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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-01-03
TOWN OF FRANKLIN coIEcT1oNs

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE TREAS.
~ urer of the town of franklin that the tax
roll for said town for the year 1915 is in my hands
for collection. and that the taxes charged therein
are subject to payment at my Office. at any time
prior to or upon the 31st day Of January 1917 /
viii hold my Office as follows. viz: Folsom store
January s-22; at Liberty Pole store the remaining
time except the 1897 at the Bank Of Viroqua
Dated this 18th day of December 1916.
C.. S. HCSAKER Town Treasurer
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-01-03
METHODIST CHURCH
NOTICE AS TO PAYMENT oF TAXES

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE UN-
~ dersigned treasurer Of the city of Viroqua,
that the tax roll for said city for the year 1916
in my hands for collection. and that the taxes
fee at any time prior TO upon the 3st day Of
January. 1919 A penalty Of per cent win -
added TO all taxes not paid prior to February !,
1917. ! will hold my Office at city hall commence
ing December IS, 1916. Office hours from g. m.
to p. m f. NJ. MINsHALL. City Treas.
Dated December l3. 1915
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-01-03
DOINGs OF THE CITY COUNCIL

VIRoQUA Wis. Dec. 81. 1915.
Regular meeting of the common council. Pres
ent Mayor Garrett Aldermen Larson. Chase.
Rogers. and Knudson.
Minutes of the previous meeting read and ap-
proved The following accounts were REID. ap-
proved by the finance committee and upon mo-
ton allowed. roll call of member all voting aye.
Labor account: Chas Green 1872. VIM. WEIGH
! 25 Frank Brambert 90 l.. C. Boyle 1900, Key
stone Drer Co. IS 80. A. Heinz l0S 80. Albert Sol
verson 45e. Standard Oil Co, 80 80.
On motion council adjourned.
q L OLDER Clerk
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-01-03
TOWN OF yIRoouA COLLECTIONS

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT | WILL
~ receive tax moneys for Viroqua town at the
following places: December 90. 1915. Bank of vi
roaua on Fridays and Saturdays. at Westby every
Monday. Balance of time at my farm. penal
ty of cent viii be added to all taxes not paid
prior to February !. 1917.
OLE KJosE Town Treasurer
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-01-03
rowE OF JEFFERSON rAx EorIcE

THE UNDERSIGNED WILL COLLECT TAX.
] es for the town Of Jefferson at the following
places: Viroqua-First National Bank Decem-
Der % and January 5. lz. 49, Is and %. Esofea-
December g and January Is Bud-AIbert Tryg
gestad s. January and a. Springville-January
4 and %. JOHN C. THOMPSON. Town Treasurer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-01-03
MARRIED.

At Viroqua December 90 by Rev. ]. ]. Jacob
son, occurred the marriage Of Kate f. Weber
youngest daughter o. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Weber of bach Ridge, and Charles c. Erickson
and carried white and pink roses She was at
tended by her sister, Florence Vance. and Miss
Alice Erickson. while Fred Vance and Nick Err
ickson acted as groomsmen. A wedding supper
was served by the brides parents. Later in the
evening q reception was held at their future home
where their many relatives and friends gathered
TO give them welcome Many beau tifu and use
full presents were received.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-01-03

At the United Lutheran parsonage. December
30. by Pastor Hofstead. Mr. Fred Uftedahl and
Miss Anna Ostrem. both Of ViroQus Happy con
gratulatiOns are freely extended by many friends.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-01-03

At the home Of the BRIDES parents near
Chaseburg, December 80. BY Rev. E o. Hofstead
MIR. Sigurd Olson and hiss Adlaida Hofslien both
well-known and highly respected young people of
Chaseburg community.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-07-19
SHORT COURSE AT GREELEY
FOR co. SUPERINTENDENTS

Beginning next Monday the sum-
mer Session will be considerably dig
nified by the presence of many coun-
ty superintendent from Colorado and
adjoing states. The explanation Of
their presence will be the "Short
Course and Summer Conference for
County Superintendent" will be un-
der way right here in our midst.
Professor J. H. Shriber of the Rur-
al Education department seems to be
directly responsible for this feature
of the Summer School to last four
days from the. 10Th to the Goth of
July.
Prof. Corson will be the regular
lecturer of the week and it is under
stood that he will deliver some special
addresses to the superintendent con-
ference. Mr. John G.. Muerman
Specialist in Rural Education of the
United States Bureau of Education,
will be imported for the particular
edification of the visitors. He will
hold conference and deliver series of
lectures. Supt. Mary C. C. Bradford
will be present and will assist.
OF the regular faculty, it is under
stood that Prof. McCracken, Prof.
Mooney, and Prof Shriber will either
give special courses or adapt some
regular class to the work of the week.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-07-19
NOTICE OF SALE OF SCHOOL
BUILDING

The school board of school district
No. SO, Sedgwick county, will receive
sealed bids for the sale of the small
school house in west side of district.
Size l6x24. This is a well built build
ing and in good repair.
Anyone needing q small house or
good granary would do well to inves-
tigate.
Bids to be opened August End, 1917,
at 500 o'clock P. NJ. Board reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
H. C. SPILLMAN, Secretary.
First Pub. July 10, 1917.
Last Publication July 26, 1917.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-07-19
Annual Financial Statement

Of School District No. 5, county of
Sedgwick, state of Colorado, from Ju-
ly /, 1916 to July l, 1917:
Received
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-07-19

Grasshoppers, while they are not so
bad as they were last year, have been
working in the wheat and oats in dif
ferent sections and also some places
in the sugar beets. They are small
as yet and are of a good age to poison.
Poison is costing about $3.50 for 100
pounds of bran mixture The high
prices however, for the products,
makes the poison about as cheap as
previously. A very good poison
is as follows: lb Paris Green; 20 lbs
of bran, mixed dry; 8 oranges or lem
ons; 2 qts. Of sirup, added to enough
water to make the consistency. Best
results of other places are secured by
mixing very thin and throwing on
weeds and other crops This will re-
quire about pals of water to 20 lbs,
Of bran and will cover twice as much
CROWD as the fon.cr damp mixture.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-07-19
THE BACKWARD AUDIENCE

Why is it that congregations, es-
pecially in church, will sit away back,
as if they wanted to get as far away
from the speaker or preacher as pos
sible? We don't think it is unfriend-
ly, but it looks that way. 1t makes
the speaker feel as if he hadn't any
friends and then it makes him talk so
loud that there is fear of his straining
his voice. Fellow citizens and citiz-
enesses-don't do it. Take seat as
if you belonged to the meeting and
were friend of the speaker, even if
you aren't, instead of away back, try
ing to make it appear that you are no
account. There is so much of this in
clination in life to practice insignifi-
canoe and from false sense of mod
estly to reduce ones prominence. It
is poor habit. A person wants to be
near enough to see, hear and feel and
give the speaker wink when some
thought smscks him right in the heart.
If this is too plain talk, we take it all
back.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-07-19
NOTICES
NOTICE FOR BIDS

The school board of School District
No. 53, Sedgwick county, will receive
sealed bids for hauling children from
the west side of the district to and
from the town school for the coming
school year.
Bids to be opened August 2nd at 8
o'clock P. N. Board reserves right
to reject any and all bids.
First Pub. July 10, 1917.
Last Pub. July 20, 1917.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-07-19
NOTICE OF sHERIFFs SALE

In accordance with and by virtue of
. decree of foreclosure and order of
sale made by the District Court of
Sedgwick County, Colorado, on the
18th day of June A. D. 1917 in favor
Of Swan Friskoop, plaintiff, and
against J. W. Howard and E. N. Ham,
defendants, wherein and whereby l
am commanded to sell certain real
property hereinafter described to
make the sum of s952.33 and accruing
interest thereon, besides cost of suit
and Of sale, after due advertisement as
in sales of land under execution,
Public notice is hereby given that
] will offer for sale at public auction
on Monday the 18th day of August
A. D. 1917, at the hour of ten o'clock
in the forenoon, at the South front
door of the County Court House in the
Town of Julesburg, in Sedgwick
County, Colorado, and will sell to the
highest bidder for cash in hand, the
following described real property,
to-wit:-
Lot Ten (lO), in Block Thirty (3O)
of Union Pacific Railway Company's
First Addition to Denver Junction,
now Julesburg, Colorado.
O. S. HUMBERSTONE,
Sheriff Sedgwick County, Colo.
Robson & Hendricks, Attorneys.
First Publication July 10, 1917.
Last Publication August 9, 1917.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-07-19
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL E6.
TATE UNDER FORBClOSURR
OF MORTGAGE.

TATE lNDEk- fO8k0lASC8&
Of MORTGAGE
By virtue and authority of . -
cree and order of sale made June lS,
1917, by the District court of Ssdg-
wick county. State of COleradO. in .
certain cause therein pending, wherein
The Parker Brothers Land Company,
. corporation, is plaintiH. and George
H. Thompson, Charles J. Reynolds.
r. L. Darling and Alma Darling. are
defendants, and in which it is sdjudS-
ed and decreed that the plaintiff ne
cover the sum of Three Thousand
Three Hundred and Sixty-one dollars
and Seventy three cents, with interest
from date of said decree at the rate of
Seven per cent per annum and cssts.
and adjudging and decreeing that .
certain mortgage deed, dated SePtem-
Der 1st, 1909. given by George H.
Thompson to Charles J. Reynolds. re-
corded in Book IS, at page l6l Of the
records of Sedgwick county, Colorado,
conveying the real estate hereinafter
described, which mortgage deed was
assigned to the plaintiff in said action,
be foreclosed and said real estate sold
to satisfy said debt and costs; and in
the event said sum of money shall not
be paid within ten days from the date
of said decree, then that the sheriff
OF Sedgwick county, State of Colorado,
be and is authorized and directed to
advertise and sell the real estate
therein described as under execution,
and whereas, more than ten days have
elapsed since the date of said decree,
and said sum of money remains un-
paid.
Now Therefore, public notice is
hereby given that l, the undersigned,
Sheriff of the County of Sedgwick,
State of Colorado, will on
SATURDAY. JULY 2sth. 1917
at the hour of 10 o'clock in the fore
noon of said day, at the south front
door of the County Court House, in
the Town of Julesburg, offer for sale
and sell at public auction to the high
est bidder for cash, the following de-
scribed real estate, to-wit: The
north west quarter (NWA) of Section
Nineteen (19) in Township Eleven
(1D North, Range Forty Three (43)
West of the 9Th P. NJ. in the County of
Sedgwick, State of Colorado, to satisfy
said debt and costs.
O. S. THUNDERSTORM
Sheriff.
A. F. Perrier, Attorney for Plaintiff.
First Pub. July S 1917
! Last Pub. July 26 1917
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-07-19
Annual Financial Statement

OF School Dist. No. 9, county of
Sedgwick, state of Colorado, from Ju-
ly l, 1916, to June 80, 1917:
Received
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-07-19
An..al Financial S..sene.t

Ana.al Fiaaarial Staaeaeat
OF School Dist No. 8, county of
Sedgvick, state of Colorado, from Ju-
ly l, 1916 to June 80. 1917:
Received
Anasont on hand July l, 1916
Ceasral fund --S >6.67
SpeGiDl fund l3.H
AmouAt sn hand July l. 1916,
held by Dist treasurer 90.al
Received from general fund
by apportionment $500
From special tax for school
purposes --- 3S9.s7
Total 1886. IS
Paid Ost
For teachers salaries $445.O0
For fuel, rent, insurance and
all current expenses $3.50
Total amount paid out during
the year 529.5O
Balance in hands of Co. Treas
urer to credit of district:
General fund - 2.67
Special fund --- 54.2l
Balance in hands of District
Treasurer June 80, 1917 56.sS
Total -$5S6.3S
Balance in hands of County
and Dist Treasurers 56SS
FRANK HERBERT,
Secretary of Dist. No 8.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-07-19
A Word About Our Paper

On August 2lst 1916 the present management of the
Grit Advocate took charge, and during our regime of
practically year we have tried in every possible way to
give the readers of the paper newspaper WORTHY of
the support of the people of this community We hone
that the readers pleased and are indeed apprec
atlve for the loyal support which has been extended
The subscription list of the Advocate has been moro
than doubled and the business has been increased ma
terlay every detail We have tried to make the pa
per the field thoroughly and have ,sed or
best efforts to aid pertaining to the well
fare OF the community AS the past we expect to keen
the GritAdvocate up to high standard in the future
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-07-19

OF School Dist. No. 9, county of
Sedgwick, state of Colorado, from Ju-
ly l, 1916, to June 80, 1917:
Received
Amount on hand July /, 1916
held by county treasurer:
General fund ----$ 1906
Special fund 705.26
Received from general fund
by apportiOnment 10000
From special tax for school
purposes 349.46
Total $l212.77
Paid Out
For teachers salaries $4,000
For fuel, rent, insurance, and
all current expenses ------ 1891
Total amount paid out during
the year ----------- 4ss.s1
Balance in hands of County
Treasurer to credit of dis
trict:
General fund ------1 1896
Special fund ---6 614.S1
Balance in hands of District
treasurer June 80, 1917---- 772.86
Total -$1212.77
Balance in hands of County
and District Treasurers-- 772.86
Warrants not registered, and
other forms of Indebtedness
Except bonds) -- S95
MRS. ANNA STRATTON,
Secretary of Dist No. 9.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-07-19
You Want II

We have recently installed "MODEI. 14' Multiple
Linotype-the last word in typesetting machines
with this wonderful machine in position to ham
die job of printing matter how large how small
it may be- Our equipment throughout the plant is s-
peror to the ordinary print shop and work guar
anteed to be frst-class. We strive to please
The next time you want job of printing DONE let us
have the order and we will do the rest poor job of
printing than at a-but we do the work
you will be assured that you will be we'll pleased Print
ing Of quality peases the public and to do ths is our
honest endeavor. Our job printing department is at
your service and we appeal to you to give us trial.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-07-19

Annual Financial Statement
Of school district No. II, in county
of Sedgwick, state of Colorado, for
the year ending June 80, 1917:
Received
Amount on hand June 80, 1916
General fund ----$ 22.OO
Special fund 320.65
Amount received by apportion-
mert ----- 5000
Special tax 543.26
Paid Out
For teachers salary ----s4sO. .O0
For other expenses ----- 48.95
Balance on hand in general
fund June 80, 1917 -- 1O2.10
Balance on hand in Special
fund, June 30, 1917---- 35O.86
JESSIE E. DUNLAP,
Secretary of District No. II.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-07-19

Annual Financial Statement
Annual report of the RECEIPTS and
expenditures of School District No. 4,
Sedgwick county, Colorado, for year
ending June 80, 1917:
Received
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-01-19
BETTE MARTIN HOFFA

Little children are like flowers
eagerly and trustingly lifting then
faces to life, ready to drink in the
dew of kindness. thriving and grow.
ing in the sunshine of love. Some
of these human flowers are by natur.
too frai! and tender to brave the
storms of the world. Dear little
Bette Martin was one of these. With
eyes of blue and curls of bronze
coral lips and teeth of pearl; always
ready to smilingly oblige her play.
mates or elders, slow to resent af-
front and yet so responsive to affec.
ton, Sc genuinely and wholesomel,
sweet. she was adored by her family
neighbors and servants. and beloved
by all who knew her. She was ir
truth too fine. too pure for earth anC
u Father has tr~ansplanted her tx
His garden there to blossom into the
fullness of perfection in the warmth
of His love, the sunshine of His
smile and the glory of His presence.
A FRIEND.
Grenada, Miss, Jan. II, 1917.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-01-19
CIRCUIT COURT TO
CONVENE MONDAY.
One Mar Charged With Capital OF.
fense.-No Whites in Jail.-List
of Jurymen.

The winter term of the circuit
court of Grenada county is due to
convene at the court house in Grena-
da next Monday, January %. Judge
H. H. Rodgers, of course, will be on
hand, so also will district attorney,
Allen. There + several prisoners
in Jail awaiting the action of the
court but they are all colored. There
is but one man in Jail charged with
q capital offense and that is Arthur
James for murder. With the civil
and criminal litigation it is hardly
expected that the court will conclude
its work the first week.
The following is the list of the
.iurymen from which the grand and
petit %juries will be drawn:
John Kimbrell, J. NJ. Rose, j.. r.
Lee, J. E. Martin. w. S. Carver, T
B. Grantham, H. N. Caffey, r. l..
Lilies, A. l.. Rounsaville, G. r. Brew
er. C. C. Provine, r. f. Smith. w. D.
Merrett. J. l.. Curry. J. F. Singleton.
w. T. Rose. J. l.. Carpenter, V. ].
Harris, J. F. Thomson, T. f. Tribble.
W. Britt. J. H. Epperson. d. A. Will
hams, G. D. Thomason, J. II. Harris,
j. r. Bernhard, l.. K. Marter, A. J..
Mccormack, +. X. Rice, A. w. Ham,
monds, J. R. Rhodes, J. w. Mcdonald,
T. NJ. Anderson. ]. w. Poe. /. A. Ed
wards. T. +. Bennett. F.. l.. Boiler,
y. E. Horton. V. A. Bridges. Bufort
Latham, A. J.. Davis, l.. NJ. Trussell,
|. W. kennaday, c. NJ. Bailey, ]. C..
Staten. A. T. Inman. w. w. Koonce,
w. H. Mccormack. w. B. May and
". c. Curle.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-01-19
A RABBIT CHASE
DISCOVERS FOUR SNAKES
Three Rattlers and One Moccasin in
Hollow of Tree.

A remarkable story is told by a
rabbit hunter who was out in quest
of game during the week while the
sleet and freeze were on. The dogs
jumped a couple of rabbits which
were snugly tucked away in the
broom sedge on the edge of a briar
patch. The rabbits skiddoed across
the fields closely pursued by four or
five dogs and then into the woods.
In short time the bark of the dogs
indicated that they had "treed.'
Upon reaching the place the hunter
saw that the rabbits had taken refuge
in the hollow of a tree, so, after en-
deavoring to twist them out with a
long stick, and failing, he concluded
that he would "smoke" them out; ac-
cordingly a fire was built in the hol-
! low near the ground which soon
brought one of the rabbits out;
however, an unusual noise within,
told the hunter that there was yet
something else up the tree and as the
smoke. which had in the meantime
become quite a fire, had not run the
noise maker or makers out, he called
to a negro who was passing nearby
end asked that he get an axe in or
der that the tree might be felled and
the discovery made as to what was
still up the hollow. When the tree
was on the ground and a hole was
cut into it some ten or fifteen feet
from the butt, what should be found
but three big rattlcsnakes and a big
moccasin. The fire below had evil
IDENTIFY warmed life into them and
as a result two of the snakes, one Of
the r~attlers and the m~occasin. were
engaged in a deadly combat. The
fight was watched for sometime
when the two snakes apparently be.
gan to tire, but it was soon seer that
they were getting numb with cold, ac-
cordingly the axe was brought into
play and they were soon made, like
the other two snakes, subject for the
buzzard's bull. Tattooed on one of
the r%attlers was, "Forepaugh's show,
Greenville. 1900"
The snakes no doubt sought refuge
in the hollow tree at different times
and the cold weather was no doubt
responsible for their dwelling to-
Eether in peace.
Nothing was seen in the hollow of
the second rabbit and it is probable
he lodged out of the case.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-01-19
BROWNIE THE RIGHT
MAN IN THE RIGHT PLACE

Rev. H. NJ. Brownie, who was sent
TO Grenada by the Methodist confer
ence in December. is proving to be
the right man in the right place. Mr..
Brownie is a man of deep religious
convictions and the milk of human
kindness so nearly overfiows in hi
makeup, that men are drawn to him
whether they will SO or not. He has
the work assigned him, too, well in
band and as commissioner for Gre
hada College will give a good accoun
Sf himself.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-01-19

The Jeff Davis highway, as mapped out at the meeting here
in March last, will touch Grenada. 1t is coming this way if any
highway in this part of the state shares in the appropriation
by the federal government. We note in the daily press dis
patches that the Washington authorities are inclined to ques-
ton the standing of the State Highway Commission of this state
upon the grounds that the act creating the commission does not
parallel the constitution. That is a matter for others to
settle.
There was an enthusiastic meeting held at Walden a few
days ago and a concerted movement was set on foot to assure
the crossing of that part of Carroll county with the highway.
Grenada would not deny any other town or community a high
way; would in fact be glad to see Just as many roads built as
possible, but this town is the logical point to be touched for the
main north and south permanent road thru the state and no one
need get it into his noodle that Grenada is going to permit its
have.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-01-19
SOME DATA AS TO THE LONG AGO.

In 1900 there were in Mississippi 5.179 white inhabitants.
3,489 slaves and 1872 free negroes; in 1910 there were 23, 024
whites. 1908 slaves and 24O free negroes; 1920 there were
az, nc whites. 32,S14 slaves and 458 free negroes, while in
1850, ten years before the Civil War, there were 295, 718
whites, 309,879 slaves and $50 free negroes. The greatest
number of free negroes was in 1910 when they numbered 1866.
The census of 1850. shows that out of a male population
of IS ,O82 there were 44,833 engaged in farming; 5,343 were
planters. 2 1922 were overSeers, 1887 were students, l SOC were
merchants, 1000 clerks 5,4O3 laborers, 1,217 physicians, $50
lawyers, All clergymen and the mechanics run up in the several
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-01-19
THE GRENADA SENTINEL
thousands. Even in 1886. there were raised 317,7 83 bales of
cotton when the open land in the state amounted only to 1,04S,-
$50 acres.


Our farmers in planning their 1917 crops, should not throw
reason to the winds because of the big prices for the crop Of
1916. Six acres we'll cultivated and with the weevil kept out
will yield three or perhaps ten times .as much as twelve acres
improperly cultivated and with the weevl at work on it.
1t should not be overlooked that Is, 400 square miles of
territory in Georgia were infested with the boil weevil last
year for the first time and that l 700 square miles in Tennessee
were also invaded. Altogether the boil weevl added in 1916.
SO, $40 square miles to his area.
Experience and observation admonish us that the weevilI
is going to invade the entire cotton belt and that the only sure
and absolutely safe way to fight the pest is by diversified farm
ing. t
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-01-19
NEW PASTOR MAKING
FINE IMPRESSION

The Sentinel has heretofore re-
marked on the new pastor of the
First Baptist church, Rev. j. b. Quin.
Mr.. Quin has just that bearing and
dignity that will impress any one with
his calling. He is of pleasing adj
dress and is making a fine impression
on the community.