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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-12-04
PORT WING EXTENSION
CONSIDERED MOST IMPORTANT

road, as we'll as we appreciate
the efforts of others, and you
will find the Washburn fellows
right when it comes to making
an appropriation for the COM
pletion of this piece of roadway
according to the established
standard for State and Federal
roads, but we don't feel like put
ting $57, 900 of our good money
into a road running through a
wilderness like that through
which No. 10 will run. when
there are so many other places in
Bayfield, county which need the
roads more than this section
does.
By the way Brother Chapple,
when you attended the hearing
at Washburn, did you notice the
clamor for the Port Wing ex-
tension, but how many Of the
Bayfield, county fellows did you
find fighting for the cross county
roadl The only appearance for
the Cross county trail came from
Washburn fellows who wanted
no further expenditure made
upon this road until such time as
there was more demand for it.
The State representatives were
the only ones that insisted that
it was important.
We are all for the extension
of Route No. 13 but a few may
differ as to where it's location
should be, but undoubtedly the
road will be built where it is
most needed and most feasible.
We all want to see that vast
region of fertile lands along the
south shore opened up and like
wise we want tosee the southern
Bayfield, county fellows have u
road over which they can travel
in all kinds of weather without
being mired in the mud. We
are for these Improvements first
Iandsyoa will find the Bayfield,
County Board ready and willing
to make appropriations to that
end. but we are not tor putting
all of our eggs in one basket and
constructing a piece of roadway
where there is no demand for it.
from Bayfield, County people
simply to please the State High
way Commission, and possibly
Ashland people.
The layout Of additional mile
age for Bayfield, county was en-
tirely satisfactory for southern
Bayfield, county was given needed
cut-offs and the south shore was
given a much needed road. all of
which was appreciated. but we
do abject to putting the horse
before the cart and building
roads that are unimportant to
Bayfield, county when other
roads are sorely needed.
Bayfield, County's maintenance
fund is so short now that it
would be impossible to shift any
money appropriated for any one
road to any other part OF the
county, and we are Informed
that that the amount is to be cut
by the state for next season,
making maintenance of roads
even more difficult. y,
We agree that the amount set
aside by the State for road
maintenance Ill help in alneas-
ure to care for the Port Wing
extension but that does not
build roads.
Maybe the State authorities
and the Ashland people know
where Bayfield, county should
build roads better than we do
ourselves. but we hardly think
so. AT least some of the fellows.
representing Bayfield, county
would like to have a little say in
the matter, however.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-12-04

Leo DeMars, who piloted the
car, had encountered all kinds
of weather during the past few
years, but be says take it from
me and don't try winter driving
when the snow is more than tive
feet deep"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-12-04
d. w. Davis. Pastor.

Sunday school 9:45 a. m. Mrs.
f. 7. Beers Supt. Public wor-
ship HOO a. m. Epworth
League 700 p. m. Bible study
and prayer meeting Wednesday
evenings 1880. A cordial in
yitation to any of these services,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-12-04
What Washburn and Bayfield, Coun-
ty Wants is Road Construction
Where it is Important
Ashland Press Seems to Think That
Cross County Trail is Most Important
to Bayfield, County People.

In a lengthy article appearing
| in the Ashland Press of last Fri
day the Times in particular. and
Washburn people in general, are
taken severely to task for their
attitude on the Port Wing ex-
tension to Route No. 13 of the
Federal and State Trunk Line
system. The Ashland Press
seems to carry the opinion that
Washburn people are opposed to
the Port Wing extension to the
State and Federal system, but in
this they seem to be very much
mistaken.
In an article appearing in the
Times of two weeks ago it was
4
stated that the sum of Sill, 900
had been set aside for construc-
tion of the road across the Bar
rons leading to Iron River while
not a single cent has been appro-
priated for the extension Of
Route No. 13 leading from the
city of Bayfield, to Port Wing and
stating that the Bayfield, Coun-
| ty Road and Bridge Committee
as we'll as others are beginning
to wonder just what advantage
lit was to the South Shore to have
route No. 13 extended from Bay
field to Port Wing except that it
is Known as a part of the State
and Federal Trunk Line system
and will be designated as such
on the map"
The Times has been, and all
ways will be, for good roads. but
we feel that if Bayfield, county
money is to be used in building
these roads that Bayfield, county
people should have some say as
to where we are going to spend
that money. We consider the
route across the Barrons an inn
portant piece of roadway as a
connection link but we also con-
slider the route leading from
Bayfield, to Port Wing just as
important, for where one settler
| is TO be found on the cross cOun-
ty trail we can show you ten
times as many along the south
shore. Especially is this true
from the Squaw Bay settlement
through to Port Wing. but we
would like to ask the Ashland
Press to name the number of
settlers to be found ON the road
on which it is proposed to spend
$171, 900, $4,000 of which must
be raised by Bayfield, county,
| from the Eileen stock farm on
route No. 10 through to Iron
River.
The Press seems to carry the
impression that Washburn is
"peeved" because of its geo.
graphical location which makes
Ashland the logical market CEN
| ter of southern Bayfield, county.
We would willingly grant Ash
land all Of the farm business
which might be obtained from
the section of the Barrons
through winch the proposed NO.
10 route would run, for aside
from a few blueberries, sweet
fern, scrub oak and a disturbance,
that is about all that vast region
| is able to produce. That long
suffering bunch of farmers of
southern Bayfield, county" re-
ferred to in the Press, would
have mighty little use for this
road for hauling produce over
but they might find it a shortcut
when they want to attend the
Bayfield, county fair which is
held once annually.
No, Brother Chapple. you are
entirely wrong when you. think
the Times is not for the Port
Wing extension. We appreciate
your efforts in behalf of this
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-06-01
Nationwide Wire
Strike Threatened

WASHINGTON May3I.-Accordin
to announcement by F. H. Mcdowell
chairman of the legislative committee
of the Washington district council
President ]. S. Konencamp of the In
formation Telegraphers Union last
night sanctioned an ultimatum sent
Friday to officials of the American
Telephone and Telegraph and other
wire companies at Atlanta in which a
nation wide strike of members Of the
telegraphers and electrical workers un
ions unless number of telephone ope-
rators recently discharged in Atlanta
and vicinity are reinstated by noon
Monday.
According to the officials of the Bell
company there none of their employees
have been discharged for alleged I'M
ion affiliations and so far as they are
aware they assert there is no ground
for such an ultimatum as was report
ed
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-06-01
GERMANS COMMENT ON
SUPPRESSION OF TEXT.

BERLIN, May 31-(By Associated
Press German newspapers are COM
menting more and more upon the al
legged fact that the full peace treaty
terms have not as yet been published
in any Entente country, saying that
on the contrary the German League of
Nations N has issued the complete
text in e. man. French and English
with map showing the German terri
tory to be ceded and is giving it wild
est circulation. The newspapers de-
clare that the publication Of the treaty
text is especially curtailed in France
where the German replies and an
swering notes are also said to have
been suppressed by the censor. 1t is
claimed these methods have been re-
norted to conceal the severity of the
terms for the Entente peoples and
deprive them of the opportunity to
Judge of the aptness and justice OF
the Germans counter claims"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-06-01
7 TEACHERS TO
LEAVE SCHOOLS:
RAISE SALARIES

A flat raise of s. per month for all
teachers in the white grammar schools
of Americas, and a raise of $3.50 per
month for all colnred teachers was
voted by the board of education at
its last meeting at which teachers
were elected for the coming school
year. Salaries in the high school re-
main unchanged.
Several changes were made in the
teaching force, owing to the fact that
seven teachers were not applicants
for reelection. All others were re-
elected, Following are the changes:
FuriOw School.
Third grade-Miss Louise Lowe,
succeeding Miss Ruth Macarthur.
Sixth and seventh grades, history
Miss Edith Creighton, succeeding Miss
Florence Walters.
Sixth and seventh grades, English
Successor to Miss Linda Mathis to be
chosen.
East Americas School.
Fourth and fifth grades-Miss Nan
Harris. succeeding Miss Nell Garrison.
High School
Mathematics.-Miss Laverne Garrett
succeeding Miss Willamette Green.
English-Miss Ernestine Dempsey
succeeding Miss M. K. Kerr
Science-Successor to Miss Marga-
ret Ivey to be chosen.
1t was said that several of,the teach
ers who are leaving the Americas
schools will not teach the coming
year. and that others have secured bet
ter positions. Miss Macarthur and Miss
Mathis will leave school work Miss
Kerr goes to Ashburn as principal of
the public schools at a salary of $1,000
per year. Miss Green goes to the Girls
High school in Augusta as teacher of
mathematics at salary of $1,000 per
year.
The new teachers who have been Sc
lected have been highly recommended.
Miss Garrett and Miss Dempsey come
from Mary Baldwin seminary, at
Staunton. Va. where they have been
teaching this year. They have been
together for a number of years, COM
pleting their education, taking nor
NAL training and teaching together,
They are regarded as a find for
the Americas High school
81 can truthfully say,'' said Prof
J. E. Mathis, superintendent of the
city schools, that despite our earlier
fears, the Americas schools will not
suffer in standard the coming year
because of poor teachers We have
been extremely fortunate. Just when
it seemed that our best teachers were
leaving and we could not replace
them, we have been able almost by a
miracle, it seemed, to secure high
grade women to supply the places"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-06-01
PLANE REACHES
BRITAIN.SAFELY::
DANIELS SENDS
U. S. GREETINGS
Congratulations Also Sent to Read
and Crew of Craft by Brit
ish Admiralty.

PLYMOUTH, England, May 31.-By
Associated Press lit has been learn
ed here unofticially that there is a
prospect that the American seaplane
NC-4 may fly home over the direct
Atlantic route from Ireland to New
foundland 1t is understood a confer
ence will be held here shortly to dis
cuss the project
American naval officers say the
NC-4 is in better condition than when
she began her fight. Furthermore,
the experience gained by all of the
Meas navigators and pilots would
prove of inestimable benefit should
the return flight be attempted.
The NC-4 arrived here at 2:2e
o'clock this afternoon. The American
flyers came into view at 2:24 o'clock
and three minutes later had dropped
down in the harbor.
The NC-4 covered the distance from
lFerrol, Spain, in 6 hours and SO
minutes, a speed of about " miles
per hour. They were given an en-
thusiastic reception.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-06-01
Don't Park Cars in
EarlyMorningHours

Recorder Hollis Fort has asked The
Times Recorder to announce that the
police department will make cases
against persons leaving their autcmo-
biles parked on paved streets be-
tween the hours of and 5 a. m. in
such a manner as to interefer with
street sweeping. There is a double
reason for the ordinance prohibiting
this practice, one of which is that
when the sweepers have to turn out
and go around a car a spot is left
unswept on the street; another reason
is that, should the sweeper strike a
car the city might be involved in dam
age suits and be at considerable ex-
pense defending them or otherwise.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-06-01
CONGRATULATIONS
SENT TO FLYERS.

WASHINGTON May 31-(By Asso-
ciation) The naval TRANSATLANTIC
flight which began at Rockaway
Beach, Long Island, May s, was sue
cessfully completed today with the
arrival of the NC-4 at Plymouth, Eng
iand, after 500-mile "hop'' from FER.
roll, Spain.
After news came of the arrival Of
the NC-4 Secretary Daniels sent
this message to Commander Read:
"All the people If America
ale happy over your successful
fight, which has been AZ epoch
making event in the histnT Of
The world. My congraru ations
and greetings and good wishes"
Congratulations 10 Commander
Read and his crew and the Naval Air
Service have been sent by The British
admiralty through Admiral Knapp
The admiralty later was quoted in the
following cablegram from Admiral
Knapp, received at the department to-
day:
I'm letter from the British
admiralty they state that this
mornings news brings epoch
making intelligence that the
space between America and Eu-
rope has now been successfully
spanned by air by way of the
Azores 1t is with great pleas
ure that their lordships have
learned of this success and they
desire me to offer their con-
gratulations to the crew of the
seaplane NC-4 and to the United
States Naval Air Service on the
fine achievement"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-06-01
York Greets Mother,
Hearts Chief Desire

PAIL MALL, Tenn, May 31.-Ser-.
geant Alvin c. York, pronounced by
General Pershing the greatest hero of
the world war arrived at his home
here shortly before o'clock last
night and realized what he has de-
clared since he returned from France
was the greatest desire of his heart,
the desire of again seeing his aged
mother.
Delight, admiration and love were
strongly displayed by the aged woman
as she greeted her son. while he whose
GOODNESS under fire has elected enthu-
siastic praise could scarcely control
his emotions.
People had gathered at York S home
from miles around to greet him and
on his arrival he was accorded an
enthusiastic reception. York displayed
keen pleasure at being homs again
among his friends and nelghbors and
received their plaudits with the fame
modesty that he has shown during the
ovations given him in the blg cities hu
has visited since he returnea TO Am
erica.
Next Sunday the people of Fall Mali
and the surrounding counFry will for
mally welcome York home with an
old-fashioned basket dinner
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-06-01
HUM TO Get NO
TREATY CHANGES;
NO DISCUSSIONS
TO Be ALLOWED
Adriot Letter by Brockdortf Rantzau
Accompanies Counter
Proposals.

PARIS, May 31.-(By Associated
Press.)- Allied and Associated
Powers, the Paris newspapers de-
clare unanimously, will accept no i'm
portant notifications of the peace
terms as result of the German
counter proposals. The Allies also
will reject all verbal discussions. The
Echo de Paris says the answer of the
peace conference to the proposals will
be very short.
The greater part Of the objections
raised in the German counter propos-
ais, have, in the opinion of French
+ diplomatic and political circles, al
eady been set forth in separate Ger
man note nd duly answered by the
Allies. c, .sequently, it is said, there
can be no modification of the peace
terms and Nere is no necessity for
verbal discussions in which the Ber
lin government desires to involve the
Allied Powers.
1t is understood that the Council of
-Four will agree in taking this view in
answering the Germans.
The German peace delegation has
been notified that the period of delay
for presenting observations having ex-
pired at m Thursday, no further
notes will be accepted from the dele
gatic Premier Clemenceau today re-
piled to the last two German notes.
1t became known today that the
German counter proposals were ac-
companied by covering letter Of ten
typewriter pages. The letter appar-
emily is the work of Count Won Brock
dorff Rantzau, as it is more concilia-
tory d adroit than the counter pro-
posals, which were elaborated by the
Berlin government. The letter paints
a most gloomy picture of the fate to
which the peace terms condemn Ger
many. 1t refers to the sacred char
acter of treaties, disavows the treaty
made with Russia at Brest-Litovsk and
concludes with the following phrase:
I'VE shall only undertake those
obligations which we are sure OF
keeping because it is the German peo-
ple who in the last resort will give
its assent to the treaty"
The secret plenary session OF the
peace conference, to hear Austrian
terms. met at 8 o'clock this afternoon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-06-01
HANSFORD SELLS
PEACH CROP; z
CARS ON WAY

His entire crop of Hansford Beau
ty peaches, which is expected to be
eight carloads, was sold Friday night
by Lee M. Hansford for prive de-
clared by him to be "satisfactow," and
reported to have been in excess of
1000 per car, F. O. B. Americas. The
sale embraced two loaded cars which
were shipped ont yesterday from the
tracks at the L. G. Council Fertilizer
works, where Mr.. Hansford is doing
his packing this year. The peaches
were of extraordinary size and quality
the entire lot being classed as fancy
fruit. He will have several more cars,
Mr.. Hansford's orchard consists of
5000 trees years old and 5000 from
) to years old The crop is ripening
rapidly and will all be on the way to
market within a few days. Mr.. Hans
ford is marketing both in standard
crates and bushel baskets. one car of
each being sent out Yesterday. A car
holds SIG bushel baskets or SIS crates.
The baskets are packed a bit more
conveniently than the crates, it not be-
ing necessary to fasten them to the
sides of the car, they being packed
| closely and exactly filling the floor
space of the car.
Mr. Hansford was somewhat dis
turbed yesterday at brief article ap-
pearing in Fridays Times-Recorder
concerning the effect of the wet
| weather on the peach crop of the vi
cinity, declaring that, while the rain
had interfered with marketing he had
successfully handled the situation in
| his orchard and was shipping only
first class fruit in the soundest and
best condition, and finding only
small percentage of culls and soft fruit
in the pick This statement was verl-
fed by a visit of the writer to the
packing shed after publication of the
article, which had resulted from
misunderstanding growing out OF d
previous conversation with Mr.. Hans
ford, and his advertisement saying
that he had lots" of peaches too ripe
to ship. To correct any mlsunoer-
standing that might have resulted
from this article, Mr.. Hansford asked
The Times Recorder to publish the
following card:
"a CARD"
Il wish to correct the erroneous ana
misleading news item that appeared IN
The Times-Recorder Of Friday a1ter-
moons issue regarding the CONDITION
of my peaches and the handing Oh
same.
"Messrs. Eve and kirkpatrick were
at my packing place that afternoon
and | showed them through the plant.
They saw a few bushels Of culls ana
overripe peaches, and two cars Oh
fine. firm fruit, well on to being load
ed from one days work. do not UNI
derstand how seing few bushels OF
ripe fruit and near seven hundred
bushels Of fruit packed and in the cars
could lead them to say my crop was
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-06-01
Moonshiner Takes
Aviator ForSleuth,
Wrecks His Still

Z ITZGERALD, May 31.-The
L hasty destruction of an illicit
still by its owner is reported here
when its owner mistook the an
tics of an aeronaut from Souther
Field as having directed its obser-
vations to the still in operation in
the woods below.
When the flyer finally left the
neighborhood without making an
effort to descend the moonshiner
is said to have got a neighbor to
kick him all over his farm for hav-
ing destroyed his outfit
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-06-01
SWITZERLAND DEMANDS
RAISIN GOF BLOCKADE.

BERNE, May 31.-The Swiss federal
council today gave out statement
in which complaint is made that Switz-
erland has been unable to obtain from
the allies notifications of the blockade
of Germany, the maintenance of which
it is said is putting Switzerland in "a
more untenable position"
The statement gives the text Of
a note which has been sent to the
allied governments formally demand.
ing that the blockade be raised insofar
as 4 concerns Switzerland and saying
In case the request Is not granted
Switzerland will find it necessary t
recover her liberty Of action
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-06-01
DENY ANY UItimatum.

ATLANTA, May 31-Officials of the
Southern Bell Telephone and Tele'
graph company and other wire compa-
MES at Atlanta denied today that any
ultimatum had been presented to them
by representative of the international
photographers union, in which a ma
ton wide strike Of union workers was
threatened unless a number of tele-
phone operators recently discharge in
Atlanta are reinstated by noon Mon
day.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-06-01
CHEAPER BEEF
IS AT HAND, SAY
MEAT PACKERS

CHICAGO, May 31.-(By Associated
Press "A decrease in the price of
beef is Immediately at hand, says
a statement issued today by the bu-
reau of Public Relations of the Am
erican Meat Packers association.
The reasons given are cheaper grass
fed cattle with exports having practi-
cally ceased and the government hav-
ing stopped buying.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-06-01
Centenary Total of
LIST ME. Given Out

IT was announced yesterday by H.
Allen. chairman of the Centenary
Drive of the First Methodist church,
that final returns showed the total
result of the campaign to nave been
S52 .697 so. The church's quota was
s32 500 The drive ended last Sunday,
hut the returns were not completed
until Yesterday. The result will be
announced at the services today.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-06-01
GERMANS REPEAT THEY
REFUSE TERMS OFFERED.

BERLIN, May 29.-(Thursday)-
(By Associated Press.)-The German
foreign office reiterated categorically
and emphatically today the statement
made in behalf of the cabinet on May
20 that Germany declines the terms
laid before it." The statement was
given originally to the Associated
Press.