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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13
CLEVELAND CITY OF MONEY
From, This Little Story 1t Would Seem
There Are Some Plutocrats in
the Ohio Metropolis.

A New York hotel manager just
back from a Western trip declares that
the high cost of living is not confined
to New York when it comes to dining
out. occasionally we hear a bleat
from some one who has been nicked to
the war tune in the region of the bright
lights" said the manager, ''but let me
tell you there are many tortured cries
elsewhere. Cleveland has the jump on
most of the high cost of things along
the gustatory route. In looking over
the bill of fare at one of the big hO-
tells there I noticed one special dish
was emphasized in black letters. 1t
was Philadelphia capon, for which
$3.50 was asked for single portion.
I much prefer just plain chicken, but
if this capon thing was the caper,
why I was willing to go the route.
The head waiter was alphabetically
apologize. I'm sorry, sir; but the
last portion has just been served.
We've had a phenomenal run on the
capon. In the present plenitude of
money in Cleveland I do not doubt
that there would be ravening run on
Philadelphia capon if it were offered
at $40 portion. 1t is relentless ap-
petite that will not be denied"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13
Heroism That Is Real.

For heroism when the engine room
of his ship was filled with live steam.
Niels Anderson, chief machinist's mate,
United States navy, has been given
official commendation. The act oc-
Cured when the exhaust lines Of the
steering engine were carried away by
the breaking of the tiller, causing the
engine room to fill with steam. With
out hesitation Anderson went down a
ladder to the compartment, but was
driven back. Again he made two more
attempts. The third was successful,
and, cropping his way through the
cloud of steam, he cut it off. Ander-
son enlisted in the navy at Norfolk,
Va, in April, 1893, giving as his home
address 2420 South Broad street,
Philadelphia.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13
Fix the Furnace Now.

The prudent man will have his fur
mace put in thorough order at the pres
ent time. Letting it go till fall would
be rash at time when labor is so
scarce as now and when there are sure
to be SO many other people anxious to
have their furnaces put in order.
There was considerable complaint last
winter of the quality of some of the
coal, which was explained by the sto-
ries received from the mining regions
of the working over of heaps at the
pit heads, some of which represented
the accumulation of many years. This
winter the coal may contain fewer
impurities, but necessity for getting
the greatest possible return in service
for every pound burned will be obvi-
Gus in view of the rule that consumers
are allowed to purchase only a per-
centage of the total amount they used
for heating their houses. a year ago.
A furnace that is out of order will
waste a great deal of coal. No one
can afford to have that sort of thing
going on at the present time.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13
A People Without a Church.

Who would want to live in COM
munity without church? Explorers
tell US they can find nowhere on the
earth tribe of people without church
of some kind. We can do without sa-
looms, but who would risk the expert
ment of bringing up child beyond the
shadow of influence of church?
In these strenuous war times, Presi-
dent Wilson feels keenly the need of
the people for spiritual inspiration and
comfort, and counsels the churches,
whatever you do, keep the forces of
the church at high spiritual tide.
The Fulton Congregational church
seeks to follow program that not only
ministers to the religious needs Of the
community, but also to its intellectual
and social needs. 1t has well equip
ped hall which is available for all sorts
of wholesome amusements and recre-
alton.
1t has forum where from time to
time men of prominence discuss vital
social problems. Richard Lloyd Jones,
Rev. S. ]. Bowling. chaplain of the
state prison, and Miss A. M. Marlatt
of the state university have lately ap-
peared on its platform.
Besides this social service, the church
has fostered lyceum course, not as a
money making proposition, but offered
at bare cost, some of the finest literary
and musical talent of the country.
Moreover, the church's influence is
not localized in it's own little commun-
ity, but in the past year has contribut-
ed about $500 to war welfare work and
the needs of the suffering and starving
the world The church
stands ready to act as your agent and
servant.
1t is now planning a financial cam
paign for Sunday, Sept. 10Th, when in
the afternoon all constituents will be
given the privilege to guarantee it's
support for the year Dec. 1918-1919.
Think it over again! What would a
community be without church?
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13
Official Proceedings of Rock County
A. Council of Defense
Sentemhpr g. 1913

Meeting called to order by Presi-
dent Mcintosh.
A roll call showed the following
members present: Andrew Mcintosh
q. P. Devine, Richard T. Curran, Au-
gust Ratzlaff, George w. Doty, Jas.
M. Conway, w. F. Mabbett, Van
Ness Green, FL. B. Knapp, August
DalImann, Henry F. Willie and c. A.
Hoen.
The following members were ex-
cused from attending: T. B. Earle,
and w. F. Strausberg.
The absent member was Charles
Stark.
The minutes of last meeting ap-
proved as read.
Motion made and carried that this
Council of Defense invite the coop
Grafton of the official heads of the
different organizations of this city,
such as religious, fraternal, benevo-
lent and civic, by requesting to sub
nit for consideration, the names of
ten members, to the end, that COM
mittee may be formed for the pur-
pose of selling bonds of the Fourth
Liberty Loan, and to aid in perform
ing such other duties in connection
Herewith, as may be found neces-
sary.
Motion made and carried that this
Council of Defense, adopt the motion
passed by the Executive Committee
of the Rock County Council of De-
tense reading as follows:
That it be the sense of this Coun-
ell of Defense in meeting assembled
that members of it absent from any
one meeting, give in writing reasons
therefore, and upon failure to attend,
two successive meetings, without pro-
viding satisfactory reason, such per-
son ceases automatically to be mem
Der.
Motion made and carried that the
committee on publicity, be herewith
authorized to arranged with the pro-
prietor of the Lyric Theatre, for dis
playing weekly, the moving war pic
lures provided by the U. S. Govern
ment, through the Committee on
Public Information, and that the net
proceeds be donated to the Red Cross.
Motion made and carried that this
meeting adjourn at two-thirty at Ii
brary Hall Sunday, September IA,
1918.
C. A. Hoen, Secretary.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13

A COMPARISON of the reports of our
treasury department with recently is
sued British financial statements shows
that America is already spending so
per cent more than Great Britain on
the war The war outgo for July was
81, sos, 900, 900, or more than $4,000, 900
each hour. Thus we have come to a
yearly rate of $18, 900, 900, 900; but each
month shows an increase over preced-
ing months, and the year 1919 is ex-
pected to need S24, 100000 $1,000, not
counting between five and six billion
dollars that will be appropriated for
that year but covered by future con-
tracts. Although we are going so
much faster than Great Britain, and
at constantly accelerated rate, our
total war debt is as yet only about one
third as large as Great Britain's, ow-
ing to Americas shorter period of war
effort SIP, 500, 900, 900 as against $780,
900, 900, 900.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13
THOSE THIN, HARD YANKEES
Typical of Race of Whom 1t Has
Been Said They Shall inherit
the Earth.

Recently we sat in refreshment
room of a railroad station cOnversing
casually with a foreign officer. Sud-
denly tall men in olive drab began to
come in by groups to wash up. They
were on their way. The officer, though
he tried to go on talking, couldn't keep
his eyes off the men, and his responses
became more and more absent as they
continued to crowd in.
ssMy God!' he exclaimed, "Where
do they come from?"
Then we looked at them. Not one
seemed less than six feet tall. They
were a thin, hard, big-fsted, crag-
faced lot of men, the color of new
bronze, each with two deep lines
around the mouth, gentle with each
other, speaking softly, but certainly
the most formidable German killers
you could find in all the world. We
should not have noticed them partic-
ularly but for the officers dazed ape
probation.
"They are probably from somewhere
in the mountains" we said at last.
The officer gave US strange look.
Such men as these, and we took them
so much for granted that We couldn't
tell where they came from New
York Tribune.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13
EMINENTLY FITTED FOR JOB
Society Matron, Trying to "Dc Her
Bit" Had Distinct Laugh on III
Natured Farmer.

Society is having a delightful giggle
over a story now going the rounds and
of which Mrs. Mackay is heroine.
Seems that with several other promi-
nent women of the 400, she went in
for farmerettiDg on Long Island, and
the brigade was assigned to farm
whose owner had always had grudge
against the rich. He thought that now
was his opportunity and approaching
Mrs. Mackay said: ''The first thing I'd
like you to do is clean out the pig
sites. Think you can manage it,"
Imagine his amaZement and chagril
when the multimillionairess social ar
bitter smiled and cooed: Certainly;
at home I always attend personally to
cleaning out the bird cage"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13
HIS SWELLED HEAD REDUCED
Why Recruit at Camp Upton No Long
er Brags of His ProWess With
the padded Mitts."

A certain husky, raW-bOned recruit
from an interior town reached Camp
Upton recently and brought forth two
sets of boxing gloves. He cOnfided to
his comrades that he was a mighty fine
boxer, and ''back home" he had thrash
ed everybody who had tried conclus-
ions with him. This declaration nat
urally was an invitation, and all
promptly professed to know nothing of
the manly art and asked If he would
give them a little instruction.
Flattered. the youth stated his will
ingness to oblige, and the following
day was set for the lesson. The pupils
promptly hunted up Benny Leonard,
the lightweight champion, who was
and is the boxing instructor at Upton,
and arranged for him to meet the re-
cruit. The latter was informed that
he was to give the first lesson to a
very fresh youngster, and he agreed
to put the unknown in his place. When
Leonard was brought before him he
wanted to back out, stating that he
couldn't think of boxing with man
so much smaller than himself.
Leonard, however, insisted that the
lesson go on, and each put on his
gloves. During the ''lesson" Benny
never struck blow, but cOntented
himself with feinting, ducking, lodging
and blocking until the volunteer teach
err was so exhausted with his own eff
%or%e +ho% he oo,1I5 cooraoIy ctapd He
stopped finally, congratulated the
champion on his showing, said that he
did very we'll ''for an amateur" and
then made his way to the barracks to
bed. When, later, he was informed Of
the identity of his antagonist, he said
several things more or less compliment
tary TO those who had put up the job
on him and sent the gloves to his
hOme.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13
CITY NO LONGER PEST HOLE
British Authorities Have Worked
Wonders in Cleaning Up Ancient
Capital Of the Caliphs.

Paved streets, electric street lights,
municipal sprinkling carts, modern
fire observation-disclosures are all in old
Bagdad now, says Cleveland Plain
dealer. Or, rather, they are in new
Bagdad, for the slumberous city on the
Tigris has assumed new aspect since
the British drove out the Turks six
teen months ago.
Nothing now remains of the filth and
squalor of the Turkish regime. The
place is still oriental, but the oriental
atmosphere is less Odoriferous. Dead
cats are not left to decompose in the
middle of narrow streets. Great Brit
ain has a wonderful way of leaving
Orientalism unspoiled while making
it reasonably clean. The British SOL
der cannot abide filth. His sanitary
squads penetrate the remotest news
and the most deeply hidden cesspools,
and the news and the cesspools cease,
to offend The natives soon discover
that cleanliness is not horror.
The Arab is not naturally vile, but
he has fallen into the ways Of his
Turkish masters. Bagdad is as inter-
esting as ever, and ever SO much safer.
After the war many British tourists
will visit the ancient Abbaside capital,
where ruled the mighty caliphs, and
will note with interest the British
benefits bestowed on the city that Will
helm und Colt once picked as the far
goalpost of Mitteleuropa.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13

GEN. CHAs. r. BoARDMAN, who has
lately returned from the American sec
tors in France, in an interview says:
almost everyone wants to know how
long the war will last. No one can an
swer the question. One persons guess
is as good as another's. All can say
is that French officers with whom |
was associated were generally Of the
opinion that it would not last to exceed
a year longer. The American officers
think it is liable to last two years
longer. On the other hand, it is posi-
BILE that the war will end with just as
much suddenness as it began. But
there is Jnly one thing for the United
States to do, and that is to bend every
energy of its man power and money
power toward fighting the thing thru
to finish. We have got the job on
our hands and we ought to conclude it
as soon as possible That is the way
the men feel over there, and to do it
we must put every ounce of energy in
the fight and make it our sole purpose. !"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13
Primary Election Nuisance.

What farce is this primary election
every primary election. When expe-
diency suggests, democrats use only
the republican ticket and republicans
the democratic This year Wisconsin
democrats largely ignored their own
candidates for some selfish purpose or
other with the result that the demo-
cratic party is essentially nonresident.
It's candidates, if it have any, often
must run as independents. The whole
primary system is simply a costly fail
ure.
The experiment of over-regulation of
political processes preliminary to cleo
ton day has now been carried over a
field sufficiently wide and during per-
iod sufficiently long to afford a fair
demonstration of it's folly and futility.
In state after state the vote on primary
day has dwindled with each recurring
year. In Wyoming, for example, only
20 per cent of the electorate voted at
the last primaries, against Is per cent
at the preceding primaries and 35 per
cent at the first trial of the system.
About the same record is made in Wis
consin.
Heaven knows that throughout the
union the results of the direct pri-
mary, in the matter of the improve
ment of the character or ability of can
didates for Office and the elimination of
the evils of selfish ambition and ma
chine rule, have not been such as to
compensate for the vastly increased
expense and trouble involved in the
prolongation of the season of acute po-
litical activity. This is to put the case
in the most moderate fashion. No
wonder the citizens and voters of some
of the states have been so disguised
with the failure of their direct primary
laws to produce the benefits promised
that they are denouncing the system
and clamoring for its abolition.
1t is high time that the wretched
failure of the direct primary in Wis
consin and elsewhere should be recog-
nized as concrete, particular and dis
NAL fact of political experience.
The next legislature can do no better
service to public policy and common
sense than to uproot the direct primary
humbug and allow the nominating con-
vention to re-establish itself. Now we
have all the expense, suspense and
commotion of two elections. One can
not be cut out too soon. No more val
ued duty can they perform in behalf of
a public soul-weary of this La Follett-
lied fraud than to wipe it from the
statute books. Madison Democrat.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13

Local Federal Food Administrator
Hoen has received the following in
formation:
All consumers of whatever class,
including hotels, restaurants and house
holds, may purchase and have on
hand at any one time, a six months
supply of canned goods, with the ex-
ception of canned milk and beans, of
which they may have on hand a six
ty days supply.
The purchase of sugar for the cur
rent month is on the same basis as
last month, that is to say, two
pounds per person in the household
per month for household consumption
and in addition to this, sugar may
be obtained for home canning pur-
poses, in allotments of not to exceed
ten pounds on canning certificates OBJ
tanned from the local federal admin
strat0r.
Farmers may obtain extra quaint
ties of sugar for threshers and other
additional laborers, on the basis of
two pounds of sugar for every extra
ninety meals served.
On and after September first, con-
sumers may buy four pounds of
wheat flour with every one pound of
substitutes being, corn flour, rice
flour, oat flour, barley flour, potato
flour, bean flour and buckwheat flour.
Oatmeal, rice and hominy are not
substitutes. Rye flour is not sub
stitute unless purchased at the ratio
of three pounds of wheat to two
pounds of rye, Graham flour may
be purchased without substitutes.
Only persons who actually raise
their own wheat may exchange it for
flour at the mills.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13

NATIONAL prohibition now seems as
sured within the next ten months. The
senate has passed the prohibition bill,
which will go into effect July l, 1919.
The house Of representatives is over
whelmingly dry, so there is no ques-
ton about the passage of the bill.
Under the terms of the measure, the
manufacture of booze will be stopped
on May 1st, leaving sixty days for the
country to drink up the surplus barley
water and fight medicine before this
country goes bone dry. The law will
provide for prohibition during the war
and until after the troops return home
and are demobilized. In the meantim,.,
there is very little doubt that the ma
tional prohibition amendment will be
adopted by the states, making the
country dry for all time to come.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13
Proper Breathing Help to Swimmers

Anyone'S body will float when the
lungs are filled with air, but as a hui
man body is trif1e heavier than wa
ter it will sink unless buoyed ND by
air in the lungs, says Dan Beard in
Boys Life. Consequently if you learn
to breathe so that you blow out your
breath in time to intake new breath
before you sink, it is evident that you
will not sink at ALL When breathing
while swimming do not take too many
breaths, but let your mouth serve as
the intake. 1t can do it quicker than
your nose because your mouth is big
ger than your nostrils or nose holes.
Now if any of you tenderfeet drown
this season it will be your own fault.
Breathe right and you will float.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13

EVERY forty minutes vessel leaves
some American port for Europe.
Counting the coastwise shipping a ves-
sci leaves some port of this country
every eleven minutes. This is being
made possible by the work of ship con-
struction and by the careful guarding
of ships and sea lanes. We still read
of U-boat destruction, but less fire.
quently, and the totals are far behind
the shipments. But this shipment ev-
cry forty minutes means more than
that. It means that this country is
sending to the clearance ports the i'm
mense stocks of every manner of war
and food necessity that goes to make
up those cargoes. So are we adding to
the fleet and to the cargoes and to the
men, and thus to the pressure and to
the power behind that pressure.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13
German Resources.

The resources of Germany before
the war were estimated to be $50
OQO,OOO,0O0. The annual expendi-
lures then of the imperial govern
f1ent were about S8OO,OOOOOO. Her
debt now is $4,000, 100000, and her re-
sources and man power have been Sc
verely impaired. After the war she
is confronted with additional eynnenf7i-
lures growing out of the war totalii11r
some $4,000. 900 900,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13

RETAIL prices of food in July showed
an average increase of 3 per cent over
prices in June, the department of la
Dor announced Wednesday in making
public results of an investigation by its
bureau of statistics. Retail prices in
July averaged Is per cent higher than
in July last year.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13

Sir John Franklin, the celebrated
Arctic explorer, started on his last
voyage May IL, 1916. Thirty-nine re-
lief expeditions, public and private,
lea in ten years to search for Sir John.
By one of these expeditions, sent by
Lady Franklin, traces of the missing
ship were. found and it's fate decided.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13
Shrines to Foxes.

There are numberless shrines in
Japan dedicated to foxes. The badger
is another animal feared by the super
stitious Japanese mind. 1t is believed
to have power to annoy people, and to
be able to turn into a priest ct will.
The crying Of weasles and the s3yiag
of dogs are considered evil omcls, and
such Insignificant happening. send a
shudder through the believers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13

A NATIONAL committee, consisting af
men prominent in the livestock and
dairy world, has been appointed to take
charge of raising fund of $25, 900 with
which to erect a bronze strtue of for
mer Governor Hoard on the grounds of
the university.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13
curious vyoouen SlocaS.

Seattle, Wash, boasts curious
wooden clock, three and a half feet
in diameter, with a minute hand over
four feet long. The case is not guar
anteed, but it is supposed to be OYER
225 years old and is expected II asst
for some years to come. The
are placed in q section OF G2nssas
log, one end of which is ola ..ea.f
with the face numerals.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13

The official returns from the recent
primary indicate without doubt Gov.
Philips denomination but the margin
is so meager that it can scarcely be
counted such an endorsement as he
honed for
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13

PRIMARY returns show pretty conclu-
sively that democrats generally desert
ed their party and cast their votes for
the republican candidates. In some
counties they failed to cast enough
votes to entitle their candidates to a
place on the democratic ticket in the
fall elections. All of which goes to
show to what base uses the primary
system can be put.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13

AT LEAST there seems to be nota-
BILE decline in motoring fatalities since
gasoline Sundays were inaugurated.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-13

AT Edgerton Home Bakery Sat
urday is Coffee Cake day. Try one,
only Is cents. We deliver. Call up BIZ.
"A six-room cottage for rent. APP
ply to John Copley.