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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-09

and dye and renovate our old
clothes.
We must postpone repairs and bet.
terments.
We must put Off the building of the
new house.
We must do those things only which
are Of productive value.
We mist economic on motor cars.
IN gasoline and In all forms OF fuel.
We must burn wood where possible.
II we burn coal we must sift the
ashes.
We must simplify and cheaper our
diet.
We must cut out luxuries and things
which are unnecessary.
We must have our shoes patched
and wear them as long as they will
hang together.
We must buy nothing which must
be shipped over the railroads. except
where necessary.
We must draw our supplies from the
nearest point.
We must live like misers and work
blht Alti HfHs
We must regard the smallest econ
omy as of the most tremendous i'm
portance, no matter whether we are
rich or poor.
We must save electricity.
We must spend our vacations at
home.
We must get along without hired
help except I'm case Of absolute neces-
sity or for the promotion of prOduc-
ton.
We must put nothing salable in the
garbage barrel.
We must recover from garbage
everything savable put into IT,
We must throw overheard the dead
weight OF life so that the ship may
not sink.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-09
BADGER FARM NOTES

II you will not eat pota .oes now,
when they are cheap and plentiful,
and when the grower is in danger of
actual loss on his crop, what right will
you have to complain about potato
prices next year. when the grower
turns TO some other crop In order to
make up his losses?
Fifteen years ago tuberculosis Of
chickens was unknown In this state.
Thousands of fiocks are now diseased.
Why2 Because no attention is paid
to the health OF the flocks from which
breeding birds and eggs are obtained.
Why pay money for dlseasel-E. G.
Hastings.
Local community clubs, land compa-
MES. banks and stores in Sawyer coun-
Is, united in a land clearing contest.
Cash prizes totallng 5000 and many
other premiums were offered to the
winners. The slogans for the contest
are Push Back the Brush Line" and
"Reep the Brush Piles Burning"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-09
All Sailors superstItloIa

All sailors are superstitious, but
none Is so completely under this IN
fluence as The old deep-sea fisherman.
He puts the deepest faith In signs"
and Omens Of all kinds. Nothing would
induce & skipper Of the old school to
sail on a Friday. One intrepid unbe-
lever who dared to leave the docks at
Grimsby, England, Oh Good Friday
was hooted through the lock gates by
the scandalized DOpulace. In spite of
thus challenging the fates. however, he
returned safely with ship and crew.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-09

Aunty Rose appeared. She wore a
close bonnet, trimmed very plainly.
and carried a parasol of drab silk,
Aunty Rose climbed into the creaky
old vehicle.
Are you going to be gone long?"
asked Carolyn May politely
mot more than two hours. child"
said the housekeeper Nobody will
bother you here"
mot while that dogs with her.
reckon" put in Tim, the hackman.
May / come down the road to meet
you, Aunty Rose?" asked the little
girl Il know the way to Uncle Joe's
store.
Il don't know any reason why you
can't come TO meet me-" replied Mrs.
Kennedy. Anyway. you can come
along the road as far as the first
house. You know that oneT'
Yes, ma'am. Mr.. Parlow's," said
Carolyn May.
Carolyn May went back into the
yard and sat on the front-porch steps
ana Prince. yawning unhappily. curled
down at her feet There did not
seem to be much to do at this place.
She had time now, had Carolyn May.
TO compare The Corners with the busy
Harlem streets with which she had
been familiar all her life.
Goodness me - thought Carolyn
May. startled by her own Imagination,
suppose all the folks in all these
houses around here were dead :"
They might have been for all the
human noises she heard.
Goodness me!' she said again. and
this time she jumped up, startling
Prince from his nap. Maybe there
is "a spell cast over all this place." she
went on. Let's go and see If we can
find somebody that's alive"
They went out of the yard together
and took the dusty road toward the
town.
They 5oor came in sight of the Par
low house and carpenter shop.
I'VE can't go beyond that" said
Carolyn May. "Aunty Rose told us
penter-man isn't a pleasant man."
She looked wistfully at the prem
Uses. The cottage seemed quite as
much under the spell" as had been
those dwellings at The Corners. But
from the shop came the sound of a
plane shrieking over long board.
"Oh, Princeyl" gasped Carolyn May.
II b1ieve he's making long, curly
shavings -"
If there was one thing Carolyn May
adored it was eurls.
Suddenly Mr.. Jedidiah Parlow looked
up and saw the wistful, dust-streaked
face under the black hat brim and
above the black frOck. He stared at
her for fully a minute, posing the
plane over his work. Then he put il
down and came to the door of the
shop.
You're Hannah Stages little girl,
aren't your" he asked.
''Yes. sir" she said, and sighed.
Dear me. he knew who she was right
away. There would not be any chance
of her getting a suit of long curls.
you've come here 20 live, have
your" said Mr.. Parlow slowly.
Yes, sir. You see, my papa and
mamma were lost at sea-with the
Dunraven. 1t was a mistake, guess"
sighed the little girl. for they weren't
fighting anybody. But the Dunraven
got in the way of some ships that were
fighting, in a place called the Medi-
terranean ocean, and the Dunraven
was sunk, and only a few folks were
saved from it. My papa and mamma
weren't saved"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-09

We must strip ourselves to the skin
Of everything which hampers our
movements, so chat we may win this
fight.
This nation during the next year.
must become an athlete. adjuring lux
airy, living on the plainest food, eat
ing nothing. drinking nothing, wear
ing nothing except that which VIII
make for victory.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-09
Study the Future Well.

The future contains your uncut
block of Parian marble. Beware how
Won snite IL. DO not touch 1t until
YOU have plan. an idea. 10 work
out OF II. You may so mar the mar
bic as 10 hinder the highest expression
of vour soul through II.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-09

A big potato crop is the best insur<
ance against hunger and famine.
The Irish earned the name of thel
fighting people of the woodland the,
Irish diet has often been milk and po-.
tatOes.
II your allied brother can get alongI
on short rations of wheat and Its sub
stitutes, can you get along without
wheat but plenty OF substitutes, espe-i
cially potatoes7
The more potatoes we eat, the Iessl
bread we shall need. and the more
wheat we shall be able to send to our4
armies and allies. Our supply oil
wheat -four was never lower and ev-
cry pouEd we can possibly spare Is
needed by our soldiers and our allies.
A farmer in Waukesha countyslosti
five cows, one horse and three aogsi
from rabies. a disease which is kept
alive because the dogs are allowed to-
run unmuzzled. MuzzIing the dogs will
stamp ont this disease in Wisconsin in
n few years. Why not do it?-E. G.
Hastings
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-09

1t was the fanclful idea of the Ger
mans that when the people of the
United States began TO read the long
casualty lists In the newspapers they
would at once become active opponents
of the war and demand that the Unit
ed States withdraw from II. At least
the German people were fed up on
this idea just as they were assured
that America would NOT get into the
war, could not get into the war, and
under no circumstances would our
troops he effective In the war. OF
course the effect has been Just con-
trary to what the Germans said II
would be. The casualty lists have
made people more determined than
ever to fight this war 10 a finish. We
NIL know how It makes the soldiers
feel to have their companions shot
down beside them. and in way the
American people feel the same degree
of intense hatred against the German
nation which has caused this immense
loss of life and the wounding and
manning OF so many men. The casu-
atty lists are of course a sad thing
for our people, hut they have not had
the result that the Germans claimed
for them ever since this government
entered the war.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-09
CARoLYNS SUNNY DISPOSITION BEGINS TO HAVE ITS
EFFECT UPON AUNTY ROSE.

synopssHer father and mother reported lost when the
which sailed
May Carolyns
Joseph reception
S Il
Uncle Joe dsmayd
practically penniless consigned
guardian
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-09

Don't Sell Good Cow.
It seldom pays to sell a good COW.
1t never pays TO keep a poor one.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-09

When Dame Fortune goes calling she
utterly disregards at home" dayA
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-09
BUREAUS MAY Be
MOVED ELSEWHERE
SOME OF THEM COULD BE JUST
AS WELL LOCATED IN OTHER
CITIES AS WASHINGTON.
WOULD BENEFIT THE CAPITAL
People All Over the Country Saving
Up for the Fourth Liberty Loan, the
Full Success Of Which Is As
sured
BY ARTHUR W. DUNN.

Washington.-There would no doubt
be considerable amount Of inconve-
nience If some of the bureaus in WASH
tngton were removed to other cities.
At the same time Ii seems altogether
likely that something of that kind
must be done in order to take care OF
the business If 1t is to expand as con-
stantly as 1t has In the past. Congress
is really in earnest about moving some
of these bureaus and it Is pointed out
that quite number could just as well
be located in other cities us Ia Wash
ington.
The war risk Insurance bureau I'M
der the treasury department says tnat
1900 additional clerks Will be needed
to carry on its business. There is no
Office room or housing room for these
clerks and there will not be, even with
the additional buildings that are being
erected. In many other cities 1t is
said that there is plenty of Office space
and housing space and that there is
no reason why many of these clerks
could not be taken away from Wash
ington.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-09
IT MUST BE DONE
BY HERBERT QUICK.

II MUST become a
saving, an eco
nomical, q thrifty,
a stingy nation to-
ward everything
but war.
We must 60
ragged and shah
by.
We must turn
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-09

1t Is no pleasant task to lay
taxes. People may have an idea
that the ways and means committee
and the finance committee take great
pleasure In making revenue bills for
the purpose of imposing taxation on
people. That is far from the truth. 1t
Is fact that both these committees
are most sought after by men who
want good committee positions. and II
might be assumed 1t WAS because they
took pleasure In imposing taxation.
But taxation now Is very different from
that In peace times. Government
taxes were not very heavy In the days
before the war, although there was Il
great deal of hot air expended upon
the subject of 'burdensOme taxation"
The men who are imposing the taxes
are doing II ms vital necessity; they
are performing their patriotic duty
just as others are doing in these times
of great stress and tribulation. These
immense revenue bills are burdensome,
but war is very expensive undertak-
ing. The pending revenue bill. levy
ing $4,000, 1000, 900 for one year, is many
times larger than the entire cost Of the
Civil war; and the Civil war lasted
four years and the expenditures were
spread over a very much longer period
following the war The men who have
to vote this taxation on the people
clearly understand that they are i'm.
posing heavy burdens and they are not
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-09

Carolyn learns why her uncle
and Amanda ParIow are now
so mad" that they do not speak
as they pass each other by.
Read all about it in the next
instaIIment.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-09

II has always been thought that any
activity or boom that brings lots of
money TO Gown is good thing.
washington is suffering from too much
money. There is too much money be-
ing spent in Washington. There is
more money than commodities. As a
consequence all prices have gone sky
high and it is almost impossible to
obtain labor, especially domestic labor,
while the prices paid for all kinds of
foodstuffs and clothing are from 20 to
90 per cent higher than in other cities.
The people who have TO buy, who have
to pay for all commodities, would like
to see a part of this prosperity trans
ferred 10 other cities.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-09

We have In the United States senate
what we call Shermanesque utter
ances. Lawrence Y. Sherman, whom
many men in Illinois call Larry" has
way Of getting Off almost epigram-
matte observations which have re-
ceived the designation sherman
esque." Recently in discussing the fed
eral trade commission he remarked:
ut is an incubator for United States
senators and otter Y. 'rs. Many can
0idates have bee1 hatcked In this
nest" He referred - the fact that
Joe Davies Of Wisconsin and William
j. Harris of Georgia both became candi-
dates for United States senator. Re
ferring To critics. and more particular
ly those in magazines, and other writ
ers. he said: "The less one has done
OF constructive work OF any kind in
private life, the better qualified he IL
to instruct those who have founded
and managed great undertakings"
Speaking Of the city Of Chicago, which
he praised, but which he said gave co.
600 majority against him. he gave ut
terance to this truth about politics;
"We"-he was then referring to the
downstate section Of Illlnois-"always
can figure out In the IS wards Of Chi
cago about how large the majority viii
he against any country candidate and
then we simply go out In the country
and get bigger M iority, whatever
II NAV need to be"
The upstate politicians In New York
have always worked The same game In
that great state and probably other
country districts in other sections e!so
has used the same system.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-09

Absolute confidence exists in govern
ment circles that the Fourth Liberty
Loan is going to be success. Curl
ously enough, 1t is already well known
that people who did not subscribe for
the first loan, subscribed a little for
the second, and then a larger amount
for the third, have been saving up for
the express purpose Of making lib
eral subscription for the fourth loan
From all over the country reports are
received showing that the people are
more In earnest than ever before. and
that as they see the sacrifices that are
being made In this great war, they are
more than willing to make some sacri-
fees themselves. OF course 1t costs a
vast amount of money TO carry on a
war so far distant from our shores.
but 1t is encouraging to the high Off
cials in Washington TO know that the
people are going to furnish the neces-
sary money whether II be In the shape
OF loans or taxes And just as the big
tax bill is brought out, 1t Is dawning
upon the minds Of people that they had
better invest their money In liberty
bonds rather than In tax receipts.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-09

Scott Ferris Of Oklahoma, one Of
the rising generation in congress.
made q lengthy speech on America s
Achievements in War Making" In the
house not long ago. II was red
hot political speech TOO. Ferris ac-
knowledged that there were number
of good Republicans helping to win
the war, but he implied that no matter
how fine man Republican might
be. he would improve himself BY be-
coming a Democrat. OF course the
Oklahoma congressman was under a
steady cross-fire from the Republican
side. Minority Leader Glllett, Madden
of Illinois. Longworth Of Ohio and 9TH
er Republican leaders questioning
NAVY Of his statements. Ferris f.
dul, k-witted, however. and held up
hiss end well enough 10 make his
speech good reading for bis Demo
cratic readers.
Two bills which have for months
been dragging their way through
the two branches Of congress are
SIN far from being enacted into
law and there s. wide difference of
opinion between the two houses as TO
the terms In which those bills viii
finally be drawn. More than a year
ago the senate passed q water power
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-09

A big potato crop is the best insur<
ance against hunger and famine.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-09

When that belated agricultural sur
vey bill was before the senate II was
severely criticized in many particulars.
Senator King Of Utah asserted en-
phatically that the farmers were not
asking for S2O,O00.OO0 to be spent in
sending federal clerks and commits
sions to teach them how TO farm. 1--WE
do not want that sort of thing in the
middle West today or in any of the
agricultural regions of the United
States" said the Utah senator, 'but
what we do need is men TO aid In har-
vesting and saving the crops. We
want to save the tens of thousands Of
bushels Of potatoes that rotted In the
ground last year; we want to save the
wheat that Is grown. so that It can be
manufactured into -four. In other
words, we want men to take care OF
the crops that the farmers are now
growing rather than TO tell them how
to grow crops or save their money"
The Colorado statesman., 1918-11-02
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Harrison-Baby Harrison, the IN
fant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. X. Har-
rison of 2062 Glenarm street, de-
parted this life Tuesday, october 22nd.
Interment Riverside October 25th.
Cammel & Co. in charge.
French-Lorena French, the infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. French
of 241O Champa street, departed TINS
life Tuesday, October 22nd; funeral
services Friday, October 25th. Inter
ment Riverside Cammel & Co. in
charge.
Brooks-George Brooks, who de-
parted this life october 18th at 1898
Twenty-fourth street. Funeral serv-
ices were held from Cammel & Co. S
parlors (private) Friday, October 25th.
Interment Riverside. Cammel & Co.
in charge.
Davis-Kenward Davis, the twenty
months old son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. C..
The Colorado statesman., 1918-11-02
COLORED PEOPLE HERE DO
THEIR SHARE.

Editor The Daily Record:
Last Saturday an insurance agent
from Denver told me that a colored
man had informed him that only three
colored people in Canon City had pur-
chased Liberty bonds. Now l don't
know how this colored man alluded
to, should know all about what the col
ored people of Canon City are doing
in supporting the government in the
matter of buying Liberty bonds.
Now l will speak for myself. If that
colored man and his wife have bought
more Liberty bonds than my wife and
| have, | will go with him to the bank
and put up the cash for the purchase
of the difference between us in the
amount of these securities. If l have
bought the most bonds | will expect
him to even it up with me. AS far as
! can learn the colored people of Canon
City have subscribed as literally to
Liberty bonds as their circumstances
permitted.
T. w. YEISER.
Daily Record, Canon City.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-11-02
NEWS FROM KANSAS CITY, MO.
BY Henry j. D. Sample.

Since the churches, schools and the
the influenza epidemic. the street cars
are only allowed to accommodate
twenty standing passengers; conse-
quently many of the working people
are late in the mornings to their work.
1t is a common occurrence for street
car patrons to be half an hour to one
hour late getting to their work in the
mornings.
Business in the shopping districts
has fallen off 80 per cent as result
of the epidemic. Strange to say, with
the appalling death rate, thus far no
fatalities have occurred among the
colored people of this city.
Mr.. Hobert Walker of Institute
West Virginia wishes to inform his
many friends in Denver of his sue
cess in the army training school at
his home. Both he and Theodore
johnson are students there.
Miss Melody Tomlin, the niece of
Mrs. Mable Dixons 1922 Virginia
street, Kansas City. Mo-, has been ap-
pointed as one of the teachers in the
public school at Paola, Kan. This is
Miss Tomlin's first appointment as a
teacher She is appointed to succeed
Miss Mable Vaugn. Miss Melody Tom
lin graduated in 1914 from the high
school in Kansas City, Mo. She leaves
her home highly recommended.
Miss Elsie Nix of Kansas City, Mo,
who has made her home in Colorado
Springs during the past three years
on account of her health, returned to
her former home in this city, where
she died October 22nd Miss Nix
graduated from Lincoln High school in
1914 and was an accomplished musi-
clan
The Colorado statesman., 1918-11-02
DOUGLASS UNDERTAKING CON-
PANY,S FUNERAL NOTICES.

Benjamin Walton Williams, 19 years
beloved son of Albert P. Williams,
1903 California street, departed this
life Oct. 25th. Services were held
Sunday. Oct. 27th, p. m, at Riverside
cemetery, Rev. Price officiating.
Infant of Mrs Mary Jackson, de-
parted this life Oct. oath. Funeral
notice later
Lillian May Thornton, 20 years. SIS
ter-in-law of Mrs. James B. Barbee, de-
parted this life Oct. 25th at Central
City, Colo. Services were held wed
nesday, II a. m, Oct. 3Oth, at FAR
mont cemetery, Rev. D. E. Over OIL
ciating.
Bessie Lewis, % years, beloved wife
of John r. Lewis, Pocatella, lda.'
daughter of Mrs. Pauline Wood, 27o4
Walnut street, departed this life oct
25th. Services were held p. IN.
Thursday, Oct. 81, at Riverside ceme-
terry. Rev. Price officiated.
Turner Douglass, 40 years, late OF
24061a Larimer street, departed TINS
life Oct. 29th. Funeral notice later.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-11-02
REPUBLICAN success Tuesda,
November 5, rescues us from bein
half bound, half free.
III-Timed Comment.

Dean Ingo's suggestion at Oxford
that st. Paul instructed women TO
cover their heads in church out of con-
sideration for the feelings of the an
GELS recalls Sir Henry Brackenbury's
story of that apostles limited knowl-
edge of the sex, as expounded by a
famous Brighton clergyman After de-
failing the sufferings of st. Paul by
shipwreck, Imprisonment, etc, the
preacher added, while his own wife
sat Immediately below the pulpit: ::
"But st. Paul never had the greatest
trial to which man can be submitted,
for he was never married"
The Colorado statesman., 1918-11-02
HENRY ]. .HERSEY
Republican Candidate
for
District Judge

Mr. Hersey has practiced law
in Denver for the past thirty
two years. He graduated with
honors from the Boston Univer-
sity Law School in 1856, was
married, and he and Mrs. Hersey
came at once to Denver. He was
Deputy Attorney General in
19O3-19O4 and Judge Advocate
and head of Judge Advocate Cen
erals Department in 1915-1916.
He has been engaged in much
important litigation of great pub
lie interest, for example. in 1911
he was special attorney for the
Colorado State Debt Funding
Board and won the case inVolv-
ing over $1,000. 100000 and saved
theSfinancial credit of the State.
His experience as a lawyer and
standing as man fit him for
the office of Judge and guaran-
tee absolute justice.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-11-02

Davis, departed this life at the home
of the parents, 2514 Washington street,
Friday, October 25th. Funeral serv-
ices Monday, October 2Sth. Rev. Nc
Morris officiating. Interment Fair
mont Cammel & Co. in charge.
Raglen-Miss Esther Raglen, age 27
years, departed this life Sunday, Oc-
tober 9th. Funeral services Friday,
Nov 1st, Rev. McMorris, pastor
Scott's NJ. e. church, officiating. In
terment Riverside. Cammel & Co. in
charge.