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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-11-08
Maqnitude in Modern War;

The magnitude of tie war, as a
whole, is repeated in every phase Of
It's activity, and in no way more SO
than in it's instruments of war. AS
we have more than once remarked,
says the Scientific American, it has
been necessary to multiply our units
Of measurement by from 10 to 100
Weapons which were thought massive
and powerful in 1914 are puny in 1917.
Thus, heavy artillery, whose weight
tied it down to fixed fertilization, is
now moving merrily over the field Of
battle. Where, formerly, we talked
in millions, now we talk freely in bill
lions. Before the war 25 to 80 knots
was battle-cruiser speed-today we
have such ships Of from 100000 to
100000 horse power steaming at 35 to
40 knots. A notable instance of this
growth is in the field Of aviation,
where the British have airplanes of 600
horse power and the Italians have gone
up to 1000. And the end is not yet.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-11-08
Orange Industry.

The interior Of any one Of the big
orange packing houses in either Flor
ida OF California shows a wonderfully
systematic arrangement for grading
and sizing the fruit. There are
dozen different sizes Of oranges and
so automatic is the grading that every
box Of oranges comes out with every
orange almost the exact size Of it's
companions. The result is oranges
which sell in the far Eastern markets
as low as one cent apiece-from this
to so or 60 cents a dozen. The only
things which must be left to human
Judgment is the throwing out of culls
imperfect, too ripe or too green
specimens.
Nowadays in both of the big orange
growing states the orange business is
divided into two distinct and separate
industries-that of orange growing
and that of orange packing and ship
ping. The latter is handled by CO.
operative associations and very few
oranges are packed and shipped direct
by the orange growers themselves.
The same conditions apply to lemons
and grapefruit.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-11-08
CONSERVING Niaqara's Power.

Anyone that has seen an ice gorge
on the Niagara river breaking up has
a vivid reminder of titanic might let
loose. Millions Of tons of solid ma
terial are then driven onward by the
cumulative impulse of the slightly
impounded <or checked waters. Plain
ly this is a peril that would have to be
reckoned with by anyone building scat
tered power stations along the stretch
of the gorge. The plants would face
we'll nigh certain and complete de.
struction sooner or later. OF course
the cheapest way to benefit by the
river is to use as much of the water
at the Falls as the two governments
concerned will permit, and then, after
the diverted flow has. returned to the
river below the cataract to employ the
full volume of the tidal prism. That Is
! what is contemplated in the erection of
a dam at Fosters Flats.-Exchange.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-11-08
Air Warriors Predicament.

An accident, without precedent in
warfare, occurred to a French bomb
ing plane, and death was averted by
feat of daring which will long be re-
membered. The airplaneSwas about to
descend after a raid, when the pilot
discovered that two of his bombs had
caught in the rigging below the car:
1t was impossible TO land without ex-
ploding them and blowing the trail
craft to fragments. The gasoline was
already running low and some desper-
ate expedient must be attemptd within
the next two seconds. While the pilot
held hts craft to an even keel the pas
senger crawled from his seat to the
wing and thence to the rigging below
The bombs must be released with the
greatest delicacy to prevent their ex-
ploding. Impossible as the feat seem
ed,A it was at last accomplished and
the passenger regained his seat If
safety.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-11-08
Bluff OF Foreman Failed.

Two Of the nocturnal hosemen Of the
street cleaning department were en-
gagged in wettlng down the pavement
near New York's busy corner at 10th
street and 9Th avenue. They were en-
joying their work as usual, wetting no
one and soaring everyone, when the
foreman came strolling along and
looked them over. A small group
waiting for bus hoped that the hap
Ply soakers were about to be scolded
and the hope was gratifed. "Well,
WE'LL" called the foreman, testify,
''you'se guys ought TO be up to 10th
street. What about ye?" Jaw, we
got to wet it down, amt WEI" called
the younger Of the hosemen. eve
Amt lingering around for the love Of
it," The foreman walked over to the
speaker as his companion turned off
the water. "Don't get answering me
back" said the foreman. "If you
want to get anywhere in this depart
ment, just do what you're told to do
and say nothing" cav, forget it," an
sWered the young hoseman again. Il
amt trying to get nowhere in this de-
partment. I been drafted. BY the
time you get to be a superintendent I'll
be a general in the army. Roll your
hoop, boss, you're talking like hero
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-11-08
MALE OSTRICH BUILDS NEST
Sets on Eggs at Night During the In
cubation Which Lasts Forty to
Fifty Days.

After pairing, the ostrich begins to
make his nest. 1t is the male alone
that performs this duty. To do it, he
squats upon the ground, and, balanc-
ing himself upon his breastbone,
scratches up the earth with his legs
and throws it behind him. When he
has dug out enough on one side to suit
him he turns round and begins to dig
on another side, and continues this
operation until he has made a hole
large enough for him to sit in comfort
ably. A few days after the nest is
finished the female begins to lay one
: egg every alternate day for eighteen
or twenty days. She then rests for a
while, which time varies from four to
ten days, and then lays more A pair
of ostriches yield about forty eggs,
though it is not unusual for well-fed
well-kept pair to yield fifty to sixty
eggs. The eggs are placed so as to
leave no space between them. The
male and the female brood alternate
ly. At night the male is always on
the nest, as it possesses greater
| warmth than the female.
These birds perform their duties
with the greatest skill, without any
| noise or breakage Of the eggs. The
| incubation lasts forty-fve days on an
average, sometimes fifty days, but new
er continues beyond that, When the
! chicklings hatch out they can be heard
| trying to break the shell of the egg
Sometimes they succeed in doing SO
but usually the father breaks the egg
under the breast bone, tears the inside
skin with his bill, and frees the chick
ling. Upon first reaching the air the
chickling remains limp and weak. But
the warmth Of the parent soon revives
1t, and a few hours afterward it be-
gins to run about, exercising it's Ions
legs, topping over at each step, anC
recommending again it's stumbling
| journey. Four days after their hatch
ing the chicl1lings begin to eat. They
run after insects and swallow small
pebbles. The father and mother dc
not help their little ones to find food
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-11-08
Japancse Plavind Golf.

Some of the new millionaires of ia
pan have taken up golf, which they
play on links maintained in the most
approved style. They are building
country houses like castles of old in
,splepdor. They are following many
American and European ways, and yet,
lavishly as they are scattering large
incomes in air, they are wonderfully
influenced by subtle re6nements inher-
tied from their ancestors. For the
pleasures of the table they care little.
AM0stly the extravaganza of the newly
rich of Japan finds vent in endowing
colleges, assembling treasures OF ut
,erature and art, and ministering to
those senses and desires through which
men nourish the soul.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-11-08
MOURN DEAD CHIEF
Russian Peasants Fall on Knees
Before Urn of Ashes. B.,
Member Of American Commission to
New Empire Explains Keys to
Their Political Play.

"The keys to the Russian political
play are, after all, simple, and to be
found In simple events says Charles
Edward RUSSELL who was sent by Pres
:ident Wilson with the American COM
mission to new Russia. Here is one
such simple event as he gives it in
Hearst's Magazine:
"There is place on the Trans
Siberian railroad called Passing Point
Mo. 81, brown little speck on the
illimitable emptiness Of the Siberian
plains. On the 23d Of May there came
marching up to it procession of
farmers-about forty Of them, I think
carrying red flags. They tramped
solemnly along what in Siberia, by
violence of speech, is called a road,
and is, in fact, not otherwise than a
trail Of ruts in black gumbo mud.
"a passenger train was coming from
the east, from Vladivostok. At Pass
ing Point No. 81 it took the sidetrack
to wait for the train it was to meet.
OF a sudden the processiOnists were
seen to line up in front of the baggage
car, to fall on their knees there, to lift
their hands in attitudes of prayer, the
while they uttered strange, wailing
cries and many Wept.
"What were they crying about? They
had learned that in that baggage car
were the ashes Of a Russian revolu-
ZIONIST, an old-time hero of the long,
long struggle. He had been condemned
by the car to one Of the worst pris-
ii Dns in coolest Siberia; he had man.
aged to escape and in the end to get
to America. There he died, and his
body was cremated. Now his ashes in
a draped memorial urn we're being car
ried in state back to- that free Russia
he had dreamed of and suffered for.
But note:
"Of the peasants that fell on their
knees before that handful of dust that
day, about one-half could not read. All
of them, you might think, lived in a
region farther from the world and it's
affairs than is Cape Nome from the
BOWery. Yet all Of them knew we'll
enough the name Of this dead hero and
all his deeds, and instinctively all
knelt before his ashes that they might
testify at once their reverence for him
and the. fervor Of their own revolu-
tionary faith.
"But what did that procession mean
wandering red-hagged along the black
ruts of lonely Siberia? It meant that
the peasants were making a demon.
stration.' Demonstration about what
Why, if you will believe me, against
the Austrian governments sentence OF
death against Frederick Adler, slayer
of the Austrian prime minister.
- "And there you are: that is Russia
ALSO, you may see in this incident how
";deep in the heart Of every peasant and
toiler are at least the rudiments of the
revolutions creed"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-11-08
NOT BEYOND ENEMY'S REACH
There Is Scarcely a Spot in Belllger-
ent Country That cannot Be At.
tackled With Modern Equipment.


BY far the greatest Of revolutions
was the industrial that
broad change in human society which
attended the supplanting Of home pro-
duction by machine factory produc-
ton. Take any conspicuous detail in
which the nineteenth century differs
from the eighteenth, and you will prob
ably find that it runs back finally to
mechanical invention. Throughout
two-thirds Of the century the condition
of society was determined much more
by the state of the mechanical arts
than by politicians warriors or teach
ers.
A distinguished economist now
urges that this same factor-the state
of the mechanical artists pushing
war off the stage, and Of itself neces-
states a new relationship among lead
ing nations by which peace may be as
sured.
Mechanical science has already vast
~ changed and will soon completely
change the conditions of warfare. In
ventions make war an unlimited liabil-
ity in a new way, declares the Satur-
! day Evening Post. Probably within
| five years it will be as practicable for
an enemy to attack Chicago and Den
| yer, or Berlin and Munich, as New
York or Bremen. Already English
men have been killed on their own
soil by an invading enemy for the
first time since the Stuarts, and a
German submarine has visited Ameri.
can ports. Already scarcely any spot
in a belligerent country Is beyond an
enemys reach. If there should be q
war ten years hence between pow.
er as ready as Germany was in 1914
and one as unready as the United
| States then was, the former could
wreak incalculable destruction upon
the latter within month no spot in
it would be safe, and the cost of ade.
quate preparation for war by competi-
tive arming would lay an intolerable
burden on the world.
The cost Of playing the old game
puts it out of the question. Develop
ment of the mechanical arts vetoes it
Only a few people in control Of dy
nastic states and their encourage have
I any real motive for regretting the veto
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-11-08
Foresight.

"I'm taking lessons from man who
teaches people how to remember"
SIS he pretty good?'
II guess so, but he doesn't seem to
have much confidence in his methods"
GLOW is that?"
II notice he makes his students pay
him in advance, so there will be no
chance Tor them to forget to do it after
they finish"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-11-08
Psychological Effect.

''Why do you call your autOmOnlle
flivver?"
eve don't always" replied Mrs.
Chuggins. ''When we speak of it in
company we call it a motorcar. But
when we take it to repair shop we
call At "a Aiyver,' hoping it will infiu-
ence the man to be easy with the BILL
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-06
DURWARDS GLEN

4 Mrs. Herman Mueller, with. her
daughter Mrs Alma Capener, has
gone to Ableman to visit relatives,
the Moerkes.
We have scattered bread crumbs on
an outdoor table, and the wild birds
have found them and are starting to
come in big numbers.
A farewell party was given last Fri
day evening to Mrs. Calford and her
brother Perry, who are leaving this
week for a new home on a farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schultz will take
possession of the house vacated by
Mrs. Calford
Viola Marshall home from Merri-
mack school, paid morning visit
with her little brother at Glen Cot
tage on Saturday.
Great masses of ice are formed on
the. Glen rocks. We could have ice
cream any day, if eggs were not so
i high in price,
Mrs. Carl Groener gave much assist
ance in the Mueller home preparing
poultry for market
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-06
500 Re@0rd $500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages and
that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken in
ternally and acts through the Blood on
Ghe Mucous Surfaces of the System.
thereby destroying the foundation Of
Ghe disease, giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and as
5isting nature in doing its work. The
DrOprietors have so much faith in the
curative powers of Halls, Catarrh Med
&cine that they offer One Hundred Dol
liars for any case that it fails to cure
Send fOr list of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., To-
Iedo. Ohio. Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-06
CAMPAIGN FOR
RECREATION FUND

| The War Activities committee Of
the Knights of Columbus, who are en-
gagged in collecting Baraboo's share
Of e-million-dOllar fund to pro-
mote the work of recreation centers
in the various camps and canton
ments in this country and abroad,
have been repeatedly asked if contri-
buttons to this fund will be accepted
from those outside of the order.
They wish to publicly announce that
they will be very grateful indeed for
any Offering which is rendered and to
that end have designated the Bank Of
Baraboo, First National bank and the
Farmers and Merchants bank as agen-
cies for this collection, where official
receipts will be given or subscriptions
can be handed to any member of the
order, who will secure such receipt. 1t
is not the intention to canvass a gen
erous public, but to leave this matter
to their own best judgment, and the
boys engaged in this great work are
sure their fund will be materially in
creased by voluntary offerings.
"A meeting of all Knights of Column
bus will be held at their hall this even
ing at o'clock to further this work
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-06
MEMORIAL SERVICE.
HELLO BY ELKS


On Sunday evening the annual me-
mortal service was held blythe B. P.
o. E. The address was by Judge Evan
A. Evans. and the musical numbers
were by the lodge, MelZl quartet, Miss
Gertrude Morse and Daniel Roberts.
The benediction was by Rev. E. G.
Henke, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, The member who died during
the year was Jo'tl P. Mcdonald.
Those who died in previous years
were Thomas Holmes, Frank Schadel,
John B. Rooney, John H. Sutton,
Charles German, Martin J.. Cummings,
Edw. S. Sheperd, John Thrane, Albert
Martinius, Alfred Witsenhauser and
E. G. Marriott.
The memorial committee consisted
of Adolph andre, L. S. Van Orden, J.
J. Pfannstiehl, W. J. Power and Fred
Terbilcox. There was a large attend
ance at the services.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-06
KILBOURN

= Miss Erma @ocnanKe spent Than ks
giving with her mother. 80 o.,at.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Bromberger and
Mrs. Anna Gibson ate Thanksgiving
dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. James Lath-
am.
:. Frank .Kaliess has moved him fam
lily in the D. Colburn house recently
vacated by Mrs Halves.
Members of the John Gillespie Re-
lief Corps held their annual election
of officers last Saturday The follow
ing are the new officers: President,
Clara M. Elliott; senior president,
Anna Gibson; junior vice7president,
Lucy Steel; treasurer, Charlotte Bull
lis; chaplain, Anna Ziegenhan; con-
ductor, BlanCh Bromberger; guard,
Unice Baker.
J. H. Bromberger lost valuable
horse last Tuesday morning.
Sylvester Hendrickson has returned
home from Milwaukee, where he spent
a month having an eye treated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Martin and
children Of Endeavor spent Sunday
with the formers parents, Mr. and
Mrs Charles Martin.
L. Martin was a Sunday caller at
the Henry Rodwell home in Delton.
Mrs. Anna Eggleston will leave next
Wednesday for Malta, Mont, where
she expects to spend the winter
Miss Esther Wildrick spent Thanks
giving with her mother, Mrs J. Wild
rick.
Mrs. E. c. Tanner visited the past
week with friends in Mansion
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-06
LOCAL LODGE !.
- y ss@s 80 - sgzssa5s
ELECTS lFFICERS

At the regular meeting of the w. r
Clin their hall Saturday night the fol
lowing officers were elected for the
coming year: President, Emma Arm
bruster, senior vice-president, Nettie
Blachly; Junior vice-president, Ella
Dibble; treasurer, Laura Welch;. chap
lain, Mary Dwinnell; conductress
Laura bangle; guard Fannie Wilhelm
trustee, Clara Newman. Those chosen
as delegates to the convention to be
held at Ashland in June were Cynthia
Spencer, Ella Dibble, Lottie Sly
Bertha Rue1, Mrs. Tramble; alter
mates: Bena Schuster, Sena Raschein
Minerva Kramer, Eta Mather and
Cora Jones'
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-06
GERMANS CEASE
ITALIAN ATTACKS
Another Offensive on Large Scale
by Teutons Is Expected Soon
Cadorna's Men Prepare

An official dispatch from Rome on
Monday says the Austro-G German at
tacks on the Italian front have ceased
entirely. Although the Feutonic in
vasion was launched under rain and
snow, the German press explains the
sudden inactivity to unfavorable at
mospheric conditions. The truth is,
according to the dispatch, that the
Italian army, reorganized after the
crisis, is now holding the line
Another offensive by the enemy on
a still larger scale is believed immi-
nent and the Italians are preparing
to meet it. The losses have been
staggering.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-06
HILLP0INT

Too late for weekly of November 90.
The weather has been, all that could
be desired.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Viii
liam Burmeister was christened
short time ago. He is The fourth son
born to them and was named William.
There was a patriotic rally at Hill
point Tuesday evening for the Y. NJ.
C. A. Attorney j. A. Stone of Reeds
burg spoke.
The road workers are building
bridges now. Five will have to be
built along this piece of road, which
will take some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Holmes of
Baraboo mitored Sunday to Hillpoint
to visit at the Will Stabnaw home.
Mrs. Fred Stabnaw took her little
girl to Madison to consult a specialist
about her eye which was hurt some
time ago. g.o .aarr
Mrs. George Shuts was away visit
ing friends last week.
Many loads of hogs passed through
here Monday on the way to market
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-06
PR|rES To DROP
CLAIMS HOOVER
Food Administrator Makes An
nouncement From New York on
Present Situation

Lower prices in meat, milk and 9th
er commodities as result of )le enor
nous crop Of corn which it is expect
ed will be distributed throughout the
country by January Is, was forecast
by Federal Fodo Administrator Hoo
yer in a statement tonight.
He declared that this extraordi
nary crop is 'the certain economic
remedy for high prices
Mr. Hoover attended several con
ferences in New York Monday al
which the food situation was discuss
ed with federal and state officials.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-06
GERMANY LOSES
HER LAST COLONY
East Africa Free Of Enemy, Ar
nounces Commander Of British
Forces---Fighting Since 1915

Cast Africa has been completely
cleared of the enemy" This official
announcement was made on Monday
night in London.
With the loss Of East Africa, all her
colonies have been taken from Ger
many These had an area of more
than one million square miles and a
population of 100000, including
$4,000 whites.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-06
BREAK GROUND !.
At MADISON !.
FOR new MOVIE

Ground was broken yesterday for
the new theater which DR.. William G..
Beecroft will erect on East Miff1in
street, Madison. The Improvement
will cost about 100000.
The. theater proper will be built in
the rear Of the Strand, with the back
wall abutting on East Dayton street.
The Strand will be transformed into
the entrance and foyer The theater
is to be one of the finest movies in
the northwest.
DR.. Beecroft is brother of Mrs.
George G. Astle, Baraboo, and is in
terested in the Farmers & Merchants
bank here.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-06
RAIL CONGESTION
GfOWS HEAVIER

Railroad managers who are study
ing the very acute transportation sit
nation growing out of the congestion
arising from the enormous war bust
ness now say that the problem cannot
be solved by mere pooling of equip
ment.
More radical reforms than those al
ready discussed by the railroads war
Board must be enforced if the rail-
roads are to aid the government in
the war and at the same time main
tain other needed traffic, This is the
governments immediate war problem.
The whole matter may go to Presi-
dent Wilson.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-06
GREENFIELD

Howard Potter, second lieutenant of
the United States army, was out ma
neuvering in "U-boat'' accompanied
by a captain in skirts. He anchored
his boat by the Greenfield cheese fac
tory, where he asked for some wo-
visions and the Rabbit Chaser RAdahx.
The whole unit then started out for
somewhere in the woods. The inten-
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-06

Mrs. c. T. Slentz and son Samuel,
who have been visiting here with Mrs.
S. D. Slentz, left this morning for
Casselten, N. D., to visit before re-
turning to their. home at Bellingham,
Wash. q, efsS q NV s 81 NJ
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-06

Mrs Carl Prentice and daughter of
La Crosse, who have been visiting
here with her father and wife, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Mould, left today for
Madison to visit Mrs. Oscar Mueller
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-06

Miss Mildred Andrews of Oshkosh,
a student in the University Of Wis
cOnsin, came to spend the Thanksgiv-
ing vacation with Mrs. M. A. Andrews,
corner Oake and First streets. Miss
Andrews brother, Irving Andrews,
wyas here on Turkey Day