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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-19
Too Many Bosses and Too Little Work Causes
Much Dissatisfaction
TAXPAYERS ARE BEGINNING To GRUMBLE
Either Highway Committee or Hig hway Commiss-
ion is to Blame for Delays in Road
Contracts

There is need of shake-up
in the road building methods of
Bayfield, county and the sooner
it comes the better it will be for
the taxpayers. Either there are
too many bosses directing the
work or else the men employed
are laying down on their jobs.
One thing is certain--the tax
payers are not getting roads for
the amount of money that is be-
ing expended and from this time
on they are going to demand re-
suits and to see that the blame
is placed where it belongs.
The Bayfield, county road COM
mittee blames the State High
way Commission the state high
way commission blames the
county committeeman the tax
payers foot the bills.
For the past seve raj years the
County Board of Bayfield, coun-
ty has been meeting annually
and levying a road tax amount
ing to from thirty to forty
thousand dollars--in six years
from $18O,000 to $24O,000 and
this has all been dumped unto
the county roads of Bayfield,
county--but have the taxpayers
got the amount of road value for
the amount expended.
Ask any farmer who is COM
PEELED to use the roads for haul
ing his produce to market and
see what he says about Bayfield,
County's roads. Ask any auto
mobile owner what he thinks of
Bayfield, county's roads as COM
pared to roads IN adjoining
counties and see what he says.
Then remember that the amount
expended does not cover all of
the roads in the county--only
those on the county system of
highways.
All the towns in the county
levy additional sums for i'm
proving their town roads so that
in all perhaps more than $780,
900 has been expended in the
past six years for improving
Bayfield, county's roads.
Take a trip any day, starting
from the county seat, travel in
any direction you may choose,
and see what kind of roads you
will encounter. Go in the
direction of Ashland and you
will be lucky if you can get
through for that road is almost
impossible for distance of
nearly two miles. Go in the
direction of Bayfield, and you
will have a like experience.
Start for Cornucopia and see
what kind of roads you will find.
Where the least work has be- n
done the roads are the best.
The north county road across
the Barrens which was laid out
by the lumberjack and on which
there has not been a dollar ex-
pended, is in good shape, but the
road leading to this was worked
and left in condition that it is
practically impossible on account
of the deep sand. 1t is the IN
tention to clay this sand hill but
when the work will be done is a
problem.
Down in the southern part of
the county you encounter the
Bibon swamp, where thousands
of dollars have been expended
and which until recently was i'm
passable. With wet weather the
experience will be repeated. Up
north you will encounter roads
that are not completed. The
same is true in the western part
of the county. except in the town
of Barnes where they are fine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-19

1IoT0 Is dlCOgoCIl0F IOO IIluCil
"dillydallying" in the road
building business. Take for
instance the Washburn-Ashland
road which has been almost i'm
Ipassable for a period of two
years. Eben Olson of Port Wing
secured this contract at a price
which others agreed it could not
be completed at. He started
with a "haywire" outfit, fell
down on the job and finally
threw up the contract, claiming
that the highway commission
and division engineer were i'm
posing hardships which it was
impossible for him to follow.
Olson's bondsmen were notified
that they would be held re-
sponsible for the contract, but
they paid little heed to the warn
| ing.
The county road committee
again met this spring to award
a contract for the completion of
the contract.
Olson was again on hand to
put in his bid but the committee
notified him that their experience
with him was contracts incom-
pleted and they refused to re-
ward him the work. But S.
Swanson Ogren of Port Wing
came along with a bid for the
work that was the lowest offered
and after a session with the
county committee he was award
ed the contract upon the eX-
plicit understanding that the
work must be completed July
18th and that he must not have
Eben Olson as foreman or over
seer of the work.
Another dinky outfit was
moved on the job and after con-
siderable delay Ogren COM
menced work, with Olson on the
job. July 18th was approaching
only a small portion of the work
had been done, and the COM
mittee began to have visions of
another year rolling by with the
road still torn up. The State
Highway commission came along
and notified them that unless
lOgren's contract was terminated
and another contractor placed
on the job that the state aid
would be withheld. State aid
amounted to something like
$500. The division engineer
Hall demanded action inn
mediately. The county COM
mittee came together and notice
was served upon Ogren that his
contract would be terminated.
The taxpayers and those who
were compelled to use this road
breathed a sigh of relief. The
Bayfield, county road committee
said they were determined in
their action and Committeeman
Mertz grew very eloquent in
denouncing the way the county
was being used in the contract,
and upholding the peoples
rights.
But another meeting of the
road committee was held on
July 3rd. Ogren and Olson were
present, and so was Attorney
Macleod, who represented
Ogren. Ogren's case was
pleaded by Mr.. Macleod in all
| its seriousness. The amount
that Ogren would lose was men.
toned. He argued that Ogren
should be given another chance
that Ogren believed that he
could finish the work as soon as
any other contractor.
The road committee, with the
exception of Mr.. Robillard, began
to weaken. They laid the blame
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-19
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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-19

There will be a meeting of the
Commercial Club on Friday evening
of this week. Important business.
Be sure 10 attend.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-19

Myrtle and Trilby Thompson OF
Chicago are visiting in the city this
week the guests OF ReT and Mrs.
Christensen.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-07-19
Likes the Country

in Washburn several times dur
ing the past week looking over
conditions in Bayf County
Mr.. Lewis was induced to come
here through the efforts of Sen
ator Wilkinson of Bay field, Mr..
u. w. Daniston of Ashland. and
others who are interested in
the developm ent of this part oi
the state.
The Northwestern has more
money invested in farm mort
cages than any other company
in the world but they have been
very reluctant to place any
loans in this section of Wiscon.
sin. Mr.. Lewis, however, made
a careful study Of the situation
and stated that he was we'll
pleased with the conditions
which he found.
He said, 81 have travelled over
Bayfield, County quite thorough
lily. We have gone from the
northern ED of the peninsula
to the southern extremity of
the county in the vicinity of
DrummOnd and Cable. We
crossed the county several
times from east to west, visited
Mason, Iron River, Port Wing,
Bayfield,, and Washburn, and
wherever we went we foundgood
farms and evidences of prosper
ity. While you have a variety
of soils in Bayfield, County they
all seem to be of undoubted
fertility with the exception of
that part of the county which
you call the Barrens. The terms
Barrens is evidently a misnomer
as the ground is covered with
vegeta ation of some kind. I sup.
pose this is due to your abun-
dant rainfall during the sum
mer months. We saw some
good farms even in the light
sandy soil but, of course, I feel
that it will require a great deal
more effort to keep up the fer
tility of the land in that section
of the county than it will in the
heavier soils adjacent to Wash
burn and extending around the
lake shore.
[ was much pleased with the
work which is being done at
your State Experimental Farm
at A shland Junction. This in
stitution has no doubt been
worth great deal to the farmers
of Bayfield, County and will con.
tinue to be of great value in ex.
perimenting with new crops
and illustr ating the best meth.
DDS of handling the same. [ was
glad to have a talk with Prof.
Delwiche and was also much
pleased with the fact that you
have live agricultural agent in
Bayfield, County.
Bayfield, county farmers seen
to be quite progressive and l
have no doubt that they will
make good in the future develop
ment Of this section of the state.
| am satisfied that the farms in
this locality are good security
for our loans and l have no
doubt the company will in the
future place their money quite
freely upon farm mortgages in
this vicinity.
The Northwestern is a Wis
consin Corporation and wishes
TO aid in every possible way in
the development of it's own
state. Of course, our funds are
trust funds and our charter re-
quires that we lend money only
on securities of unquestioned
value. l believe that your farm
mortgages in Bayfield, County
now come in that class, and we
will be glad to do our part in
furnishing some of the capital
which is needed for the clearing
of land, the building of barns,
the erection of silos, and other
improvements upon the farms
in this section of the state.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-23
THE EMBARGO.

BY the present embargo, no exports can
be sent from this country without special
license FROM the Department of commerce,
The prohibition is made UNIVERSAL for dip
lomatic reasons, but the nations against
which the measure is really aimed, are
Sweden, Holland Denmark and Switzer-
land, which fed 100000 Germans last
year through importations from Mis- coun-
try, sometimes re-exporting the American
goods, sometimes shipping the local equiv
alent.
Absolute prohibition is no~ntended, but
the neutrals are to be rationed Just like the
rest of the world, and they will not be al
lowed more than enough for their own
needs. That is to say, the blockade of
Germany is to be made absolute. Further
more, if there is a shortage the neutrals
will be the ones to go without, for Ameri
cas- needs and the needs of Americas allies
are first
This power is to be further Increased by
a law Furnishing trading with the enemy
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-23

Manufacturers Record, these sections
would suffer food famine, especially for
potatoes, onions, citrus fruits, peaches,
apples and other products"
One southern road alone shipped north
81, 500 cars of fruit and vegetables, origin
ating on its line, last year. The total fof
the south is 100000 car loads.
From the Charleston section over
100000 worth of potatoes have been
sent north this year, while Florida shipped
still larger amount, and the aggregate
shipments from Virginia represented about
four times this sum-
OF course, two hundred million dollars
does not begin to represent the wealth
which this country is capable Of producing
annually. This is at once our glory and our
shame But the south is by no means an
economic drag. And development of the
south is growing greater each day.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-23
THE SCRATCH PAD
BY THOMAS EWING DABNEY.

The worm will turn-true; but only
the other cheek.
Vardaman would make anybody
sorry he is southerner.
Never has such interest been taken
in typographical errors as in the case
of the draft numbers.
1t is astonishing how eager to vol
unteer the boys are whose numbers
have been drawn.
No, Imogen, closing the door wasn't
enough to keep anybody out of the
draft.
When the nation is bone dry, con-
gress will not act like the delirium
tremens-it will simply be uninspired
idiocy.
Events so far go to indicate that
in changing chancellors, Germany has
merely altered the style of whiskers,
and not the policy.
The censorship is forgotten, the
draft is a thing of the past, and we
wonder what new plan the govern
ment will spring for the people to fail
to understand.
Inasmuch as a man when he is
drunk generally proceeds to raise the
roof, it was quite appropriate to load
that car with a mixed cargo of
shingles and whiskey.
Friends who are trying to get Cats
to give Knott an appointment are
urging him to bury the Ratchet; but
something tells US that if he does, If
will be in somebody's head.
When Goethals was asked TO take
charge of the national shipbuilding
he replied that he didn't know any
thing about the business, and subse-
ouent events have borne him out
fully.
One advantage of living in a city
is that there is always some I'M
emptied garbage in sight and smell,
to take our minds off pleasant and
therefore unattainable things.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-23
DEEDS FOR MEN.

Amid the Clamor for reprisals in kind for
the German bombing of unfortlhed places
and the murder of women and children, is
heard the voice of an allied airman, Il
wonder if the people who talk of reprisals
realize how many raids our flying corps
carry out on all German bases, etc, nearly
every day.
1t is true. They are so common, indeed,
that they are not dignihed by consistent
or extended mention; whereas, the raids
on London leap into the headlines because
Of their horror. Then, too. it is not always
possible for the allied raiders to note the
extent of damage, and the German cen
aorshlP will not supply the information;
whereas, we do not get details of every at
tack on the British civilians. Military i'm
p0rtanCe of the raids seals the censorship
IN the one case, so the unimp0rtance in the
other case enables the publication of full
details.
But hardly day passes without some
allusion to magazines destroyed and con-
Voys bombed by the allied aviators of Ger
man guns blinded, of planes swoping close
10 earth and emptying their machine guns
Ct maSsed German troops, miles from the
front lines.
"Personally,' remarks the aviator al
ready quoted, Il hope they will stick to
that much more useful and honorable
work and not search for German women
and children"
We join him in the hope. Men whose
ideals have risen to the superb heights of
L:cl&lum, of France, of England, of Italy,
during the past few years could not now
drop to the level of the Bosche. Men who
are fighting for humanity could not resort
to lrlghtfulness. AS we'll expect us to shell
lileboats as bomb unfortifed places. AS
we'll expect us to ape Gremany's unspcIk-
able atrocities against prisoners as attack
women and children.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-23
JULY %, 1917.
One Hundred and Sixth Day of America
in the War.
TRUCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION.

ORGANIZATION of the Escambia County
Truck Growers Association at Gonzalez,
last week, is but another expression OF the
AGRICULTURAL development that is stirring
West Florida. The organization so tar IS
9nlv temporary, because every community
was not represented, but there can be nc
doubt that the plan will be universally
ratified
Full details of the organization have not
vet been worked out, but it will be CO.
operative undertaking, and will no doubt
be formed on the same lines as the Cult
Coast Produce Exchange, which is devcl-
oping truck farming so nightly in the
coastal regions of Alabama and AisSls-
sipp;. That is, there will be local boards
which will ship through the central organ1-
ration, which will secure the market and
establish certain standards. Moreover, the
central organization will buy fertilizer and
other supplies in wholesale quantities,
making distribution among members at
actual cost.
Scventy-hve acres are so far pledged to
standardized crops. Beans, cabbage, Irish
potatoes and lettuce are to be planted this
year, and the shipment of even one car
load of produce this fall would be the en-
enlargement for a mighty spring de
relopment.
Crops now ripening prove the agricul-
tural wealth of Our soil and are the argu-
ment that is making the farmers Join the
cooperative shipping association, adopt
modern methods and increase their
paintings.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-23
VICTORY FROM ABOVE.

The great airplane bill has passed both
houses and should be in the presidents
hands today
BY it is appropriated S64O,OOO,OOO to
build supremacy of the air to smother
Germany, as if from heaven
twenty-five thousand airplanes are to
be provided and one hundred thousand
men are to be trained to serve as their
crews.
OF course, this vast inc:ease can not be
made Notwithstanding the first wear
It is expected that only $500 planes will
Re built principally student machines
tut 1t should be remembered that already
c"r allies airplanes outnumber the Ger
mans that is acknowledged BY Germany
herselt-and the American increment is in
tended to overWhelm resistance and smash
a road through for Our armies when the
time is ripe.
In the second year the air machine out
put should be several times greater. and
the third year will no doubt see supreme
accomplishment.
lnasmuch as military authorities are
agreed that Germany must be conquered
from the air, it would seem that the end
OF the war will be contingent upon the
completion OF our aviation program. Pos
s1o!y our power will be great enough to
smash Germany two years from now. but
three years is safer guess.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-23
LES MISERABLES
IS RE-ENACTED IN
CASE IN SWEDEN
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Stockholm, July 22.AThe story of
Victor Hugo's character of Jean Val
jean in lies Miserables," the escaped
convict who made of himself a re-
spected and wealthy man, has been
duplicated in real life in Sweden. The
denoument, however, was different,
for whereas the detective who dis |
covered Valjean's identity did not ar
rest him, the Swede, less fortunate, |
was denounced and his denouncer is |
claiming a reward of a thousand
crowns offered years ago for the
mans apprehension.
Gottharud Lindberg first came into
conflict with the law thirteen years
ago. He was at the time a respect
ed and fairly well-to-do owner of A
farm near Uddevalla, and a member
of the provincial diet. He became in
volved in unfortunate timber specula-
tions and, it is charged, forged some
papers. Then he disappeared. This
was in 1904. Four years later the
police of the Island of Aland arrest
ed a Swedish-American who called
himself Gotthard Dahlbom on a
charge of forging a check. The Fin
nish authorities say they discovered
that Dahlbom was identical with the
vanished Swede, Gotthard Lindberg.
Lindberg was sentenced to two
years Imprisonment. While awaiting
transfer to the prison at Helsingfors,
he attempted to escape, and, it is al
legged, gave the prison warden a pois-
oned piece of candy. For this ne was
sentenced to a further eight years i'm
priosnment.
Thereupon the Swedish authorities
| requested the Finnish authorities to
permit Lindberg to be brought to
| Sweden for judicial inquiry into his
crimes here. The request was grant
ed and the man was brought to I'd
devalla. While the investigation was
going on he escaped from Jail by saw
| ing through the bars of his cell. This
was in June, 1909. Efforts made to
find him were without avail. Lindberg
| had great numbers of friends in this
| district, and there was also general
! sympathy with him because of re-
ports that he had been brutallv treat
ed in the FinNnh jails, and no one
would betray him.
In October, 1909, a man calling
|
large farm in Dalstorp, province of
Westorgotland. The new owner dis
played great energy and intelligence
and speedily took a leading place in
his community He became the local
leader of the conservative party, but
steadfastly refused public office,
which was many times offered him.
His downfall was due to an uncon-
querable tendency toward litigation.
He was frequently involved in law
suits over trifling matters, generally
| tresspass actions connected with
hunting rights, and had the misfor-
tune on one occasion to be opposed
by an attorney who had had to do
with the Investigations at Uddevalla,
eight years earlier, and who was
struck by Anderson's resemblance to
Lindberg. He secured samples of the
suspected mans handwriting, which
confirmed his suspicious, and Ander-
son was arrested. He is nov in jail
at Uddevalla.
Lindberg is said to have accrImufat-
ed property worth more than 100
900 crowns in his eight years of lib
erty. 1t has been learned that he
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-23

another winter, according to cable
grams sent here through reliable
sources from Americans recently in
Berlin.
Other advices reaching the state
department say Germany lacks 600,-
900 tons of wheat to reach the mid
August harvest and the crop pros
poets are very poor"
These reports go so far as to say
the kaiser's popularity is waning and
that many Germans-even among the
nobility-would welcome his abdica-
ton.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-23
FOOD PRODUCTION OF THE
SOUTH.

1t was only a few weeks ago that the as
sistant secretary of agriculture was threat
cn,ng the south with starvation unless it
raised all its foodstuffs, because, he said,
the country could not permit cars needed
to carry grain and meat from west to east
to be DETECTED to the SOUTH
Stimulated by the demand the south has
made tremendous response to the eco
nornic needs of the nation during the past
several years, and though it is not vet self
supporting, the north need not hesitate at
sending cars south with food products, for
from our surplus in certain lines the north
is now carrying back over 100000, 900
worth of early vegetables, fruits. fish and
oysters, without which," remarks the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-23
SUFFRAGE LEAGUE TO
HOLD MEETING TONIGHT

A meeting of the Pensacola Equal
Suffrage League will be held this
evening at 8 o'clock at the city hall,
and all members are cordially in
vited to attend.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-23
FATHER Of U-DOAT
WIS IN RtICHSTAG

London, July ga dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph from Anster-
dam says that German political
circles anticipate the sensational en-
trance into political life of Admiral
Won Tirpitz, father of the submarine
campaign 1t is expected that he will
contest one of the vacant seats ir
the reichstag as a national liberal
candidate with a view to becoming
a leader of the national liberals joint-
ly with DR.. Gustave Stresemann and
Major Ernst Bassermann.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-23

spent in the United States part of the
time between his flight from Udde-
valla in 1904, and his arrest on Aland.
He is said to have been prominent
in Swedish circles in New York City,
and afterward went to Bridgeport,
Conn, where he found employment
with a lumber firm. He also spent
some time in Minneapolis.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-23

England continues to grow more tenn
perate and law-abiding, according to Grim
NAL statistics for the year Just used As
compared with the year before the war,
there has been a large dinninution in the
volume of crime.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-23

IN war times we must not only enlist our
men and Our money, but also Our emotions.
md no country in the world can possibly
have the straight appeal to the American
heart that France inspires.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-23
GERMANY CANNOT
SURVIVE WINTER

Washington, July 22.-Food short
age grows a2preciably worse in Ger
many and there is such dearth of
war material she cannot last through
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-05-24

The annual school elections will
be held throughout the state on
June 9Th. In Fort Yates district
there is one director to be elected in
place of j. M. Carignan, whose term
expires. Mr.. Carignan has been a
valuable member of the board and
will no doubt be reelected to sue
coed himself should he care to serve
another term.