers in this territory affected by You
County Board action.
/ Jacob Strecker
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22

With a smile upon her face
that indicated "at rest in peace
little Dorothy Louise Oscar
age 6 years, 2 months and II
days, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Nels M. Oscar, passed from this
life on Saturday morning at 1:3(
o'clock after an illness extending
over a period of three weeks
from chronic stomach trouble.
The funeral was held on Tues.
day afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the family residence on east 18th
street, being in charge of Rev.
o. w. Smith, pastor of the Con-
gregatlonal church. Interment
was in Woodland cemetery.
Dorothy Louise Oscar was a
sweet little girl, always happy
and contented. During the six
years of her life she was a
patient little sufferer, battling
with numerous ailments peculiar
to child life, but she was never
strong and when her last illness
came upon her she was unable
to fight off the disease and death
came to claim her and her soul
went up to Him who said Suffer
the little children to come unto
Me for of such is the kingdom of
Heaven.
Her little life was filled with
contentment and happiness and
her little smile always greeted
everyone, and that smile which
she carried during the years of
her life was still upon her face
after the end came.
The sympathy of kind friends
and neighbors go out to Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar and family in their
bereavemnt.
Yes put away the half worn shoes
Our darling used to wear,
The little cup. the pretty toys,
Her little high arm chair.
The sight of them, so useless now
Doth fill our hearts with pain,
Oh God. how can we bear the thought
She'll neer return again.
God answered not our fervent prayers,
The way we deemed was best,
But took our darling to His arms
For her eternal rest.
Though great our loss, blessed gain
The baby hath been given,
For there among the happy throng
She lfves-she lives in Heaven,
And though she cannot come to us.
Her little baby hand
Becons US from this weary world
Up to that blissful land
Where pain and parting never come,
And love and peace and JOY
Forever and forever reign
Blest immortality.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
The License Question

So the fight is joined once more
| have lived i'm Washburn wet, and
in Washburn dry, and with 80 per
cent of the tax payers who have had
the same experience. | am heart and
soul for a dry town. Collections
have been easier and court expenses
less. Note this, you voters, nine
tenths of the men who are wet are
non tax payers; furthermore, the
wet campaign is being financed from
outside. Listen here, are you going
to let the city across the Bay steal
your prosperity, in order that she
may dump her hell-broth here?
Wake up to the fact that the brewers
of Ashland, are afraid that the home
town is going dry, expect to make
Washburn boozer's paradise. Are
you capable of running your own
affairs, or are you only the vermiform
appendage of the soon-to- to-be-outlawed
booze manufactures of our neie hbor.
ing city? Do you know this, that
certain citizens Of our easily reached
neighbor over the wave, jealous of
our prosperity, would gladly trade
their hell-holes for our prosperity? !?
Oh, | could tell you things | have
heard, for | live on both sides of the
Bay, but surely word to the wise
is sufficient.
The other day | heard one of
Washburn's newer business men say
that it is too bad to have all the
booze trade going to Ashland, his
thought undoubtedly being that
booze-trade brings legitimate trade;
but does it, ask the old merchants
and find out. If this new merchant
wants to do a trust business let him
vote in saloons, then, as in days
gone by, checks will be cashed in
saloons, not groceries and clothing
stores. Ask any one of the old
merchants, how many times they
were requested to trust" man
who had spent his pay-check in a
saloon. These are facts, easily dis
covered.
AS to that dry ordinance being
too dry, well that is all bosh. 1t is
not bone dry ordinance. 1t is not
the far-famed Houghton ordinance
either. Men were disgusted with
the wetness of our dry town last
summer, and they said, "Unless the
law is enforced, let us have licensed
saloons" This ordinance meets the
wish of the voters. Why have all
fines 60 to the state, do they not
belong here? Why have Tom, Dick
and Harry running a suitcase blind
pig business under our very noses?
This ordinance stops it, that's all
Don let the wet agent from the
brewery over the Bay influence you
Play your own game. Tell Ashland
to mind it's own business, dry up it.
own saloons, but not attemp to DUMP
its business-killing, hell-raisinl
booze here in fair Washburn. Thi.
is not sentiment, it is plain business
Patriotic Henry.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
Methodist Episcopal Church

East Fifth St.. Near Washington Avenue.
HI. GOODRIC H PASTOR.
Regular preaching service
next Sunday morning at 1O:45,
subject, "His Agony--Life's Suf-
fering." Sunday school meets
at 9:45 in the morning, Epworth
League at 7:45 p. m. Evening
service at the usual hour 7:3O.
Prayer meeting on Wednesday
evening at 7:30. You are cordial
ly invited to attend these SER
vices.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Hank Barrett OF
Spocner have arrived in the city
and will go to house keeping as soon
as they locate suitable quarters,
Mr.. Barrett has charge OF the
passenger run to the Barksdale
plant.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22

Two families soon to locate
in Washburn from Vermont
desire temporary family board
and rooms until their furniture
arrives.
They will want, after arrival
of furniture, rooms for both
families, two or three small
rooms for each family, until
they can build.
Apply to undersigned IN
WRITING, giving description.
prices and address in town,
for both propositions or one of
either.
Ed. M. Heermans,
Secretary Commercial Club
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
Monev to Loan at Lowest Int. Rates

w. hl7e long aud short time
!, my to loan on fam aud City
property. No delay. We want the
volume of business to make up for
the cut in interest rates. Call or
write m. Gep. 6 Macdonald,
Bristol Block, Ashland, Wisconsin.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22

Rooming House for rent with
bath and IL furnished bed rooms,
Steam heat. Inquire P. L. Trow
bridge, Temple Theatre.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
z on Get Results

BY using this paper when
llvartisln :. Try it and
nl1e oIsin95s grow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07
Ben TiIIeff and His
Friend, the Policeman

Mr.. Tillett turned away from police
man who had stepped up to him while
| was asking him my question. The po-
liceman had smiled broadly, and Mr.. Ill
lett burst into a great laughter. That
policeman" said he, reminds me OF a
man who shook hands with me warmly
the other day and said, Tillett, l went
through the big strike with you Did
you?' said l. And what said l, were
you?' Said he, 4 was policeman.
used to arrest your strikers. He seemed
to think that this was a great bond OF
sympathy between US. Well, in way,
it was. Lots of these policemen became
great friends of ours"
Then he paused and looked at me full
in the eyes and said:
IF there is any country that the Brit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07
SEVENTEEN YEARS OF THE BOOKMAN"

other with the question: Have you
heard how Kipling is this morning." 1t
was the era of great sales of books.
Westcott's David Harum" had intro
duced new and homely note into fic-
ton. The immediate time was marked
by laudable, if perhaps ludicrous, cray
ing for easy intellectual self-improve-
ment. People turned to such books as
Paul Leicester Ford's Janice Mere
dith," Weir Mitchell's Hugh Wynne" or
Winston Churchill's Richard Carvel,"
not only for entertainment, but because
they felt that they were also absorbing
history.
To recall the American writer's who
in 1899 had broken in, or were Just
breaking in, or were soon to break in, is,
in the case of the present scribe, to re-
call what has meant in many cases years
of happy friendships. In the autumn
of 1899 attention was being called to
new man from the Middle West. Almost
simultaneously were appearing "The
Gentleman from Indiana" and the de-
lightful little Monsieur Beaucaire."
The name of the author brought back
memories of the Princeton campus and
of a man who, even in undergraduate
days, had been picked out as one who
should go far. But between 1893 and
1899 there had been the years of wait
ing, Of heart-breaking rejection of self
doubt, the years when, like the HAIRLESS
of his story, Booth Harrington had been
sitting on rail fence in Indiana. In
1899 Richard Harding Davis had been
a conspicuous figure in the New York
literary world for a full decade. ever
since the publication of Gallagher and
the invention Of Van Bibber. For ten
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07

risen to be titular chief of the General
Federation of Trade Unions and also
member of Parliament.
81 went to Germany" said Mr.. Tillett,
lin the summer just before the war. |
went as fraternal delegate from Great
Britain to the meeting of all the unions
of Germany-a meeting like meeting
of your Federation of Labor. There was
a resolution to be brought forward about
war. This resolution was one that was
very greatly favored by many British
and by many French trade unionists. |
was in favor of it. My colleagues from
France agreed with me-that it ought
to be discussed and it ought to be acted
on. Of course, at that meeting, which
was a German meeting, we did not have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07

and had sat down to tea, and Mr. James
OGrady, president of the Federation OF
Trade Unions, was with us and so was
Mr. James Sexton. Mr.. Sexton organ
ICES the lockers in British ports which
Mr. Tilletts organization does not reach.
Mr.. Sections union is the National
Union of Dock Laborers, and he keeps
his headquarters in Liverpool. So | had
before me two men-Mr. Tillett and Mr..
Sexton-who deal daily with a thor
oughly rank and file type of British Ia
Dor, Mr.. Tillett covering the south of
Great Britain and Mr.. Sexton the north
And | also had before me, in the person
of Mr.. O'Grady, a man who had come
from a very different group of labor
the furnishing trades-and who had
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07
The Belief That "AmerfCa
Is Getting Germanized"

then strafed Great Britain for what
she did to the United States during the
war between the states, and Mr.. Tlstt
strafed the United States for what Is
doing now, and after severe casualties
on both sides we separated in peace. h
had added just one more straw to my
thorough conviction that the peace peO
pie of the United States are accomplish
ing the direct opposite of their purpose
Whenever they say peace" the instinc.
tive response in the average British
bosom is, "Ahl The Germans in Amer
lea are on top. America is getting Ger
manized, too. The Germans are every.
where. We must keep on, and We will
keep on till we utterly destroy the Euro
pean power of this worldwide enemy"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07

Street, directly opposite the Union Club.
In the seventeen years since October,
1899, the world has moved swiftly.
Then it was only a short time since Ten
nyson had died, and Robert Louis Ste
venson had died, and Alphonse Daudet
had died, and Maupassant had ended his
career in the madhouse. The writer,
then a small boy inclined to faunt the
American eagle when abroad, once saw
the last named a dandy among dandies,
on the sands of Etretat. Also, in De
cember, 1897, he had witnessed Daudet's
public funeral. 1t was in the Dreyfus
days. lola was among the mourners,
and as he passed an anti-Dreyfusard,
standing near the writer cried: Re
spect for the memory of Alphonse Dau-
Diet Conspuez Zolaw Then there
were the American men of letters link
ing us to the past who did not quite live
to see the dawn of the new century. In
1898 Edward Bellamy, of Looking
Backward" fame, died, and also in the
same year Harold Frederic, whose "The
Damnation of Theron Ware" remains
near the apex among the enduring nov
els that have reflected American life.
Bunner had gone in 1896 or 1897. None
of these men the writer knew, but he
had slight personal acquaintance with
the ill-starred Stephen Crane, Frank R.
Stockton and Edward Eggleston. whose
deaths came so soon after. Besides
the "Boolman" Office there were other
magazine sanctums that the writer
knew in those days. He had climbed
the spiral iron staircase that leads to the
headquarters Of the Harper publications
to invade, manuscript in hand. the
shabby little office in the corner when