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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-16
LEGISLATURE WILL
MEET FEBRUARY 10
Governor Phillip Sets Date for
Opening of Special SEES
sion.
SHOULD FINISH I'M A WEEK
Question of Filling Vacancy in United
States Senate Is to Receive
Attention of the Law
Makers.

MAdlsOE.-February 10 has been an
nounced by Governor Philip as the
date for. the opening of the special
session of the Wisconsin state legis-
lature The call will include very few
subjects However, Governor Philip
has received a sufficient number OF
suggestions for legislation to occupy
the attention of the legislature for six
months. He will include only those
subjects which he believes necessary
TO receive attention at this time.
Should Finish in One Week.
The governor is compelled to call
q special election in the Marathon
county district represented by Assem-
blyman D. S. Burnett, and in the Win
nebago county assembly district which
was represented by Assemblyman
Armenian
The whole legislative program will
be represented in bills prepared in the
executive office so that the legislature
should be able to complete its work
within a week.
Advocates of a special election to
fill the vacancy in the United States
senate have said that the governor was
acting in violation of the federal Con-
stitutiOn and suggesting that he be
given power to make a temporary ap-
pOintment. Thirty-five states have CIV
en- governors this power in compliance
with the provision in the federal
amendment.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-16

Copyright 1917. Western Newspaper Union
We consider ourselves very much
advanced in our control of food prices.
1t might do us some good to look back
a little and see what the ancient ORR
entails did in this regard thousands of
years ago.
The Brahmanic and Rabbinical laws
fully equal the measures we have
adopted. For example, besides seeing
that not too much was charged for
food or other articles, the former law
provided a penalty for selling under
standard price. Rabbinical law linn
tied storekeepers' profits to 16 2-3 per
cent.
Economic history-the story of
banking and Observation-Disclosures that
some of our so-called modern insti-
buttons" are in reality as old as the
hills. Some economists claim that the
division of labor'-that is, the spe-
cializing by one individual in a single
operation in manufacturing some
thing comparatively new and did not
exist to any extent prior to the eight
zenith century. But against this we
have the statement made by someone
that caste in India is division of
labor gone to seed
And the socialists dream of an ideal
state is also nothing new. Plato once
proposed an elaborate plan for new
state. He figured it out very carefully
and decided to limit the population to
6,040. If the number of inhabitants
ran over that amount colonies were to
be established; if below, prizes were
to be offered to stimulate its increase.
Another suggestion of Plato's was that
the children were to be the property
of the state and common to all. In
Sparta everyone ate at common
table. No payments of money were
required and the products of all were
shared by everyone.
Further, in Greece factories of. con-
siderable size existed. Some employed
hundreds of workmen. A factory
would be devoted to the exclusive pro-
duction of one article, such as tunic.
Most of the labor was performed by
slaves. Even the most humble citi-
zens of Athens had at least one slave.
They were sent to the river to drink
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-16
Savings for War Popular.

]. H. Puelicher, state director for
war savings, and Robert Baird, state
executive secretary, returned from a
tour through the northern part of(the
state, in the interest of the war savings
campaign They visited Marinette,
iOconto, Green Bay and Appleton, at
each of which places large public meet
ings were held, and the campaign care
fully outlined Mr.. Puelicher says !:
eve found splendid optimism pre-
vailing in every city visited. In each
place working organizations have been
perfected, and the campaign is well I'M
der way. At Marinette we addressed a
meeting consisting of more than fifty
workers. At Green Bay and Appleton,
each, more than 100 were assembled,
and at Oconto more than 200"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-16

Copyright 1917. Western Newspaper Union. }
To you who are hit by the new war
tax legislation read the following and
cease grumbling:
By Sydney Smith, an Engi:shman
lin 1850.
1.-The school boy whips his taxed
top; the beardless youth manages his
taxed road; and the dying English
man, pouring his medicine which has
paid Z per cent in q spoon that has
paid 20 per cent, makes his will on
an 98 stamp and expires in the arms
Of an apothecary who has paid a Ii
cense of 91OO for the privilege of Put
ting him to death. HIS whole proper
ty Is then Immediately taxed up 10
per cent. Besides the probate, large
fees are demanded for burying him in
the chancel. His virtues are handed
down to posterity on taxed marble, and
he will then be gathered to his fathers
to be taxed no more"
In England at that time there were
taxes levied on lands, houses, horses,
carriages and windows. There was
also an income tax. During the seven
teenth century England was as rabid
in its policy of tariff production as 1t
/ is now In favor of free trade.
In ancient Athens taxes were very
high. So jealous were the Athenians
in the collection of revenues, that a
public debtor could, ten days after a
Judgment was obtained, be condemned
and banished forever from public af-
fairs. The children and grandchildren
hen became responsible Slaves were
employed to take care of private ac-
| counts, because if the government sus-
pected that a citizen was not making
| a truthful statement to the tax author
tiles, the slaves could be tortured to
give evidence of their masters affairs.
Athens extensive taxes were largely
due to the immense officialdom. Enor-
nous numbers of public officials were
dependent upon the government. There
were public physicians, artists, pro-
| fessors. The Athenians were very fond
of holding great banquets and festi-
walls, the expenses of which were paid
| out of the public purse. At religious
gatherings as many as three hundred
cattle would be sacrificed and distrib-
| 1ted to the people. A public speaker
would be paid for his efforts in ora
cory. and the people paid for listening.
Today, the problem of raising money
| for government expenditures occupies
| the time of some of the keenest finan-
cial brains of the country. We are now
participating in the greatest war of
history We are fighting side by side
with nations which are years ahead
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-16
Coed Roads Show.

In spite of the ban on road building
on account of the wars expenses, the
Wisconsin highway commission is now
completing plans for the largest meet
ing of its kind ever held when the
county highway superintendent, road
committees and others interested as
semble in Madison for the seventh an
nual road show of the Wisconsin high
way commission. The sessions are to
be held in the G.. A. r. rooms and the
exhibits will be displayed on the ro-
tunda of the capital. The date of the
meeting is February to 8. On Mon
day afternoon, February 4, an address
of welcome is to be given by Gov. r.
l.. Philip, with response by Presi-
dent Franklin E. Parker. The full pro-
gram of speakers for the meeting Is
not yet available, but 1T includes talks
by j. G. d. Mack, state chief engineer:
w. o. Hotchkiss, secretary of the COM
mission; A. r. Hirst and others. A
banquet will be held Thursday eve
ming and theater party Friday night.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-16
Dismiss Charge Against Nelson's.

Judge Carpenter of the United
States circuit court, Chicago, sitting in
place of Judge Sanborn in the district
court at Madison, dismissed the indict-
ment which charged Congressman
John M. Nelson and his son, Byron G.
Nelson, with conspiracy to Violate the
selective draft law.
The motion to quash was made by
Attorneys G. II. Crownheart and
Ralph NJ. Jackman, representing the
Nelson's, on suggestion from the
judge that the case involved only legal
questions. The court held that the act
OF Byron Nelson in going to Canada
is days before the Graft law was
passed was something he had a right
to do and that his remaining in Canada
following the enactment of the statute,
without registering, was not in viola
ton of the law.
District Attorney A G. Wolfe said
he intended to appeal from the deci-
sion to the United States Supreme
court
The Indictment charging Byron Nell
son with failure to register, which is
a separate case, probably will not be
taken up at the present term of court.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-16
Digging Out of the Snow.

The greater portion of this state has
been busy the past few days endeavor-
ing to dig out from under the snow, the
result of the recent blizzard. Numer-
Gus cities and towns were COW
cred with from two to several feet of
snow in places, similar to the expert
ence of other midwestern states. Train
and mail service, street cars, schools
and all business suffered greatly from
the effects of the blockading of streets
and railway lines. The snowfall is re-
garded as among the heaviest ever ex-
perienced in the state and incOnveni-
enee in all commercial lines is expect
ed to continue for some time.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-16
Defends r. r. Control Plan.

Defending the necessity of present
government control of railroads, and
urging patriotic cooperation between
railroads, shippers and the travelling
public Commissioner Carl D. Jackson,
chairman of the Wisconsin railroad
commission, declared that ultimate
government ownership OF railroads
should come only as a last resort, and
should be undertaken with the great
est care, in an address on "The Gov
ernment's Control of the Railways"
before members of the Milwaukee as
ISOLATION of commerce.
81 believe government ownership of
transportation lines should come only
when II can be conclusively proved
that such ownership will make possible
a lower rate and better service than
could possibly be obtained under pri-
vate ownership" said Commissioner
Jackson.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-16
Professor Ross En- Route Home.

Prof. Edward A. Ross, head of the
department of sociology at the Univer-
Sity of Wisconsin, who has been inves-
tigating social and economic conditions
sailed for the United States. He is ex-
pected to reach Madison about January
30. Professor Ross was granted leave
Of absence from the university last
spring to go to Russia for the United
States government. He will resume
his work here as lecturer at the open
ing of the first semester. Professor
Ross left Petrograd on December 16
and his trip home has been through ST.
IBERIA. China and japan.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-16
Mobilization Order Received.

Col T. J. Kirkpatrick, United States
army medical corps, received orders
authorizing the immediate mobiliza-
ton of Milwaukee base hospital, No.
%, consisting of 225 men.
Colonel Kirkpatrick at once mailed a
list of the officers and enlisted men to
Chicago headquarters, and telegraphic
orders will be received by the men at
once.
The order does not affect the woman
nurses that are connected with the
unit, as they are all graduates of Mil
waukee hospitals and do not require
further training at this time, accord
ing to Lieutenant Gore of the medical
corps, who recently arrived at Milwau-
kee with Colonel Kirkpatrick.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-16

with the horses and were branded On
the forehead.
Contracts in Athens were bound in
two ways. One method was the in
formal handshake and the other wac
the formal contract where something
was pledged. At one time men pledged
themselves, but this was stopped I'M
der the laws of Scion.
Were the Athenians familiar with
apartment houses? 1t seems so. Wit
ness the following statement by We'll.
known French economist: "People
built for speculation a sort of inn
the apartments of which were let to
strangers whom politics or commerce
attracted to Athens, and who had no
right of citizenship there" Rentals
in Athens amounted to about S1a per
cent of the capital invested in the
property.
In the claim of Germany that she
has secured control of the seas through
the destruction of shipping, by sub
marines, we have a parallel case in
the history of Rome. The Romans
were never fond of going TO sea and
had a peculiar horror Of commerce.
In Carthage they destroyed 500 yes
sells. Augustus, who brought victory
in naval battle at Actium, greatly
feared water. 1t was through their
wholesale destruction of ships that the
Romans gained control of the sea.
Ancient Rome faced the same prob
lem we do in the congestion of cities
and neglect of agriculture. Virgil
lamented this tendency and contraSted
the artificialities of city life and the
simple pleasures of rural living.
Rome, too, had "big business" The
great bulk of her commercial and fl
nancial affairs were in the hands of
the Equities" or Roman knights. The
entire industrial fabric was dependent
on them. Roman 'big business" just
like that of today, was not immune
from attack. 1t was constantly being
assailed and accused of graft.
The Romans even used checks about
the same as we do today.
Today we boast of our world fairs.
But Europe, during medieval times,
was not unfamiliar with fairs fully
equal to ours. They were really an
economic necessity, as people were at
tracted from far and near, and ex-
change of products from every part of
the world was facilitated. The largest
ho1 OF Nnu0nrnH in
STA, Leipzig, in Germany, and Stour-
bridge, England. An English fair at
ST Giles covered an area of seven
miles and lasted sixteen days.
Even in this day who has heard
of a bank with 5000 branches? Such
an institution existed in medieval
times in the Knights Templar. They
conducted a general banking business
and maintained 5000 branches.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-16
Names Attorney General.

Governor Philip appointed Spencer
Haven of Hudson, attorney general to
succeed Walter c. Owen who resigned
TO take his place on the supreme court
bench. Mr.. Haven was born In Iowa,
January 16, 1868, and was graduated
from the Iowa State college at Ames,
Ia, In 1890. He taught school at AM
herst, Wis.,, for three years and gradu-
ated from the law school of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin in 1895. He went
to Hudson In 1896 to become the law
partner of III. c. Baker.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-16

of US in military preparations. we are
facing an enemy whose military estab-
lishment has been so highly developed
that it brought on the war. To carry
on our part successfully and bring the
war to a speedy conclusion, billions
have been and will be spent. The az
gregate total of the two Liberty loans
has defied our comprehension. Yet
this amount, in proportion to our
wealth and resources, does not equal
the burden placed upon US in the pre-
vious wars.
In the Revolutionary war the Cont
mental congress was forced to depend
upon credit bills and acquisitions
drawn against the colonies. Our first
interior war loan was made in ITO
1t amounted to about $4,000. A year
later a second loan of $5,000,0O0 was
authorized, but only $3,7S7,O0O was
subscribed, Then paper money was
issued and by the end of 1919 congress
had authorized $200,000,000. An equal
amount was paid by the various states
Continental bills of credit deprecated
80 per cent in value. Robert MOTIFS
came to the assistance of the gOV~rn-
ment and by his great ability financed
the war. He even made personal
loans.
In the Civil war the financial diff
culties were also great. The country
was suffering from a business depreS-
sion when hostilities began. One Oh
the first efforts to raise capital was
an issue of $150,000,000 of legal ten
der notes, and bond issue of S5OO,-
100000. The bonds bore interest at
per cent and were issued In popular
denominations of from $50 up. AS ID
the Revolutionary war, a financial gen
ius appeared in the person Of Jay
Cooke, who was extremely active IN
making the loan success. He adver-
tised extensively and employed 2,S0O
agents. The same year congress is
sued another $150O00,000 in treasury
notes. In all, the aggregate amount
of government loans during the ClVh
war was $4,000, 100000. About g per
cent was paid on most of the loan.
Certainly, we are now In an 1nnnl'e-
ly better position to finance the pres
ent war. Where the interest rate was
per cent on the first Civil war loan
the initial rate on the first Liberty
loan was 31s per cent. Our wealth ~
many times greater In proportion 10
the population than in 1861. We eau
afford to, and will, push this war Vlso..
ously to a successful conclusion. ANY
strong nation that hopes to enoufT
strong cannot shirk its duty.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-16
1Ioomers Appear in sawmilIs.

Dressed in dainty brown overall
boomers, eight young women of Wash
burn have started work at the Ken
field Lamoreaux sawmill. The COM
pany intends to employ about twenty
women in places formerly held by men
and boys. The women work on ma
chimes where the work is light and
work 81 hours week. The company
has made working conditions as pleas
ant as possible. A rest room has been
fitted up on the upper aoor for women
employees, equipped with rockers.
tables. chairs and Iavarorias
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-16
win of Col. John Hicks.

The estate of Col. John Hicks of
Oshkosh, owner of the Northwestern,
who died at San Antonio, Tex,
amounts to almost S500,000
There are several public requests.
Among the largest are $4,000 to the
( city of Oshkosh for purchase and cree
ton of statues aud monuments in park
and suburbs and for repair and main
tenance of those now in the parks
which were given by Colonel Hicks,
and $4,000 TO Winnebago county for
enlarging the County tuberculosis SAN
atorium.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-16
Found the DRAGON Fly.

Aunt Elizabeth and her nephew
Harold, were looking at a comic pic
ture, the characters represented by
insects and animals. They were point
Ing out each kind, but the dragon fly
hadn't yet been located. Soon Harold
spoke up. II think this is the one,
Aunt Elizabeth. lie looks as if he
were draggin' sumpin'."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-16
A Bargain.

"Does your wife care anything lO'
baseball?" tn
"She never did until one Gay Sno
learned they were going to play wv
games for one admission"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-16
All AuIoW.

"Now they say the brain Is radioar
tive"
"Um."
"And emits a faint glow"
'I don't know about %he brain' Ou'
PSe seen the nose do that"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-16

Thrift is the exercise of the VIII, l ~
development of character, the oH'H
practice of sensible living.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-11-01
TO REPORT AT FORT RILEY.

DR.. Howard J. Simmons has re-
ceived orders to report at Fort Riley
Kansas, November 8, where he will
enter into military training.
n DR.. Simmons is one Of Blackf0ot' g
prominent physicians, and having
been here for several years, he has
made many friends, both by his pro-
fession and socially. ....
Mrs. Simmons will remain In
Blackfoot and attend to business
matters for a short time. While
here she is going to work among the
poor and sick people in Pocatello,
Blackfoot and Idaho Falls.
Mrs. Simmons sees the necessity
of such work on account of the in
fluenza epedimic, and other sickness.
After all business matters are
Strengthened, Mrs. Simmons will
leave for Fort Riley to join her hus-
band.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-11-01
BLACKFOOT WOMAN DIES
IN LOS ANGELES

Mrs. Octa Cambell, a former resi-
dent of North Shilling avenue, went
to Los Angeles recently with her
children and died of influenza on the
25th of October. She was cared for
in hospital by the associated char
tiles, and all of the five children were
afflicted at last reports.
Mrs. Cambell was a widow who
brought herself into some notoriety
last winter by sending for the editor
of the Republican to come to her
home and investigate their condition,
evidently supposing that relief would
be ordered up at public expense be-
cause they were destitute, even tho
receiving a pension of some $50 or
$36 a month.
Our report was that the mother
was able to keep house and to keep
it in much better order than it was,
and that the daughter and two sons
were capable of earning some money
or at least, capable of attending
school and keeping clean and tidy.
Because of their failure to take care
of what they had, and of their re-
fusal to mend their Ways, they were
not recommended to the county for
relief. Because of a long record for
failure to protect the moral atmos-
phere of the home, the county gov
ernment finally took the children
away from her and sent them at
much expense, TO the Children's 8
Home at Boise, and the mother was
almost heart-broken over the sep
aration. Persons who knew of her
suffering on this account admitted
that the county had made a serious
mistake in thus breaking up the
home, and her solitude widened the
door of temptation to her. There
seemed to be but slight If any ad-
vantage in boarding the children at
Boise, and they were returned to her,
thus ending in failure, the chapter
of suffering and experimenting.
Our original recommendation was
that she and the children become in
dustrious, and self reliant in every
way they could, keep their home
as good and as tidy al. they could,
show they were capable of taking
care of what they had, and then more
would come to them to use. They
treated the suggestions lightly and
we conducted an Investigation of
several weeks to see how other in
digents In the county were making
use of their resources. Sixteen chap
ters were published on the subject,
warning the public of an increasing
menace. The auditors report of
county finances published recently
confirmed our report, and showed
that the expense Of caring for the
indigents and widows doubles about
every three years in these prosper
GUS times.