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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-02

The Censor acknowledges receipt of
a half bushel of choice state of Wash
ington apples, sent by our friend Fred
Z. Alexander. They came by express,
as fresh as if just taken from the
trees, with a favor that is exhilirat-
ing
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-02
DELIVERY of Standard Preparations

| am retailer for the city Of Viroqua
for the w. T. Rawleigh products. Par
ties desiring 10 make purchases may
call me, Phone 248. / make deliver
les alternate Saturdays, beginning
January 49, Lawrence Minshail
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-02

The Training School Committee desire to Of
Ter for sale and removal the Coe dwelling house
to b. taken away sometime before spring. APP
plieation FOR purchase should be made very
soon 20 the undersigned, member Of the build
ing committee. +. w. HAZEN.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-02
WHAT OF THE FUTURE

The year 1917 which closed yesterday at midnight was
period cOuntrys history faught with much Of con-
speculation The hard to convince
when the that country the of
entrance stupendOus the world has
known DESTROYS that should be
involved. necessity for intervention We
could NOT remain without national dshonor We could
not supney by citizens ied and drowned
their property rights disregarded While yet
trail supposedly friendly relations with Germa
n.y. plotting all Of violation of ghtsand
preparing against We in the war not because
we wished to be- would have been untrue to
ourselves patriotic godfearng peopeand to world human
ty remaining the center OF the fight,
will be in We bear the worlds burdens
may deyouty pray for the to speedily end but 1t
would coward wish except terms of national
and international We through matter
WI the sacrifice.
The year just ended although industry and call
ing has been affected wonderful
can expect that it has been exceeded
within the next But be hopeful Tor the fu-
ure The dsresses will be brought boys in
and their allies should make brave and vglant
hating reactiOnary We must do cur best
to supply the well We must be
hopeful instead of respondent
By pushing eve1y of Industry and efficiently exees
ing all powers command shall accomplish re-
suits scarcely dreamed Of
And thus the Censor urges to action man IN
every community where il eirculates Hail to 1918!
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-02

l am prepared TO buy and pay the highest
price, for all kids Of furs. Have contract
for one thousand skunk hides and viii pay ex-
ceptional prices for them. Also want beef
hides at market prices.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-02
GOOD HORSES WANTED

Your honest horse buyer, who
has been buying horses from
YOU in the past, is back again.
He wants to buy 100 Good
Geldings from 5 to ten years,
weighing from 1000 10 1000 lbs.
Do not fail to bring your draft
horses if you have any. as / want
same. VIII be at VirOqua from
January z to January II, Westby
January 3, West Prairie January
4, Coon Valley January 5.
VIII also buy mules from four
to eight years old, big or small,
if in condition. Sell your ami
mails now at high prices and save
the many dollars you would pay
for feed this winter.
A. JOSEPH.
County asylum trustees hold their
y,ar.rsEtfrr ru-ea4frros IN rIusrf SATURDAY.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-02
Please Paw Accounts

As | have disposed OF my grocery
store and am leaving the city, have
left all accounts at the Farmers Bank,
where ] desire that settlement should
be made as soon as possible.
J. w. PARKER.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-02
WHAT THE TAX IS FOR

Following is a list Of city contribu-
tors to the tax burden who pay $40
and over:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-02
GOOD WORK UNDER PRESSURE
Red Cross Results Are Encouraging
and Appreciated

At the meeting held last Friday af-
ternoon, Mrs. F, f. Morley announced
that it was impossible for her to con-
tinue as chairman of the organization
longer. The vice president, Mrs. c.
w. Graves, will serve as chairman for
the present.
We are in receipt of several letters
from boys who received our Christmas
packets, anyone wishing to read them
win find them at the rest room.
The joint aid of the Lutherans at
Readstown set good example by vot-
ing S2l.00 out of their treasury TO the
Red Cross.
Viroqua Red Cross membership
drive will be continued for a short
time. OF the 500 original members,
las have renewed their dues for 1918.
While the other names will be contin-
ued on the books until the month in
which their year expires il is desired
that the dollar for 1918 be paid in adj
vance during the campaign. In addi-
ton to these renewals 245 new mem
bers have been secured by the commit
tee in charge.
In this Lacrosse district the towns
of Galesville, Trempealeau, and West
by lead all others in proportion to pop
ulation. Westby, with population of
less than half Of that of Viroqua, has
a membership of over one thousand.
Shall we be less patriotic?
If you are already member renew.
If you are not a member, join now.
Remember that you will not be in
France when your boy needs care, but
the Red Cross will be there and will do
for him what you would like to do.
Memberships mGy he secured at the
banks. at the library, or from the COM
mittee. Ask for a button and Red
Cross flag.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-02

We are in receipt of several letters
from boys who received our Christmas
packets, anyone wishing to read them
win find them at the rest room.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-02

The joint aid of the Lutherans at
Readstown set good example by vot-
ing S21.00 out of their treasury to the
Red Cross.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-02

County asylum trustees hold their
monthly meeting on next Saturday.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28

DAILY AVERAGE PAID
AUGUST CIRCULATION.
YOUR DUTY TO THE A

ANOTHER Liberty loan campaign is in full swing today
fAIt is for the largest sum yet asked by the government
and something of sacrifice may be needed TO fill tho quota
Rich men must forego Investments yielding larger returns,
10 lend their money TO the government in greater sums than
heretofore. The poor must resort TO new economies to
enable them to loan their meager savings TO the country
Everyone Of ordinary earning capacity or more, has a
duty toward this loan, a duty to the country, which can
not be honorably neglected. The sum is not so great 1t
cannot be readily supplied, and it will be If all rally to
their countrys call
Nor need those who help lay claim to any special
patriotism. This is America, war, and every American
must help win it. This loan is one OF the weapons which
will help beat back the Hun, and save civilization from a
fate too horrible to contemplate. An Englishman, recently
come from his country which has known four years OF war,
told an American audience that it were better that all free
men should die, and that their families perish with them,
than that they should live on in a world dominated by a
triumphant Germany. Therefore, in contributing to this
loan, Americans are fighting for self-preservation, as well
as for the rights of humanity everywhere.
And. a., more is asked. more must be given than in
previous campaigns. Everyone should consider how much
he can possibly give, and not how little will satisfy the
committee. Many may double their past subscriptions,
without too great a strain, and it will be necessary for
some to do this, If the loan is to succeed. Some who have
bought no bonds before, should be able to invest on this
occasion, and this drive should roll up a larger subscription
list than any OF its predecessors, as well as to raise a
larger sum. America is getting into the war in a larger
way, and everyone here at home has friends over there
they are bound to support There are no cutters in the
army, nor men still able to fight who feel that they have
done enough. The army cannot go on without the loan,
and il America is worthy Of that army, the evidence will
Le forthcoming now.
Time /, precious and man-power important to our
cause. Therefore it is important that you subscribe
promptly, that the work OF the committees may be speeded
to the limit and the men thus engaged released as soon as
possible for other war work And remember that this
loan has much merit aside from its patriotic ana de-
iensiye service. To everyone it represents a safe and
desirable investment, and to many small investors it means
money saved which might otherwise be spent Past loans
have proved the possibility of saving to many who never
considered it before.
Subscribe then for the safety and preservation Of your
country and its honor, Tor the relief OF our gallant allies
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28

Disease brings the first check of the mobilization of
American man power. Spanish influenza and the pneu.
mcnia which so frequently follows it, have caused post
ponement Of the October draft call. 1t is not likely, how
ever, that the delay will be long The medical corps is
expanding to meet the need, and the proportion Of fatalities
is not large. Probably it will not be necessary to stop
the steady movement of troops to Europe. And, as bad as
ii is, there is the consolation that it isn't comparable to
the ravages Of disease in our armies in other wars. The
American army, in something over a year OF war, has had
the lowest death rate from disease Of any army in any
war, a rate far below the average among civilians Of SINH
lar ages, and in that record is encouragement that this
crisis will be successfully COPIED with by the medical corp,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28

The heroism Of Belgium is appreciated throughout the
allied nations, but, at this distance, it may be difficult to
understand the hardships the people Of that gallant land
endure under German rule. Clothing is so scarce that
gentle women are wearing burlap dresses. and thousands
Of the inhabitants must suffer for lack Of sufficient
raiment this winter unless Americans are generous in their
gifts OF old clothing now being collected in this country.
Next Monday is the day for Oklahoma City, and everyone
should find something in the family wardrobe which will
make life . little more endurable for that ,orely stricken
and gallant people.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28

byvvh- "
A ROAD TO FORTUNE CLOSED.

Tit able city fathers
An ordinance did frame
Which may reduce their bothers
And naughty small boys tame.
This statute just effected
Stops boys from selling junk,
From which they once collected
The shining silver PUNK.
No more may youthful shopper
Dispose OF ancient stove,
Or sell old zinc and copper
To swell his treasure troye.
No more will empty bottles
Arouse a dream OF cash,
Since law such dealing throttles
And business goes to smash.
The battered boiler bottom
And ragged rubber boot
Have lost for boys who sought EN-
Their former worth as loot,
The ban upon such trading
Was aimed at petty theft
Al youthful bandits raidlng
To take whate'er was left,
lncorrigible laddies
May thus be brought 10 book.
And made TO mind their daddies.
Or else they get the hook.
But 10 the honest shaver
Who seeks to get the dough,
And he a money saver.
This measure II a blow
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28
THE ENRApTURED COMMITTEE

from the Norman Transcript
Yea, "25" 10 the number-twenty-nye
neglected and unkept parkings along the
south end OF the once beautiful and tidy
boulevard leading right up TO the front
door Of the state university.
Sad indeed do we record the number
"25" that is making our main thorough
fare, as famous as n certain beverage
made Milwaukee Infamous.
We have always tried TO be IN optm-
LIST and see the bright side OF everything
but omit 10 so any longer. when our
thoughts turn TO the ragged end OF the
main artery Of our town. Something n
wrong. there Is n broken wheel. our
town Ia wobbllng. the machinery Is not
running smoothly. and all or account Of
twenty-five owners Of lots on the boule-
ward We can't sleep. and won't let you
sleep until they are fixed. and fixed
right
And still there Ia hope. There lie sun
shine as well as shadow. There are
bright spots that shine on the %leopardsH
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28

and the support Of our own soldiers overseas, for all that
is best and dearest in the world, and, finally, for your own
financial advantage. Oklahoma has never failed, and will
not fail now. yours for the fourth Liberty loan" means
your money, and not your cheers or good wishes alone.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28

Those members Of the French foreign legion here today
belong to one Of the worlds greatest fighting units. 1t has
won laurel, in many wars in many lands, and in the
present conflict has gloriously sustained those fine ira
ditiohS Oklahoma City is highly honored by this visit
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28

Germans are blamed for introducing Spanish influenza
into this country. Just how much evidence there is to
that effect is uncertain. but there is no doubt that such a
plan would accord pretty well with the fighting rules OF
German kuitur.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28

NM% Hmec H.
TWENTY Yeafs Aso.
BY BRIC(

Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Morgan Of Per,
arg in the city visiting friends.
Mrs. Frank Harrah has returned fro|
a visit in Galesburg, III.
Three thousand persons attended N
opening OF the new store Of Gersd
brothers on Main street last evening.
Mrs. A. J. Henthorn returned III
evening from a visit in Kansas Gu
Mo. \
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28

Now that the work or fight regulations are being
taken seriously, there are very few who find time to go
to jail, the police report These must be rather dull days
for Satan, whose life work is finding mishcief for idle
hands.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28

Possibly it is true, as minated in the dispatches, that
they are bringing order out of chaos in Russia, but they
have quite a long way TO bring it,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28

With Uncle Sam running the colleges this year.
shoulder straps may seem fully as important as a Greek
letter frat.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28

Germany admits a readiness for peace, but doesn't
seem to understand how to get it, but the MisSourians and
other allied troops are busy showing her
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28

An indicted l. w W, at Wichita tried to commit
suicide, and couldn't even make a success at that Out
side of creating a disturbance, the l. W w does nothing
effectively Does nothing is right.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28

The apple crop is now coming in
more a%bundantly, and the time is near,
we hope family, when a poor nan can
live up 10 that ancient saw which says
an apple a day keeps the doctor away
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28

William Madison Hicks asks a new trial, but what
Hicks asks has very little bearing on what he is going
to get.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28

The world should and will admire the game manner
in which those drouth- stricken counties accept their loan
quotas. The spirit which holds up in the face of ad-
versity is the spirit which wins.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28

There is some talk that Rumania may get into the war
again, and it is hoped she will get in farther than she did
before.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28

The war department has issued an or
der enabling colored nurses registered
by the Red Cross to render service for
their own race in the army.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28
Fifteen Years AGO.

Futssu hoAfu NV
Miss Sue Belle Graves who has bed
spending the summer in the east and m
past two weeks in Kansas City, Nd
arrived in the city yesterday and Is I
the home Of her sister, Mrs. John 4
Reck.
w. z. Wilson OF thi, city and Nil
Mile NJ. Turner OF Winfield, Kad
were married by Rev Best OF Winfield
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whit N. Grant vii
celebrate their silver wedding with
large party on the evening Of the mint
at their lovely Riverside home.
Ten Years Ago.
Mrs Robert Walker Is entertaining
Miss Edna O'Neill OF Paris, Texas
A. N. Wyeoff has just returned iroa
a three weeks trip in western Okla
homa.
Harry Clegern OF Chicago. fcrmerl
a residen, Of Oklahoma City, is spend
ing a few days in the city. He ex
presses the belief that general condition
here are better than those prevailing Il
Chicago.
Mrs. L. p. Poole, accompanied BY he
mother left yesterday for Los Angelo
where she will remain several weeks.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28

Which reminds US hat our young hope
iul, who hates onions. revised the apple
couplet in this fashion AN onion a
day keeps everybody away" The meter
is faulty but it carries the punch" so
sought after by many modern writers.
There are also those who dem
onstrate their financial judgment
by going broke buying bargains.
The mere fact that furniture has in
creased in cost l0S.7S percent in the
past four years will not discourage the
Young couple contemplating matrimony.
Neither will anything else, until they
try il.
Merchants are warned they must save
wrapping paper, or face a shortage.
And that we should say, will be the
simplest sort OF conservation, the pack
ages being so ymall here lately.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28
NPgMaaaB'
AUTUMN DAYs.

THE leaves will soon be falling
down, regardless Of the cost the
grass will soon be turning brown
nipped by the eager frost. The lovely
flowers will hear their knell when frost
CLEANS on the lawn, and soon the fiies
we love so well will all be dead and
gone. All whiting are the gorgeous
plant. that lately eraced the soii, and
soon the chiggers and the ants will cease
their u0ful toll The summers zone.
the autumn's here, and 0 gee Win,
how soon, we'll see the passing Of M
year, with church bells alf IN tune. Sine
day from arctic wastes thsre1i fdA
blizzard wearing bells, and scores Of
folks will rush for coal, 10 where tks
dealer dwells. SSeud ia nine poundi Of
COAL they'll cry, Regardless Of the
prieel Our aunts and children ffesse
and die, our shscks are cold a icslr~
And then the dealer, honest scui. ~
cry, "Gadfooks, odsbloodi I am entirely
out OF coal, and 80 your name 10 MUD
Fqr. months, lfs ~srieycus 70 relate, H.
dealers begged In vain. that YOU would
buy. your winter SLATE while slate you
could obtain. The government backed
up our spiel. and begged YOU, Buy youe
coal and now the dealer does not 1ool
he has no goods to dole The wtoox
time will loon be sent. III storns
soon begin, and sad will be Ire IRE
gent who has an empty bin. M,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28

In one year Civil war veterans at a
soldiers home in Vineland. N. ], con-
tributed nearly $1,000 to Liberty loans,
Red Cross. Y. NJ c. A., Knights OF
Columbus and the war chest. The wom-
en- knitted 228 garments for the Red
Cross.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28

The capital issues committee breaks
a few speed limits, and, II one except
the enterprlsing meters, neither does
the gas company. Buy your coal now
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28

back. They are the spots where slack
erH do not live. They are the spots that
are well kept and lift US up TO higher
ideals and point the way 10 a better
civilization. Fight on, struggle on. and
Norman will yet be redeemed from the
tendency TO retrosrade. Lawn mowers
and more mowers will win the day.
THE CIVIC COMMITTEE.
II may further cheer those Norman
citizens, so entraneed with identifying
the landscape, to learn tina, a Dewey
county Mennonite farmer, in jail for
failure to register, has had his whis-
kers trimmed for the first time in his
forty-two years OF life.
Hints that the skipper Of this gal
ley Of gsiety might have to sbsn-
don the bridge to some female Of
the species, while be turned to
sterner tasks, should interest Witty
women to the extent Of submitting
samples. II enough respond, veil
have Q column by women only some
day, and all the men would read
that.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28

A. N. Wyeoff has just returned ifcs
a three weeks trip in western Okla
homa.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28
Ten Year, Ago.

Mrs. Robert Walker Is entertaini
Miss Edna 0'Neill OF Paris, Texas.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-28

Mrs. L. p. Poole, accompanied BY hs@
mother left yesterday for Los Aneelsl
where she will remain several weeks.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-05-10

The fire which destroyed the hotel.
town hall and fine residence in
Townshcnd Saturday morning calls at
tention again to two ways in which
fire losses may be figured. All of the
buildings now in ashes were in excel
lent condition and were built at time
when materials and labor cost far less
than at present. At first thought per
son i'll figuring out the loss would say
that the buildings cost certain sums,
naming the exact amounts expended in
constructing them. But there is more
to the loss than this and you get it by
asking GLOW much will it cost to re-
place the buildings?' The expense in
putting back buildings duplicating
those burned at Townshend would be
more than 80 per cent above their ac-
tual cost of construction. Here is where
the trouble comes in, particularly with
the hotel, which was of so great a value
to the community. The Phoenix is
not trying to boom the fire insurance
business, but in view of the fact that
many buildings now in regular use
could not be replaced for anything like
their estimated value their owners to
be properly protected ought to carry
larger insurance policies than at pres
emit
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-05-10

agement. Many Of the railroads had
reached their limit and were facing
bankruptcy when the government
stepped into possession. Advances to
railroad workers in wages amounting to
$2jO,000,000 are expected to be made
within n short time The rates must
be advanced or the government must
take money raised through the usual
channels and dump it into the railroads.
And in the meantime curtailment of
service continues. Many of the trans
continental trains are to be taken off
at an early date. This is time when
the first call to the railroads is for the
transportation of soldiers, munitions,
food and fuel
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-05-10

Henry b. Endicott, one Of the big
gcst men in the shoe business of the
country, who has been making notable
record as food administrator in Massa-
chusetts, has been mentioned so often
as good man to make governor that
he has been forced to come out with a
positive declaration that under no con
dition will he be n candidate. lie says
he has no time or inclination for pub
lie Office. Freedom of ambition of this
sort is not very common character
istic among men who have been much
in the public eye.