Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-03-13

building standing on land belonging
to another should be taxed to the
owner was decided by the state
railroad commission a few years ago.
Along the railroads are number of
warehouses which belong to shippers
and the question arose whether the
railroad companies or the owners of
the buildings should pay the taxes.
When the decision was made it i'm
posed the tax on the owners OF the
buildings, although they stood on
realestate belonging to the roads.
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The present income federal tax col
lecting is bringing some surprises.
Sometimes a father is asked about his
income and then about his children. 1t
has developed in some cases that
there is a son who is earning 500 a
month or more (some at the CahoOn
mine) and this goes into the family
income on which the head of the
household must pay the six per cent
tax, providing the son has not reached
the age of q years. Many persons are
finding they must pay sums they
never paid before and now realize
that war is expensive. Even. though
the war was fought, so far as this
country is concerned, for humanity
and not for gain, it requires dollars to
pay the bills.
Many OF the boys who fought IN
France have written home they want
land to till. They want to grow some
thing to eat. No doubt many Of them
have felt the pangs Of hunger very
often and no wonder they feel they
would like to have the satisfaction OF
growing something to eat. There is nc
greater satisfaction than looking upon
a fine field Of corn, waving acres OF
cereals or sleek animals ready for the
| table. Those soldiers who have been
hungry again and again should make
excellent husbandmen and they
should feel a superlative pleasure in
growing food for the needs of them
selves and the world. There would be
no greater JOY for them.
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The famous J. G. Johnson collection
Of paintings was to have been main
tanned in Mr.. Johnsons home in Phla
delphia as a permanent museum, but
it has been found that the house was
not fireproof and a new building
have to be erected. Incidentally, II
seems, the Johnson mansion was not
suitable for the exhibition of the col
lection, as it was so crowded with
paintings that 'the walls of the bath
room were adorned with a million dol
lars worth of old masters"
A famous British admiral was com
plimented on his superb health. Il at
tribute it," he said, ito plenty Of ex
ercise and no banquets. One-third Of
what we eat enables us to I've
What becomes of the other two
thirds?" asked his friend, jestingly
ooh, that enables the doctor to live
was the prompt reply.
A doughboy writing home from
France considers the coolies arithme-
tically thus: "They add to ones dis
comfort; they subtract from ones en-
6Oyment they divide ones attention,
and they multiply like the deuce. e.
Boston Transcript.
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In Germany before the war The
Hagenback circus possessed 800 ami
mails but now the number is only
about 100. There were 80 elephants
but only half that number remain, thS
others having been killed last winter
and sold for human consumption
Camels llamas and various other ami
mails that could be eaten have also
been sacrificed.
This office has received a copy OF
the st. Petersburg, (Florida) Indepen-
dent which tells of the sunshine days
in that gulf coast town. st. Peters
burg may boast of sunshine but there
are many things that not be enjoyed
where oranges and grape fruit grow
ST. Petersburg folk can never curl
skate on river, slide down the side
of bluff at breath-t taking speed, mol
drive through a moonlight night with
the music of the jingling bells filling
all the air. They cannot go out on 9
river and harvest a crop of ice, can
rovor see old earth covered with 9
blanket of snow, can never see the
world of plant life break into won
der of delightful verdure. st. Peters
burg may. have certain enviable char
acteristics but there are others which
are also econmical and delightful.
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A persistent lady had buttonholed
General Crowder and insisted on talk
ing about the war. But we can't talk
about it," insisted Crowder. ''You dc
not know enough about military mat
ters. In fact, begging your pardon
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