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ate advance, and the higher prices go
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ate advance, and the higher prices 81
the more readily the lambs will buy
| 1t still remains legal to keep place:
Of business open thru the ball game
but such unprogressive spirit is moi
/ likely to continue long.
The Office boy does not feel that the
work of the place can really begin
until he has discussed the war and
baseball news with the boss.
Many of our athletic girls can beat
the boys at lawn tennis, but that of
| course was because the sun was in a
fellows eyes or he felt it unchivalrous
| to return swift balls.
The American idea of athletic ex-
ercise is sitting on the bleachers and
yelling "Robber" at the umpire. How
ever, it would be wise plan for some
baseball umpires to invest 10 cents in
a book of rules and read it at least
once year.
The first thing on joining the Back
to the Soil movement is to hire an
athletic farm hand to get the blisters.
The people of this country spend
hundreds of millions on cooling drinks
but they are too busy to stop and water
the horse on long and dusty drive.
Nature study walks give the girls
a good quiet chance to talk over the
fashions.
A man with any sentiment at all
should take his kids to the circus, so
they can hear the jokes he used to
enjoy when he was a boy.
The people who growl about hot
weather will be the same ones who will
kick if corn products are scarce as
the result Of insufficient sun.
John Gross, trained nurse, was the
guest of his aunt, Mrs. Geo. Davis
He is enroute to his home in Wausau
to spend few days with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Gross. He has
enlisted and will enter the service at
once.
On Sunday the Misses Fern and
Marguerite Walsh accompanied by
Mrs. E. NJ. Allerton and guests. Mr..
and Mrs. James Chinn Of Ironwood,
Michigan, motored to Wausau and
spent the day. The trip was made in
Miss Marguerite's new Ford touring
car.
Mr.. and Mrs. George LaBour enter
tanned the following house guests this
week: Messrs. and Mesdames Clifford
Leavitt and Charles Hawkins and Will
liam Leavitt. The party was enroute
to their homes in Chicago and have
been enjoying an outing at Eagle
River.
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in all. A delightful dinner was served
and at o'clock all the work that
could be done was finished and while
some waited to do little more when
the lumber came it was quickly done
and makes fine appearance on the
place.
At the business meeting of the
young peoples society of Christian
Endeavor on Sabbath evening at the
Presbyterian church, the election of
officers resulted in the election of the
following: president, Mrs. Hugh
Williams; Vice-president, Mrs. J. A
Ashburn; secretary Ruth Parks;
treasurer, Harry Powell
Thos. Evans of Wausau, his sister
Miss Jennie and Miss Eleanor Evans
of Racine, are here for few days
previous to Mr. Evans going to Camp
Miss Jennie and her brother, Richard
who has been the acting post master
will make their home at Racine for the
present. They have many friends
here who will wish them we'll where
ever they go and safe return from
the war for the elder brother. Their
headquarters is at the Anton Vixen
home
Mrs. Bert Gates goes to Waupaca
tonight to attend the funeral of an
old friend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Townsend
returned last Thursday from a weeks
visit at Since.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Thomas re
| turned on Wednesday from Poysipp
where they have been for some days
Mr.. and Mrs. Eldredge of Berlin &C
companied them home Mrs. Eldredge
is niece of Mrs. Thomas.
Little Floyd Lounsbury is i'll with
the measels.
Miss Edna Becker left on Saturday
for Chicago where she will attend the
| Northwestern University at Evanston
| taking some special work in the line
of her profession, music, fitting he
to begin work in the fall
Miss Jean Whitney will be a
home from Grand Rapids on Monda,
after her operation and expects t,
soon be quite well again. Mrs. JOE
Pheildman of st. Paul who came t.
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noon in honor of her daughter, Ros-
ella, the occasion being her eighth
birthday The afternoon was spent
in playing games and at six o'clock
dainty refreshments were served.
Such weeds as wild onion, bitter
weed, and the ragweeds cause great
annoyance to dairymen and milk deal
ers. These weeds, when eaten by
milch cows, give a very disagreeable
odor and flavor to the milk, and con-
sequently to all other dairy products.
When cows eat such weeds in large
quantities, the milk is not marketable
The control of pasture weeds is a big
problem to dairymen in certain areas.
Mrs. C. E. Hewitt and daughter
Beatrice will visit this week in Pitts
vile at the Al. Smith home.
The Belgian Hare is one of the
best rabbits for table use. 1t weighs
more than most breeds, developes
rapidly, and the quality of the meat
is superior to all the others The
Flemish giant is a Belgian hare bred
exclusively for large size, with the
result that the meat is coarser and
less delicate in flavor. These charact-
eristics are considered by some persons
as desirable, but this is largely mat
ter of Individual taste.
Felix and Steve Kirschling of Hart
ford spent the Fourth with their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Kirschling
Miss Mae Morrissey of Stevens
Point spent several days last week
at the Hollmuller and Severance homes
Every hour is valuable in farm work
this year, warns the Department of
Agriculture. Avoid delays in thrash
| ing. Every hour that thrashing
machine is kept idle because of break
age or bad adjustment means time
lost in the work of getting food for
the soldiers fighting to preserve Am
erican principles and America.
Miss Anne Schultz left Saturday
for Chicago to attend a two weeks
session of the Marinello Summer
school.
George Bell of Menominee, who
has been visiting his brother, John
Bell, ST., the past week, left for his
home Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul B. Fontaine of
Minneapolis, spent a few days in this
city the past week with Mr.. and Mrs
A. L. Fontaine, on their way home
! from Chicago. They were both pleased
to renew their acquaintance with
many of their old-time friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orestes Garrison and
son, Rogers, returned Saturday from
a two weeks outing at Stone Lake
Ed Smith. Jr., and family of Heb.
ron, H., arrived in the city to make
an extended visit with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Smith.
The Federated Printing and Pres!
Association will hold an Annual Con
ference on Printing and Publishing
at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Friday ant
Saturday, July Goth and 9th. Tn,
writer has been invited to attend
There must be another Fourth O.
July for all the world, and we ar,
now in the midst of making it good
| But I verify believe that when w,
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Before eWin This War

tremendous stresses will be imposed upon Industry. Wth
millions of menthe flower of the natonfghting in France
Labor will be strained the to keep furnaces
agow and athes whirring The morale of this Industrial
Army just important the spirit of the fighters It
imperative that nothing be done to impair disrupt the
unity energy of Workers Strikes being eliminated
by agreement Every effort being made avoid any and
all disturbance of Labor Quarres between employer and
employee being suspended for settlement after Peace
comes. All power be devoted the Great Purpose
But thing threatens to halt the hand Of Labor
Prohibition Always repugnant to the great majority Of
Workers. particularly resented at this time when every
his energy and strength demanded Whether
Mr. Reader, believe in Prohibition is inmateral-
millions of wearing the home regaa of loyay-overals
today believe that glass of beer is beneficial and helpful
to they will silently submit its loss at time
when they called upon undergo the added grind OF
wars necessity And millions of their fellows, who have
DOTTED shop garb for khaki will this cowardy attack
upon their rights during their absence call of duty
Prohibition by Federal Amendment should not be at
tempted until after the war and certainly without giving
Workers themselves opportunity of voting directly
upon the question.
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1t is one thing to ask a man to save
It is one thing to ask man to invest
in Liberty Bond These things ire
mendously aid the Nation; but they
are also certain benefit to the indi.
vidual. 1t is another thing to ask
man to put his labor and canita1
into the prodution of food, facing the
hazard of the weather, of distribution
and of market.
D. R. Coon of Auburndale, was in the
city Monday, the guest of Ray Johnson
and T. P. Witter Mr.. Coon is an old
resident of Wood County and has many
friends in Grand Rapids who have
known him for many years and are
always glad to see him. He says all
kinds of crops in his section are look
ing fine except corn.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. B. Fontaine of
| Minneapolis, returned home Sunday
night after spending few days in
this city the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. L. Fontaine and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. MacKinnon and son
are back from Hezelhurst where they
have been rustica ling few days at
their summer home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claus Kallman re-
ceived message Saturday afternoon
from Washington, D. c., announcing
the fact that their son John, had been
severely wounded in France, on the
18th day of June. 1t is sincerely
hoped that his wounds will not prove
serious.
Mrs. C. w. Lyle and her mother,
Mrs M. Luther are in Chicago this
week on business and visiting rela-
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. F. Kohler spent
the 4th in Chicago among relatives
and friends.
Another way the German idea of
getting business has worked out, was
to drive the United States into de-
veloping an independent potash sup
ply to replace the previous German
monopoly.
Some peoples theory of raising
more revenue is to tax business so
high that it will have to stop.
We most earnestly desire to be-
lieve the stories about starving con-
ditions in Germany. Also the spies
may want us to believe it too, SO as
to weaken our military action.
The people who keep these sloven-
ly looking backyards are seldom the
ones who sell real estate at an adj
vanced price. The towns that keep
those unsightly places along the street
are not the same ones that get lot
of new taxable property.
Twenty million baseballs made ev-
cry year, but only a few thousands
are lost by being knocked over the
back fence.
The summer hotels carefully keep
their promise to supply fresh veget-
ables-fresh from the cans
Backyard baseball is not wholly sat-
isfactory to the kid crowd unless the
neighbors get mad and hide the ball
occasionally.
The girl with large feet has no
doubt that short skirts and white shoes
are just what she must have.
The stock market has had a moder-
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Personal and Local

The cherry crop in Door County will
be only SO per cent of what it was
last year.
This old world is not going back
ward. 1t is not going the way of the
Kaiser. 1t is going the way of Gle
menceau, Lloyd George and Woodrow
Wilson.
The hearing of w. H. Nelson
of Eau Claire, charged with assault
ing DR.. J. J. Looze was adjourned
over to August 1st until such time
as the Doctor will be we'll enough to
appear in court The defendant was
represented by A. H. Shoemaker of
Eau Claire. He was released on $1,000
bail, which was furnished.
Al. Voss the we'll known and popu-
lar druggist in the Johnson & Hill
drug store, has resigned to accept a
more lucrative position in Racine. Al.
and his estimable family will be
missed among their many friends in
Grand Rapids where they have resided
so long. In going they will take with
them the best wishes of all their ac-
quaintances.
Uncle Sans training camp theaters
will do a S3,50O,O0O business in the first
-, e o~>o,.o !; -, YJo,, +lo COr,1 M g
sion on Training Camp Activities if
the people back home will provide the
soldiers with their tickets by sending
them Smilage Books, says the Smilage
Division of the commission. Smilage
coupons to the amount of $355,000
have been redeemed to date.
Roy Lester, mail carrier on city
route two in this city, is confined to
his home in quarantine with the small
pox. There have been many cases of
this disease in his district and it is
there he probably was exposed.
Mrs. Peter Doyle of Medford was
a guest at the home of her sisters,
Mrs. Nels Johnson and Mrs. Peter
McCamley the past week.
Nearly 100000 girls and boys have
volunteered for the United States Gar
den Army in the Department of the
Interior. Their service flag bears a
crossed rake and hoe with the letters
u. S. S. G. in blue on field of white
with red border The enlistment
entails a pledge on the part of the
child to use efforts to increase food
production by cultivating one or more
crops under a garden supervisor or
teacher chosen Tor this work and to
make such reports as may be required
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Karnatz of Mil
waukee, were in the city to attend the
funeral services of Fred Karnatz the
past week
Great Britain has 384 sheep to each
100 cattle, while the United States has
%, and the IA Northeastern States
have SO sheep to 100 cattle.
Albert Marceau of Minneapolis
spent the 4th of July in this city with
his son Herald and his mother, Mrs
A. Marceau and sister Artimese.
Mrs. C. G. Ristow entertained {
number of little folks at her home
on Eighteenth Ave Sunday after
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SHERRY

Mr. and Mrs. Thos, Davis was one
year married last Friday and in the
evening a party of young people
came to let them know it was their
first anniversary. There were Is of
them and they brought a regular
wedding feast, Mrs. Davis said, also
gift of pretty bed-spread and GER
tainly all had a good time
The barn raising at the A. III. Smith
home last Thursday brought gather
ing of neighbors together to help
one of them. There were eighty-six
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be with Miss Jean will return early
in the week to her home.
Mrs. John Parks took Mrs. Sarah
Whitney to Marshfield on Friday with
a large amount of knitting for the
Red Cross, mostly sweaters and socks.
Miss Flossie Mauti came home from
Fond du Lac short time age.
Mrs. Geo. Lille was at the barn
raising last week and visiting old
friends around here.
A fine rain the last days of June
makes everything look we'll in garden
and field.
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this time set the world free from
Germany its independence will no
again be seriously menaced; fol
Germany is its last great foe.
Miss Leta Raath, who is employed
as governess for family in Evanston
H., is visiting at the home of hel
mother in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Locey Stewart of Wild
Rose were guests at the William Hunt
home Monday They returned to
their home Tuesday.
But farmers are not spectacular
performers-they never are. They do
not furnish sensations and headlines
They have no fixed labor day. They
work in season and out of season
from early morning till dusk-but they
do not work in the limelight. They
are not in the view of people living in
cities, the centers of intense publicity.
Mrs Alvin Bletch of West Allis
is a guest at the DIR. Edw. Hougen
home She will be remembered as
Miss Mabel Mitchell of Pittsville.
Mr. and Mrs John McCathie are
in Appleton and will soon make that
city their home. Their daughter, Miss
Meta, will enter Lawrence College this
fall.
For my part, l would rather see
this Nation gloriously fail fighting
for freedom with great England,
heroic France, Italy, and Belgium
and to see it pass from the pages of
history than to see it survive in the
greatest ease and luxury submissive
in any respect to the dictation of
Germany.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Jones accom-
panied by Mrs Sam Church and Mas
ter Tom butcher motored to Baraboo
Saturday to visit friends. They re-
turned home Sunday.
The efforts and achievements of
the millions of farm men and women
have been noble and remarkable The
farmers have occupied the frst-line
trenches of the food army. They and
the agencies assisting them, the Fed
eral department, the State colleges,
and departments of agriculture, We're
prepared when we entered the war and
had been for years, and I venture the
assertion that no section of our people
and no agencies have done a better
job.
Donald Daily and George Nash left
Tuesday for Milwaukee. From there
they will go to the Great Lakes Naval
Training Station as they have enlisted
as Marines.
The use of peanut flour in bread
making will save an equivalent quaint
ty of wheat for the allies. Peanut
flour is good part substitute for
wheat flour in bread or pastry max
ing, says the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Irving Prebbinow, who has been en-
ployed in Port Edwards for the past
eight months, has resigned his posi-
ton there to take one with the Kissell
Car Co. in Hartford.
From the earliest time the guild
ing principle of Prussia's politics has
been to stand ready at all times with
overwhelming force to secure increas-
ed territory by violence and intrigue.
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ORSON p. COCHRAN
PIANO TUNER

Best work guaranteed. Call teis-
phone 233, or at the house, Kruger 6
Wheelan Flats, LIST Street North.
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PHYSICIANS
w. MELVIN RUCKLE, ID. ID.

Practice limited to Eye, Ear, Nsss
and Throat. Glasses fitted correctly.
Eye and Ear Surgeon in Rivsrvisw
Hospital. Office in Wood County Na-
tional Bank Block.
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..i
Corn of Greatest Value
In Si|o



"It is expected many four pounds.
thousands of silos will be "Recause silage can be
this year. these (be made to replace consider
ing ready Tor hing "hen able part of the grain other
the crop reaches the pro- wise required, well
per maturity Douptless large part of the other
those who rouehaoe needed to nroduce
hesltatng ABOUT the adVs satisfactory grains milk
ability of erecting silo, production the value of
not belng Wnoly convinced slage per pro-
regarding the value of norton as the prce of hav
sage as a food for dairy and grain poes m
and beef cattle.
.eTb oia1 hsbod the average of eight
extension at Iowa yeas e'e Ne 'Np-
State College say that when ioi sno iuI"" 'oa'-i.
oor, ro+. 100 boh - MT found that 165 pounds of
- ~ Ill r11 bo 100 silage replaced las
l:a, x;oa - eoa :; n,- pounds of hay in producing
60 = 10 - L.; t 100 pounds of beef. Fig
a., uring clover hay at SIS
4l4 H., :, and at 81 bushel
' :; siage was worth 1922 per
the amount of W
slage with at s125, sill
eating fifty pounds of silage valued at S1021
day gets only about and when priced
pounds or about oneeghth S175, silage had beef
of bushel of corn and an making value of $3.50 per
animal eating the ordinary ton For cattle feeding,
daiv feed of thirty pounds worth in the
gets onv little more than silo than in the crib"
DON'T THINK OF PUTTING UP ANY KIND OF S1LO
WITHOUT FIRST SEEING US ABOUT A TECKTONIUS.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COMPLETE sILos ON HAND
READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY.
KELLOGG BROS. LBR. COMPANY
Nekoosa Grand Rapids Rudolph yesper Milladore
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-08

|CAIJSED DEFEAT
Reth Israel Underrated
Port Richmond Five in
F'American League Game
COLUMBIA G. A / N S

a uo,ding their Port Richmond rivals
~..oa, provcd the undoing Of the
<* ,,o streak of the Brotherhood of
an Israel fvc last night In an amer
F.,,r gasketblll League contest at Tray
more Hall. .,
,,hor selecting his players for las
+ ~, ,-acas the manager of the Beth
rk, ,eam decided that there was no
io, is'a why he should pay money to his
<IIF sor,ner Eastern League stars, Doc
W. s,ar and Lew Sugarman. TO help
~, n team which had not won con-
~, ,nie season, when he had several
49, sitting on the bench who played
s.',be love of the game and who he
.tva,sht were capable of defeating the
Port Richmond club
b c,qarman and Newman therefore were
~.-,a 90 take an enforced rest But the
Ss,h Israel team had underrated its
y x~nnonents who, after the hrst rev
satputes Of play. took the lead, never
u be headed. The final count was "a
~ I6 This defeat should be a lesson
kso the B. y. !. club, and it Is safe to
4s.v that Sugarman and Newman VIII
[ba ON hand when Referee helly tootS
st,s whistle next Monday night. when
petb Israel meets the league leaders,
81 Columbia.
The game was rough and the better
foart of the second half reminded one
~ a football game, the players appear
ing TO take liking to the floor Owens
WAS the high light for the Nictors, scor-
ing 10 Of his teams - points. kir-
sten and Mckinley played AN important
mart with their floor work. For the
4 Brotherhood quintet the work Of Dessen
and Schwartz was the best.
In the wind-up the playing of Tom
Elmnleavy enabled the st. COLUMBIA team
Tt, further ntrench themselves in first
place by defeating Girard Alumni by
te score of 33 to 16. The former high
school star played a wonderful floor
game and was well nigh perfect in
his shooting, cagng four foul goals "
.pfour tries, and five goals from the
field. Inability on tho part of the
Girard Alumni guards to stop Fisher
Dunleavy and Gloorehcad from cutting
In for the bashYt TO receive a pass CAV,
the Saints an early lead, which They
4 never lost. Gallagher appeared To h,
4 the only Girard player with any pen"
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EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES

MRS KANE, 51l $, l9th-Wanted, SO and
Si2 cooks, Protestant chamberma Ids, walt
resses. childnurses housework girls, ihohe
Spruce 3i01,
MRS NICHOLS. 1926 Bainbrdgc. wants
buffers, second men, Cath. Prot. cooks,
waits, Chambermaids. nurses hOuscmalds,
WANTED -- Cooks, Chambermaids. child
nurses mattresses and housework girls.
Miss Rose DOugherty. 1913 W. Girard ave.
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AGENTS

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ROOMS FOR RENT

CIIESTNUT gu0p - Rooms and first floor
professional Offices.
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room with young couple, now house; all
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service. also rent, heat and lgh, free for
service. -
WELL. FURNISHED room in private fam
ily: well heated. Preston 1861.
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WANTED

Men having any selling ability or with
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