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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-03-21

mer, but don't think I'll be here then
Don't know how long we will be here,
or where we will go from here, but
there is a whole lot of talk that we
will be going to France in two or
three weeks Of course, we will have
to get a physical examination first,
and perhaps ] wouldn't pass that.
Well I'll write more next time, so
goodbye. ERNEST.
Casualty Detachment,
9th Fld. Signal. Bin Camp Morse.
Leon Springs, Texas.
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following from her brother Victor who
is at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas:
March II, 1918.
Dear Myrtle:
Received your mail this afternoon
and sure was glad to get it. Our mail
is slow in coming, and / wonder if we
receive it all Tell everybody that
writes to us to put his address on the
outside so in case we don't receive it,
it will be returned.
AS I told you before, we have been
assigned to a battalion now, and if we
make good we will go over the sea
with them. The first battalion has
we will 60 It may be a month or it
may be six We have classes now
part of the day, and drill the rest
| received a trench mirror, razor and
father brush from the United States.
They give a fellow almost everything
he will need until we are fully equip
ped.
The battalion we are in is selected
bunch of men, men that have had a
good position and know what RESPONSE
bility means One fellow or our squad
was kicked out today. 1 intend to
work hard and make good. | was
down to the city of LeavenwOrth last
Saturday night. Rob and [ went to
the show and around town for couple
Of hours. Leavenworth has a popula-
ton of about 10000, and it is about
half mile from our cantonment. We
were over to the federal prison Sun
Cay morning. Say, folks, but it is a
wonderful place They have about
1649 men locked up there now. Ev-
erything is made Of marble, brick and
steel
We hape supper at 5:15 and after
that we are free until $50, so that
gives us time to write home or go up
town if we wish TO- Every mail that
comes in we look for news from home
and if lucky we make haste to open
the letters. I wish that you would
have my fountain pen fixed and send
it to me, as I could use it now. We
are learning the wireless code now,
and have all kinds Of experiences.
have my second uniform now and
most all of my equipment, except the
pistol, which we will receive a little
later.
Well, folks, we are we'll and happy.
We have plenty to eat and sleep warm,
for I have three warm wool blankets
and a cot with a straw mattress.
Everything we own in the world we
carry on our backs, even our beds and
dishes. Our dishes consist of a pan,
cup, knife, fork and a SPOON Each
person has to wash his own dishes.
The floor in the barracks in which
we are now is Of ground and well
oiled. Rob and are in the same COM
pany, but Mr. Stevens was moved to
Co. A, and ours is Co. B. of the End
Depot battalion.
Say, you can send me about six
brown Iandkerchiefs-t white ones
dirty too easy, and have my own
washing to do. The wind is blowing
something fierce. It is just Kansas
wind. I saw a meadowlark yesterday
and a couple of robins. Spring is On
the way and it seems good.
Hoping to hear soon, am,
VICTOR r. SCHAEFER.
Co. B End Depot battalion, S. G.
Fort LeavenwOrth, Kan.
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George Martiny to France Soon

George Martiny, who has been sta
toned with the aviation corps at Ran
tout, ILL.,, spent Saturday and Sunday
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. A.
Martiny He expects to leave soon
for France L. P. Martiny Of Chip
pewa Falls came Sunday to spend the
day with his brother
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RedCroSsNofeS

La Vale and Buckwheat Valley
branches of Sank County chapter,
American Red Cross, again showed
their loyalty to the American cause
last Saturday. The two branches had
planned a joint roundup, before they
knew that the weather man had up
his sleeve for that day, but the worst
blizzard of the season did not feaze
them They had big dinner at the
union church, after which large
amount of stuff was sold at auction.
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Letters From Baraboo Boy

Mrs. E. T. Ross has received the fol-
lowing letters from her brother, Earl
Veerhusen, which were forwarded her
from her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. j.
Martyr, of Milwaukee:
February ~, 1918.
MY Dear Folks:
I have arrived in England and am
feeling fine. The weather is very wet
but not as wet here as in Ireland.
The people here are very nice; they
try to do everything they can to make
US comfortable.
You can sure tell that war is going
on here. You never see a man unless
he has a uniform on. There are not
MANY British soldiers here now, be-
cause they are away in France or
some other place fighting. Yesterday
we saw a woman who was fireman on
our train here to camp. They do all
the work which they can possibly do.
Young boys and women do the mems
work. and the young girls and 9 stay
at home and do the work and tend to
the babies. / don't know how long
we will be at this camp, but | would
like to stay here a long while, it is so
nice. I never saw such beautiful seem
cry as saw yesterday-gre big hills
with green grass and cattle and sheep
grazing upon them. The farmers are
getting their fields ready to plant. Ev-
erything looks fine. We don't hear as
much news about the war as you peo-
ple do in the states. Twice on our
way we were given hot coffee and
cakes. While we were in Ireland all
we got was tea, and big bowl of it
four or five times a day. The people
are sure glad to see American soldiers.
We were the first American soldiers in
ireland and they wanted to know what
America looks like. AS soon as we
get paid l am going to have a small
picture taken and will send them
home.
You write as often as you can; you
know we can't because they can't
bother with so much mail. | will
write again in a few days.
/ remain, your son,
CPL. EARL VEERHUSEN.
Truck Co. E, 10th Supply Train.
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The Second Letter
NV Dear Folks:
February Is.

My Dear Folks:
l am feeling fine today but the
weather is cloudy and about to rain
most any moment. They told us to-
day that they would get some of our
mail in a week or so. l hope so, be-
cause I am very anxious to know how
you all are at home.
Our payrolls were lost when the
boat was sunk, but guess they are go
ing to try and give us two pounds I'M
till we get paid so we can buy the
things we want. But we have not
seen anything Of it yet.
Today we posted in parade before
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George Hattie Safe

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hattie have
received letter from their son, George
Hattie, who was on the Tuscania
that he is we'll and safe. He says he
had to slide down rope into the
ocean when the boat was torpedoed
He also states that he lost everything
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Letter From A. II. Thaycr

Mrs. W. H. Cole Of Delton has re-
ceived the following letter from her
brother, Sergeant A. H. Thayer: =
Somewhere Abroad.
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Letter From Victor Schaefer

Myrtle Schaefer has received the
following from her brother Victor, who
is at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas:
March II, 1918
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CPL. EARL VEERHUSEN.
Truck Co. E, 10th Supply Train.
American E. F., O. M. G..
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-03-21

The following letter is from William
Smith, known here by his many
friends as William Wallucks, who is
with the Canadian army stationed at
Kent, England:
West Sanding Camp, Kent, Eng.
February II, 1918.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01
STATE NINE ROYALTIES.

Royalties on ore from the state
owned mines will exceed $1,000,000
this year for the first time, State
Auditor ]. A. o. Preus announced,
after listing approximately $550,00O
of revenue from that source for the
three months period just ended.
Importance of Minnesota's output
of iron ore to the prosecution of the
war is shown by the prediction that
nearly 100000 tons will be shipped
before the end of the season from
state mines, exclusive of private min
eral properties.
Twenty-Five state owned mines
made up the shipping list for the
quarter.
Royalties are turned into the state
school trust funds, except those from
the Majorca, near Coleraine, total
ing $38, 548.30 for the past three
months which revert to the state uni
versity fund.
Auditor Preus announced exhaus-
ton of the state mine, Madeira, near
Hibbing and cancellation of the lease
held by R. B. Whiteside and associ-
ates.
The mine was comparatively
small one and yielded only 10000
tons of ore during its life.
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MUST CUT
DOWN LIGHT.
ELY CITIZENS MUST CURTAIL
USE OF ELECTRICITY TO
SAVE FUEL.

Orders issued by Mayor Knutson
Tuesday were to the effect that in or
der to save coal at the city plant,
people must be more conservative in
the use of lights. These orders
were issued in response to a request
made by the United States Fuel Ad-
ministrator and should be followed
out by every user of electricity in the
city. The white way lights have
been cut out to the extent of so per
cent all over the city and other sa-
wings on the part of the city are no.
ticeable.
The orders issued Tuesday are:
/. That no lights shall be used for
Illuminating or displaying advertise
ments, announcements or signs, or
for external illumination of any
building.
2. That the use of lights for i'll
uminating or displaying any shop
windows, store windows or any signs
in show windows shall be entirely dis
continued.
There are penalties for the viola
tions of these orders as issued by the
fuel administration.
In addition to the above it is re-
quested that all domestic consumers
be as saving in the use of the light
and power as possible, and to turn off
lights not actually needed, in order
to conserve fuel. One light alone is
a small item, but the saving from one
or more lights in each household
when the entire city is saving, is con-
siderable. You may figure that you
are paying for it but remember that
each light saved, which means that
much more towards winning the war.
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MUST OBEY THE RULE.

State Food Administrator Wilson
has sent out a letter in which he says
positively that dealers who refuse to
live up to the new rule as to deliver
les of goods and do not sell goods at
the prices fixed by the local food COM
mittee, will be denied all licensed
goods. This would mean that all
bucking dealers would have no sugar,
-four and other articles, and would
virtually put out of business. There
have been rumors that there is a
disposition upon the part of some to
refuse to accede to the new regula-
ton. The letter in question was writ
ten to Hibbing man, and the news
from st. Paul is to the effect that the
new order will be enforced to the
letter.
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FLU" FATAL
TO MANY.
EPIDEMIC. TAKES HEAVY TOLL
IN THIS CITY-MOSTLY
GROWN--UPS.

After announcing the death Of
nine victims of the Spanish Influen
"a plague which is now sweeping the
country in these columns last week
we were in hopes that the epidemic
had spent its fury. These hopes
were shattered early in the week
when it was found that the ailment
was spreading at alarming strides, as
high as 600 cases being reported at
one time.
The mines of the city have been
up against it and Friday and Sat-
urday of last week it was reported
that over thirty per cent of the forces
employed were sick. Not only were
the mines affected but business
of all kinds was at practically stand
still.
The ailment seemed to hit Ely
harder than it has at other places
although the death rate wherever
the plague has gained foothold has
been enormous. In the state, st.
Cloud seems to have been the hard
est hit. The Mesaba range towns re-
port several deaths each day follow
ing the influenza trail and the large
cities have been hit hard.
The Board of Health has held
several meetings this week and mea-
sures have been taken to combat the
disease. The city council in coop
GRAFTON with the health officials have
made a survey of every house in the
city to see what is needed the very
most. Some deplorable conditions
have been found mostly due to lack
of help. Measures will be taken at
once to relieve the distress, the city
having appointed committee for
that purpose and are employing a
force Of people to help out.
Drs. Parker and Sutherland have
been kept on the jump day and night
and they have been assisted by DR..
Stanley of Section Thirty and DIR.
Metcalf of Winton. They have been
making on an average of 100 calls
at the homes of patients daily besides
attending to hundreds more at the
hospital. Deaths have occurred
daily and the undertakes have been
put to their wits end to give the vic
tins proper burial. All funerals are
private. Funerals had to be delayed
on account of the scarcity of labor
for digging graves.
Health Officer Parker reports
falling off in new cases and it is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01
"FLU" SERUMS
and vAcCINES,
AMERICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL
SAYS OFFICIALLY THERE
ARE NONE.

The "fu" epidemic in this city has
brought out much comment on the
Board of Health and the question
has been frequently asked ''why
don't they get the vaecines here for
the prevention" All the reputable
physicians of the country have stated
that no serum or vaccine exists, also
that, so far, the causes of the ep-
idemic have not been discovered.
The following editorial taken from
the American Medical Association
Journal is timely just now. The
Journal among other things says:
"With respect to serums and vac
cines in influenza, there are certain
simple facts and considerations that
physicians will do well to keep in
mind at this time. The main point
to keep always in sight is that un-
fortunately we as yet have no specific
serum or other specific means for the
cure of influenza, and no specific
vaccine or vaccines for its proven
ton. Such is the fact, all claims and
propogandist statements in the news
papers and elsewhere to the contrary
notwithstanding. This being the
case, efforts at treatment and pre-
vention by serums and vaccines, now
hurriedly undertaken, are simply ex-
periments in a new field, and the
true value of the results cannot be
predicted by any one. Indeed, the
exact results can be determined if at
all only after time, in most cases
probably not until the epidemic is
past and all the returns fully can
vassed. Consequently the physician
must keep his head level and not al
low himself to be led into making
more promises than the facts war
rant. This warning applies especially
to health officers in their public re-
lations.
"How slender the basis for this
anti-infuenzal vaccination when it is
considered. that the real nature of in
fiuenza is still unknown. In any
event it will require many carefully
elaborated and controlled observa-
tions before anything definite may be
learned in regard to the effect 9 Of
these vaccines, and it is probably
safe to say that nothing on which to
rely in the future can be learned
from the indiscriminate vaccination
NOW going on. There is, therefore,
no basis upon which promise of pro?
lection from vaccines may be made
They may be harmless, and they may
or may not be of preventive value
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seriously hoped that the epidemic
has been mastered.

seriously hoped That the eploeml'
has been mastered.
Rules are being printed in severa
languages and distributed among the
people by the Board of Health ane
the ladies of the Red Cross have be-
gun the manufacture of masks to be
worn by those who have occasion tc
come in contact with the disease
All public gatherings have been pro.
hibited and visiting among neighbors
is frowned upon.
Long List of Deaths.
Mike Usheff, of the Vienna bakery
died Sunday after an illness of ten
days. He was 81 years of age, a
single man with relatives in Bulgaria
The funeral was held Monday, Rev.
Father Jershe officiating.
Mike Uranker, 81 years of age,
died Monday morning early and was
borne to the grave the same after
noon. He was single man with rel
atives in the old country. Rev.
Father Jershe conducted the funeral.
Esther Elise Hyvarinen, aged 27
years, a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hyvarinen, died Monday after
a three day illness. The young lady
was born in Helsingfors, Finland and
has resided here with her parents for
the past fifteen years. She was a
graduate of the Ely schools and had
many friends who deeply regret her
passing. Rev. Koivumaki conducted
the funeral Tuesday.
George Kattilius died late Friday
night and was buried Saturday. He
was 81 years of age and is survived
by a widow and three children. Rev.
Ruotsolainen conducted the funeral.
Mrs. Eli Beckman, died Tuesday
after a short illness. She was about
80 years of age and leaves husband
and two children. Rev. Koivumaki
conducted the funeral which was
held Wednesday.
Hjalmar Maxi, a miner, died Tues
day and was buried Wednesday, Rev.
Ruotsolainen conducting the funeral.
He was "a years of age and leaves
relatives in Finland.
Leo Cvitkovich, aged 80, died Tues
day of complications following the
"f1u." The funeral took place on
Wednesday, Rev. Jershe having
charge.
Louis Holm, 35 years of age and
a native of Finland, died Tuesday af-
ter short illness. He was buried the
following day, Rev. Ruotsolainen
officiating.
John Kusnak, who has made his
home in this city for several years,
died Wednesday. The funeral took
place yesterday, Rev. Jershe having
charge. He leaves a widow and a
family of four children residing in
the Zenith Location.
John E. Cosgrove, popular and
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respected citizen was called Wednes
day following a short illness. He
leaves widow and three children
The remains were sent to Centuria
Wisconsin, yesterday morning where
interment will take place in the Cos,
grove family lot. John Cosgrove has
resided in this city for many years
and at one time was city treasurer
and has held other offices. He was
popular employee of the Pioneer
office force and his passing is regret
ted by large number of friends.
The bereaved family have the SYM
pathy of the community.
Joseph Turk, died Wednesday after
short illness. He was % years of
age and leaves wife and family.
Rev. Father Jershe conducted the
funeral yesterday.
John Smuk, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Smuk, died Wednesday after
short illness. He was 20 years of
age and has resided in this city al
most since birth having attended the
Ely schools. His death is mourned
by host of friends. 1t was only a
few weeks ago that the announce
ment of the death from wounds of
Matt Smuk an older brother was re-
ceived from France. Joseph Smuk,
~o4Lo,. hro&ba,. 20 -, tho oy.y,ou in
France at the present time. The
surviving parents have the sympathy
of the city in their bereavement. The
funeral took place yesterday.
John Prijatelj, Jr., eldest son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Prijatelj, died yes
terday after a short illness. The flu
neral took place today, Rev. Jershe
conducting the same.
Louis, the II months old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dom. Mestnik, died
Wednesday night and was buried yes
terday. At about the time the baby
was laid in the grave the mother sue
cumbed. She will be buried today.
The hard hit husband and father
has the sympathy of a host Of
friends.
Louis Bernhart, the three year old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Laitinen,
died yesterday and will be buried
today. Rev. Ruotsolainen will con-
duct the funeral.
Jack Hendrickson died yesterday
after short illness. He leaves a
sister in this city. He was AZ years
of age. The funeral will be held to-
morrow, Rev. Ruotsolainen officia-
ting.
Charles Saari, aged 46 years died
yesterday. He leaves wife and a
family here. The funeral takes
place today, Rev. Koivumaki con-
Quoting the same.
Joe Kernes, aged 46 years died
yesterday and will be buried today
by Rev. Jershe. He leaves wife and
family and has been a resident here
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01
HAS MOVED.

Mrs. C. A. Nutter, accompanied by
her mother, Mrs. P. Soften, left Sat
urday for Duluth where they will re-
main until Mr.. Nutter, who left Tues
day for Medford, Oregon, with the
furniture, gets things in shape at the
new home. The Nutter family leave
the city for the west with the well
wishes of host of friends and neigh
bors. Mr.. Nutter has been city en-
gineer since coming here several
years ago. He was also prominent in
public and civic affairs. He resigned
his first ieutenancy in the Ely Home
Guards at the last meeting. His sue
.cessor has not as yet been named.
They will be missed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01

The family of Supt. Pierce who is
looking after the interests Of several
fee owners in this city, arrived from
Hibbing and have taken up their res
idence in the Nutter home on Har-
vey street. The household effects
Of the family were moved here Sum
day from Hibbing by motor truck.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01
BUSY WITH oUEsTIoNAIREs

Over 500 questionaires are being
mailed this week by the local board
of District No. 3. These are the bal.
ance of the questionaires on the
September registration. About coo
had been mailed before to the 18 to
SO year old registrants. Out Of the
first list sent out some 100 were
placed in Class l. It is expected
that from this number there will be
available 80 or 90 for military duty
and subject to call.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01

outfits represented money value Of
about $1,000 each besides the work
put thereon. Ely had been allot-
ted total of Is orphans and at pres
ent there are 27 being taken care of
by Ely people.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01
ORPHANS GET OUTFITS.

The Ladies Aid Society of the
Presbyterian Church this week sent
to France tive complete outfits of
made up clothing for the war or
phans adopted by the society. These
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01
WOODS VISITED NEAR HERE.


Game Warden G. E. Wood, on COM
plant of Ely sportsmen, visited that
section Sunday, and came back with
ten seized guns and with two prison
ers.
The warden's information was that
the section crew at the McComber
mine was making it a business to kill
deer at every opportunity, and the
facts discovered seem to warrant the
charge. At the section house Wood
found two deer carcasses and arrest
ed the foreman, r. Korhanen and
Henry Nicholson. When he brought
them before Justice Millbrook in BIZ
wabik they pleaded guilty and were
fined $50 each, besides being re-
quired to pay costs amounting to
$3.50 each. They lost their guns
and the deer meat.
Eight other men lost their guns
and will be brought in as soon as pos
sible. 1t is claimed that Wood has a
case against each of them, and that
they will likely pay fines amounting
] to about $50 each. All the men, it
! is claimed, have been doing their
hunting on the national forest re-
serve, a game refuge. This forest
reserve is the big breeding ground OF
this section, and should not be in.
vaded by hunters.-Biwabik Times
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01

JOS. Fleming was in Tower SUM-
day having driven down with the r.
d. Lyman family who were visiting
friends there.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01

Warden Wood and Deputies Tabor
and Kreager were also in this vicin-
ity last Sunday but we cannot say
whether anyone was nipped or not.
People who have occasion to travel
the woods complain of the large num-
Der of cartridges being shot, although
the season on these birds will not be
open for a year or more. It is to be
hoped that some of these bird soon
ers will be caught. The closed sea-
son on cartridges has been the sal
walton of the birds in this country
and they should not be destroyed.