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Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-25

FOR SALE: A good 4-room house,
good barn with stall for two horses,
garage, coal house and wood she'd
Corner lot so by 15o feet. This is a
desirable property and win be sold
for less than its real value and on
good terms. Reason for selling. own
err has interest at other places and
desires to more. For further parti-
culars cau at the Enterprise office.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-25
NOTICE OF SHERIFF's SALE ON
FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE.
!. W. Wilkinson and Sarah Jane
Wilkinson, Plaintiffs

Vs
William Maule, F. L. Grimes and
,Iary Richardson Grimes, husband
nd wife, and the United States Ma
ional Rank of Vale, Oregon, a cor
,oration. Defendants.
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF an
,r,,er of sale and decree OF fore
leisure, issued out of the District
curt Of the Seventh Judicial Dis
-ict, State of Idaho, in and for the
,cunty of Payette on the 2ud day
Of October. 4. d. 1917 in the above
entitled action, wherein J. W. Wilkin-
son and Sarah Jane Wilkinson the
above-named plaintiffs obtained s
decree against William Maule, F. l..
Grimes and Mary Richardson Grimes,
husband and wife, and the Unit
cd States National Bank of Vale,
Oregon, corporation, defendants, on
the 14th day of September, a. ID.
1917 which said decree was. on the
2Sth day OF September, 1917 record
I'd in Judgment Book l OF said Court.
II page 5. ! am commanded to sell
I'll that certain lot. piece or parcel Of
and situated in the County of Pay
ctte. State of Idaho, and bounded
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-25
FOR SALE on n

Modern eight m
barn and other al
and lawn; lot 1oa
in viii sell on =
change for saralig
particulars call
office.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-25

Gsld:nss, L. hands and up, . TO 3
years old; weight $50 to 1900.
Also mules II 1-e hands and up. All
stock mGs. be full age. Call or write
\ McWinisms. Ontario. Ore.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-25
CHURCH OF CHRIST NOTES.
bible School al 10 a. mn.

Bible School at 10 a. m.
Preaching at II a. m. and s p. m.
Junior Endeavor at $50 in the
Primary room and Senior Endeavor
in the Sunday School room at zoe
O'Clock
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-25

I2s acre ID
ing, large "a
barn, all Of
good fence.
good orchard
daced 200 t9ns
500 bushels of
fruits and yes
can be had IL q
the 200 tons of h
cattle. mostly stsel
Of $4,000. We viii {
OF the consideratioe
Halfway, Oregon.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-10-25
HIGH GRADE p.Ano

We have left n J
Payette a new pip
reasonable Rffer
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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-10
PLOWSHARES ARE SWORDS

Ordinarily, agriculture has been
but it seems that war was necessary
to awake in the minds of the Ameri-
can people a real appreciation Of the
value of crops, and the Importance of
making every foot of ground "do it's
bit" in winning the war, says an ex.
change.
Never has such a propaganda for
better farming and more dependable
farming been in evidence in the Unit
ed States. Hundreds of schemes are
being devised for making all of the
land produce it's crops, and hundreds
of plans are being discussed for secur-
ing the labor necessary to handle the
largest crop acreage the country has
ever known.
Undoubtedly much of the campaign
ing for backyard and vacant-lot gar
dsns started before war was declared,
and was caused by a general desire
30 relieve the high cost of living due
TO the food shortage, but since the dec
Iaration Of war the planting of gar
den and the raising and harvesting of
all of the food possible has come to be
considered an act of patriotism equal
in Importance to actual service with
The colors.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-10
PERSONALITY

Can personality be acquired? Is it
worth while? Such men as Sir Wal
ter Scott and Samuel Johnson had
personalities that impressed them
selves on all men who perused their
works or came in contact with them
The same may be said Of the Yves
leys, Emerson, Gladstone and others
These were great personalities. A
personality, even though of but local
influence, is worth much to the indi-
yidual. The first essential in acquir-
ing a personality that may be felt
by others is good health, the second
is education and the third is a pur-
suit in some direction which brings
into activity the energies of the in
dividual In order to be good
salesman, a successful merchant, a
winning lawyer or to achieve in any
line one must have a personality. A
personality is largely an acquired
characteristic. 1t is a valuable as
set and one worth cultivating.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-10
PARK VIEW CLUB
HOLDS ANNUAL MEET

On Friday evening the Park View
club held it's annual meeting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Meyers.
There was a fair attendance of the
members and number of visitors
was present The meeting opened by
all singing my Old Kentucky Home y
This was followed by the business ses-
sion at which time election of officers
took place with the following result:
President-W. C. Rodewald.
Vice-president William Schoep-
hoerster.
Secretary-Mrs. w. G. Rodewald
Treasurer-La Mont Stanley.
The secretary's report was given
and the treasurer's report showed the
club to- be in very good financial
condition.
It was voted to continue the meet
ings every two weeks during the sum-
mer, the next meeting to be held at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Niles
on May Is.
Owing to the 1ateness of the hour,
the literary program was omitted.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-10
GAR ROLLS into
FAIRFIELD POND

On Saturday as Burton Peck of
Spring Green and Miss Plat of North
Freedom were passing the Ziegler
slough in Fairfield, north of the Bar
aboo cemetery, the machine acciden-
tally left the road and went into the
mud and water Mr.. Peck was
thrown from the car and the young
lady was pinned beneath the machine,
which landed upside down. Mr.. Peck
was able to regain his feet and rushed
to Miss Platt's assistance. Both were
wet from head to foot and had mar
row escape from more serious conse-
auences. Neither was injured to any
extent, Mr. Peck receiving a slight
scratch on the side of his face. The
young lady was driving the car at the
time. Rollo Webster was just behind
and brought the couple to Baraboo,
continuing to North Freedom with the
Young lady. The car is a Ford and
was brought to the Gem City garage
II Crriel Philbrick and others. After
repairing the wind shield and filling
the tank with gasoline the car was
ready to continue on it's way. Where
the car went over the road is narrow
and the bank rather high.
Wild excitement followed the acct
dent. Someone found the car with
it's wheels in the air and the report
soon spread the persons were beneath
the machine. This proved not to be
true, however.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-10
WAR FACTS

The United States is the eleventh
nation to enter the fight against Ger
many.
We are the fifteenth nation in the
war.
America entered the fight on the
last day of the 154th week of the war.
All of our wars have been declared
in April, except the War of 1912,
which started in June.
This is the seventh war of the Unit
ed States.
It is nineteen years this month since
we declared war upon Spain.
This is the first war in which
America and England will fight on
the same side,
War followed sixty-four days after
Germany's note breaking her pledges
to the United States.
The so-called eight great powers"
are. now all at war.
This will be our first war against a
combination of countries.
The first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth
and seventh strongest navies are
ranged against Germany. The Ger
man navy stands second, and the
Austrian eighth.
/ The United States brings in 112
million people against the Central
Empires.
We have averaged one war in ev-
cry twenty and two-sevenths years.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-10
Why? Echo Answers Why

The following is submitted to the
Ollapodrida column by Charles Lee
of the hardware firm of Lee-Radtke
company:
Why? Echo Answers Why.
Why? If man went down town
with his head dolled up in a three
cornered dingus with kinks and cur
leques, and cats head pinned on
one side, and whisk broom on the
other side, and two stripes of red
flannel hanging down in the rear he
would be arrested and slammed in
the BOBBY hatch. But woman can
do it and get away with it; why?--
Esterville Democrat.
An exchange answers the question
with this answer.
We'll, we don't know If woman
went down town with big wad Of
tobacco in her mouth, stood around
on the corner and squirted the juice
all over everything, swore every 9TH
er breath, used foul language and
staggered around, she would soon
be arrested. But man can do it and
get away with it. Why?
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-10

of a critic" continued the judge, 'but
it strikes me as though Congress was
moving entirely too slow at an i'm
portant crisis in the history of the
nation. My advice to these gentle
men is to speed up the work that the
American people are most anxious
for them to do, and do instanter-
the job of getting into this war with
all Of our resources, might and energy.
ct doesn't take q particularly
astute mind to comprehend the causes
that make for delay. What is the
use of beating about the bush? The
veriest dullard knows that a portion
of the men in both branches of the
American congress who voted for the
McLemore resolution, who voted
against and finally strangled the
armed neutrality bill and who finally
voted against declaration of war on
Germany are today using their ef-
forts to put obstacles in the path Of
the administration in it's endeavor to
put through the only sensible plan of
raising an army, which is by con-
scription. A majority Of these men
vii. deny that they are playing any
such game, but the people know bet
ter, and their efforts to deceive will
not avail them,
did you notice what that gather
ing of $4,000 people in certain town
in Illinois said and did as regarded
their representative in Congress?
Well, that is but forerunner Of what
the recreant and recalcitrant repre-
sentative or senator may expect Of
his people. The Stacker in Congress
lad better take care"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-10
False Teeth and Rummage Sales

If that ivory cobbler out by the At
lantic ocean-neighbor to the Statue
of Liberty-must really have "old
false teeth" in his business, for pity
sakes, somebody haven't you the time
to get out and gather up a. peck or
two, and send them to him so that
one can enjoy that most interesting
Popular Wants" department of the
newspaper, where Sank county'S
blooded chickens, pigs, and wives are
advertised; also the strictly modern
flats with a few twentieth century
mice and garage thrown mare
mentioned, without being jerked up
and ones feelings dropped to zero
in fash by this gruesome want ad
that suggests loose bones.
OF course, though-maybe-t
aren't SO very many old false teeth
lying around to spare, unless the
styles change. If they do the rum
mage sales would be apt to have them,
would think. Anyway the mans f.
nancial inducement is generous
enough, and many seem to be out Of
employment.
MRS. L. d. STILLSON.
RarahoO
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-10
The Use of the Comma

In looking over the article written
under the heading of Ollapodrida,
noticed the one by p. H. Crossman
about punctuation, the comma in par
ticular. / thought would send Ill
little verse or so, in which the
pointing off has good deal to do
with making the phrase a truth, or
even sense.
Every lady in every land
Has twenty nails on each hand
Five and twenty on hands and feet
This is true without deceit"
Now do you believe this is true?
Without the comma it sounds very
untrue, but when properly pointed off
it is true of every person with two
perfect hands and feet.
Now let us read it once more:
Every lady in every land
Has twenty nails, on each hand
Five, and twenty on hands and feet,
This is true without deceit"
Here is another one that sounds
more like nonsense than sense:
"That that is is that that is not is
not is not that it it is"
Now read it once more and point
it off to make sense:
"That, that is, is; that, that is not,
is not. Is not that it? 1t is"
In speaking about placing the COM
ma, he says it depends upon whose
eyes you are looking through.
Then referring to the text of Scrip
ture found in st. Luke 23:43, which
reads, "And Jesus said unto him,
Verify I say unto thee today shalt
thou be with me in paradise" know
theologians differ here as to the pun
ctuation, whether the comma should
come after the word thee" or after
the word to-day"
But as one scripture proves am
other, one text not being absolute
proof, let us read about the same in
cident: st. John 1881, 80. You will
see that the men were taken down
from the cross and their legs were
broken and they were taken away, but
we have no record that the thief died
on that day at ALL We know it was
not lawful to leave crucified persons
hang on the cross over the Sabbath
day, therefore they had to break the
| legs of the two that. were crucified
with jesus.
But the record does prove that
they were crucified with Jesus and
| that one of them asked Jesus ques-
| ton, Lord, remember me when thou
contest into thy kingdom?"
And Jesus answered him right there
and then, and said unto him, verify
/ say unto thee today" or Verify, to-
day / say unto thee" / do not write
this to create an argument at all, but
thought I would just explain what
seems the most sensible way OF this
text. MRS. A. e. CAPENEK.
Baraboo.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-10
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story of the drive calk. Like the poor
redskin, the sheer is being slowly
driven from his wonted hunting
grounds, the motor car and the drive
calk, like the Revolutionary palefaces
and the pioneers of the west, have
filed his hide full of woe, and slowly,
slowly, he retreats into the darkest
corner of his smithy and ponders on
the primrose path he once trod so
happily. What, my brothers. are you
going to do about it? Surely the rem
edy is in our hands. Why not use it?
B. w. STORY. =.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-10
After Speeders on Water Street

The residents on Water street have
been greatly annoyed by the action
Of automobile drivers in using that
road as a speedway, and there have
recently been several near-accidents
because of this fact. One driver who
was travelling at speed far in ex-
cess of the limit was arrested this
week and fined ten dollars and costs
and action has been taken by the
parties interested to station man
with a stop watch in that locality to
take the names and numbers of those
found to be violating the law, and
arrests will follow, as the residents
are deterined to stop this practice.
JUSTICEg
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-10
Democracy Is a Winner in the
Land of the Former Gar :
All United
WAR WITHOUT ANY
ANNEXATION AIM
The Situation Has Been Serious
for Some Time; Appeal to Unite
Around New Government

The controversy between the coun-
ell of workmen's and soldiers dele
gates and the provisional government,
that for the last twenty-four hours
had threatened such serious conse-
quences in which, in fact, the fate of
the nation and possibly of the war
were involved, has been settled.
Prince Tseretelli, speaking before a
tremendous assemblage of soldiers and
working men at the naval cadet build
ing, where the council had special
meeting to receive the report of the
executive council, declared that the
government had prepared a new dec
laration concerning it's foreign policy,
which, in definite language, CORE
sponded to the proclamation of April
9 and embodied the views of the pro-
letariat.
When the speaker declared that the
temporary government had acquitted
itself OF the charge brought against
1t by explaining what it meant by the
vague form of it's declaration, a great
cheer arose. 1t apparently voiced the
relief which all present felt at the
solution of the most serious difficulty
which had confronted the country
since the revolution.
Democracy is Winner
Prince Tseretelli then read the new
declaration by the government and ex-
planned that the trouble was over and
that the provisional government would
remain in power. Democracy, he an
nouneed amid continued cheering, had
won great victory. The speaker ex-
planned that the principal exception
which the council had taken to the re-
cent note of the government was the
phrase war to victorious conclu-
sion,' which he asserted was an un-
fortunate expression since it was iden-
tilted with the formula used so often
by the old regime with quite a differ
ent sense
Nov that the question has been
settled here" said Prince Tseretelli,
"our aims-war without annexations,
appropriations or contributions also
must be realized abroad. If a similar
movement takes place in the foreign
democrscies, this will bring peace
nearer, and we shall struggle until.
our views are also the avowed aims
of the democracies with whom we are
allied
The situation yesterday was most
serious for the whole country Conflict
seemed unavoidable, but the govern
ment realized that it must respect our
determination. BY this acknowledge
ment the government has shown that
it deserves the trust of the democ-l
racy. The council appeals to the peo.
pie to unite around it.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-10
WARNS SLACKERS IN CONGRESS

3. L. Luckow, formerly a resident
of Baraboo and now auditor of the
navy department at Washington,
sends the following editorial from a
Washington paper:
Il have just come down to Wash
ington for a brief spell from my home
in the White Mountains to see what
in thunder was the trouble with our
national lawmakers" said Judge The
ophilus Green, venerable retired
jurist of New Hampshire, at the
Shoreham
I do not wish to appear in the role
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-10
Title Insurance Building.
War Record of john Johnston:
One of Sank County's Veterans

October IA, 1861, went from home
(near where Lime Ridge now isl to
Madison to enlist in Company G, First
regiment, iBerdan's U. S. Sharpshoot-
ers, for three years, or during the
war. | was considered a good shot at
home. SO stood the rifle test-reduired
to be admitted as sharpshooterJ
whose especial duty was to go ahead
to locate the enemy and shoot the
rebel officers, cannoneers and pick
cts; also protect our fort builders, our
tanks and rear in case of retreat.
served in the Army Of the Potom-
&C under all five of it's commanders
Burnside, Hooker, Meade
and Grant-and participated in thirty
eight battles and fierce skirmishes,
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-10
From Collegeport

1t seems to be the fashion for ev-
eryone away from Baraboo to write
for the paper, so will follow suit.
! enjoyed Mike Maher and Frank Bur-
. rington's articles; also Mrs. Mont
gomery's from California.
1t has been very dry here but last
week we had fine rain and every
thing looks fine now. We have bush
els of roses in our yard and we hate
! to leave them. We have rs bushes
and more than forty different kinds
and all the colors you can think Of
Some of the trees have new growth
two feet long. The honeysuckles are
in bloom and we can smell them all
over the place We have some fine
climbing roses; also wisterias, jassa-
mines, magnolias, spreas, oleanders,
crepe myrtles, Towering pomgrantes
and other shrubs too numerous to
mention; also orange trees, persim-
mons, peaches, plums, pears, Apricots,
mulberries, chamfors and three kinds
| of palms, willows, umbrella trees and
arbot vitae; also a fine lot of grape
vines. Watermelon vines are four to
five feet long and in blossom Have
some corn over three feet high.
The winter here was very severe
for this country The thermometer
went to twenty above zerc. Lots of
stuff was winter killed All the win
ter garden stuff down in the Browns
vile country was killed back twice.
The h. c. |. has hit down here also.
Flour is $3.50 per sack and other
things in proportion.
The best paying business here is
the cattle business. One man sold
yearling and two-year-old, both for
S101, and he said it did not cost him
S. all told to raise them. They don't
feed young cattle a thing here. They
grow up entirely on grass. Cattle are
SO high that the cattle men are get
ting rich fast. There is no such nice
stock as we have in the north
Well, we shall soon be home in
good old Baraboo. This is a nice coun-
try. to come to to get rid of cold
weather, but there is no country that
beats Wisconsin in summer, especially
in Baraboo.
Goes Back on La Toilette
/ suppose people are somewhat ex-
cited about the war up there as we'll
as here. / have always supported our
Senator La Toilette, but I shall have
to go back on him now. The time has
come to all stand together and put
partisan politics aside The German
people are as fine a lot Of people as
there are on earth, but their rulers
are in the wrong now / do not see
why they don't revolt and throw them |
out Millions of our very best citi- |
zens are Germans and descendants of |
thena and / am not bit afraid but /
what they nearly all will be loyal to
us. / think more Of President Wilson
every day. / think he is the right
man in the right place.
We could not stay out of the fight
any longer and keep our honor. III
10 not see how Germany can stand it
much longer. / surely hope it will