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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-12-25
coon ROADS

Looking back few years, VIC can
all remember frequent gathering To-
gesher Of the Bike Riders 70 match
their strength for 10, 10 or 100 mile
races. Farmers in the towns through
which they travelled, frequently left
their work to build in q mudholc or
clear from the road heap of sand
washed there by heavy rain, and
then looking over their fences, waited
patiently for the riders TO pass by.
The bicycle craze passed. bat the bike
had come TO stay, and the people be
gan to complain about the muddy,
sandy and cobblestone roads. until
public officials began to listen.
Following the bike" came the more
rapid development Of the automobile,
and the increasing demand for roads
with less sand and mud.
The first step out of the mud was to
yaterbound macadam. This was such
wonderful improvement over mud
and sand, that engineers started to
build what they thought was the last
word in road construction.
Greater speed and the. increased
number of autos soon dug holes into
the surface, by suction and abrasion,
and tar and asphalt was the next ma
tcrial used to help bind the small stone
particles together. This seemed to
meet the requirements Of traffic for a
while. but after few short years, en-
gineers saw their roads being shot to
pieces in a few months and repair
bills amounting to approximately
81 900 per mile per year. The motor
truck with its five ton load moving
along the road at 20-mile clip was
doing the damage while taking our
butter, milk and eggs to the city, and
while reducing the high cost OF living,
ii increased the high cost of road
building. To meet the increased
weight and speed, wise road builders
decided that the only answer to this
question was cement con-
crete roads. The first cost for this
permanent type Of road is more than
bituminous macadam, but the main
tenance will average less than 500
per mile per year.
Cement concrete has been used for
years throughout the world in the
building of bridges, aqueducts and
and why should it not be used
for construction of roads? During
the present year nearly 5O,OOO,00O
square yards of cement concrete pave
ments will have been laid or awarded
in the United States. These pave
ments will be built on State highways,
city and town streets.
1t is common sight today to see
the farmer with his load of hay or
produce, trotting his horses along
road at 10 miles an> hour,
while few years ago other horses
were struggling to move load at
rate of 10 miles a day over unlmprov-
ed highways.
Every city and town of 1000 inhab-
tants or more, within a few years will
be connected with a hard surfaced
pavement, as the old types of road
have become obsolete.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-12-25
PERU

On account of Christmas and New
Years falling on Thursday. the Journal
will be published on Wednesday, Dec.
oath and 31st. Will all advertisers and
correspondents please see that items
and advertising are in one day earlier
than usual.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-20
CHURCH NOTES

HOFSTEAD'S CHARGE AT ASBURY RIDGE
An ice cream social will be held, Saturday
night, August 20. at the home Of Lars Rusdal
three miles northeast of VirOqua.
A parochial school picnic will be held at
Zion church, Sunday, August "a, Services in
English, and school program in afternoon, each
family bring picnic dinner. Ice cream will
be Sold
HOFsTEAD's CHARGE
Sunday school at 80, English service at
o'clock in the evening.
Ladies aid will be entertained in church par
lors, August IS. by Mesdames Chris EllefsOn,
Sanwick and Otteson.
Next Sunday afternoon at the farm home of
Tobias Sherry young peoples society will meet.
program will be presented and all in
vited.
RAMBERG'S CHARGE
Annual mission festival of the North West
Prairie church next Sunday. Sermon at the
usual hour by Chr. X. NJ. Gimmestad of Or
fordvillc. An offering will be taken for ben
eft of home missions. Bring your lunch bask-
cts. Coffee will be served by the ladies of the
church at reasonable price.
In the afternoon at Chris Brudos' place DIR.
Gimmestad will deliver an address of well
come to the returned soldiers and sailors Of
the charge.
VIROQUA CIRCUIT
Liberty Pole aid meets with Mrs. John Heck
on Thursday, August 2s. ia afternoon.
In consequence of the great Methodist pic
mic in the park advertised on Sunday next
the country churches viii, be closed.
sMEBY'S CHARGE
Services cancelled for next Sunday in VirO-
qua and West Coon Prairie.
JACOBS0N'S CHARGE
Services in Immanuels church Sunday at ii
and in Zion at g.
Just after the services in Immanuels church
its voting members will meet for session.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-20
Notice of Referendum Election

ed in any other manner. If the ballot
be spoiled, it must be returned to the
ballot clerk, who must issue another
in its stead, but not more than three
in all shall be issued to any one voter.
Five minutes time is allowed in booth
to mark ballot. Unofficial ballots or
memorandum to assist the voter in
marking his ballot can be taken into
the booth, and may be used to copy
from. The ballot must not be shown
so that any person can see how it has
been marked by the voter.
~ After it is marked it should be
folded so that the inside canot be seen
but so that the printed Endorsements
and signatures of the ballot clerks on
the outside may be seen. Then the
voter should pass out of the booth or
compartment, give his name to the
inspector in charge of the ballot box,
hand him his ballot TO be placed in the
box. and pass out of the voting place.
(g) A voter,who declares to the pre-
siding officer that he is unable to read
or that by reason of physical disabil-
ity he is unable to mark his ballot,ca
have assistance of one or more cleo
ton officers in marking same, to be
chosen by the voter; and if he declares
that he is totally blind he may be as
sisted by any person chosen by him
from among the legal voters of the
county. The presiding officer may
administer an oath, in his discretion,
as to such persons disability.
(hl The following is a facsimile of
the official ballot.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-20
Office of County Clerk, |
Viroqua, Wis, August 10, 1919 !
To the Electors of Vernon County:

Nlroqua, Wis, August 10, 1919 J
To the Electors of Vernon County:
Notice is hereby given that a Ref
erendum election is to be held in the
several towns, wards. villages and ell
ection precincts in the county of YER
non, on the End day of September, at
which the question "Shall there be lev
led in the year 1919, a mill tax of not
to exceed three mills on the dollar and
an income tax sufficient to raise an ag
gregate sum of approximately fifteen
million dollars to be paid by the state
to Wisconsin soldiers, sailors, marines
and nurses as stated in Chapter 667
of the laws of 1919"will be voted upon
INFORMATION TO VOTERS
{a) A voter upon entering the poll
ing place and giving his name and res
idence, will receive a ballot from the
ballot clerk which must have endorsed
thereon the names or initials of both
ballot clerks, and no other ballot can
be used. Upon receiving his ballot,
the voter must retire alone to booth
or compartment and prepare the same
for voting. A ballot clerk may in
form the voter as Co the proper man.
ner of marking ballot, but he must
not advise or indicate in any manner
what to vote for.
I'D A voter may vote upon ques-
ton submitted to a vote of the people
by making cross (Xl or mark in the
square st the right of the answer
which he intends to give
(e) The ballot should not be mark
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-20
NOTICE OF ELECTION
STATE OF WISCONSIN I
v ernOn County

City OF Niroqua
Notice is Hereby Given, that a special cleo
ton will be held in the City Hall for all wards
of said City of ViroQua. Wisconsin, on the
End day Of September, A. ID. 1919, for the pur-
pose Of voting on the proposition of granting
bonus TO hOnorably discharged sailors. sol
ders, marines and nurses, including Red Cross
nurses who served with the army forces of the
United States in the War against Germany
and Austria, will be voted upon in conformity
with provisions of chapter SCI, laws of 1919.
Notice is Further Given. That the Polls of
said special election will be open from 100
o'clock in the morning until $50 o'clock in
the evening at the regular polling places in
said city. The same officers who served at
the last election will serve that day.
Dated this 18th day of August, 1919.
E. j. OLDER, City Clerk.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-20
noINGs oF rHE coMMoN CoIrNCIL


VirOqua, Wisconsin, August IL, 1919
Regular meeting of the common council
called to ordel by the Mayor. Members pres
ent Aldermen Anderson, MeHenry, Nelson and
Parker.
Minutes of previous meeting read and APP
proved. The following accounts read,
approved by the finance committee and upon
motion allowed. Roll call of members all vot-
ing aye.
Accounts: W. C .KirchOffer $3.50. Standard
Oil Co. S590.49, Wis-Minn Light & Power Co.
SF4.55, Alfred James Sll7.30, Viroqua Tele-
phone Co S6.55, A. Y. Mcdonald Mfg. Co.
S5l.45, c. +. Dahl $l.55, Lacrosse & South
eastern Ry. S3O9.79. Sam LePage s2l, Lee
Campbell S21. ID. o. Mahoney $I5.75, Gilbert
Walling zoe, c. Z. Powell $50.
Moved by Alderman Anderson and seconded
by Alderman Nelson that the matter of re-
moval of the buildings recently placed the
lots Of Otto Lund and John Side be laid over
for one week, two aldermen being absent from
this meeting.
Upon motion and second the council adjourn
ed +. J. OLDER, Clerk.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-20

Try San Tox vanishing cream;
it is guaranteed. o. E. Davis, Drug
gist.
Paige service station and general
repair work at Paulsen Bros garage
on South Rock ave. Phone sos. 29-tf
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-20
MONEY TO LOAN

On farm property. Funds always
on hand, no delay. Interest reason
able. also buy mortgages. Ad-
dress, or call on w. !. Hiekish, 203
S. 4th Street, Lacrosse. Wis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-20

Powell & Dawson, Insurance.
Farmers Bank Building.
John Denning, barber, under Lin
demann bank. Clean towels and linen.
&C. J. Kuebler will be in his Delco
store every Saturday. 32-tf.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-22

in the royal navy. Hawkcr, who
was y, vas twelve years Grieye's
Junior. lie was married, with a
wife and baby daughter IN his
family. Grieyc's only home, so
lar as is known. was a London
lluh.
lIawkcr lived in great comfort
no, far from kugston-on.,hc
Thames where the Sopwith con
ccrn. with which he has been con
ncctcd since his early flying days,
is located. lie was an Australian
by birth, hut emigra,ed TO Eng
land in 1910, when he decided TO
become A flicr.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-22
Hawker Felt
Death Near,
Friends Say
Yet Filler Showed No Signs
of Fear When Time
for FLIGHT Came,

l| NIH ''Nhl i''l NN'N ..NNlI WI
spnudruD
ST. JOHNS. y. +, May q
Few OF those who were associated
with Harry 6. lIawkcr and Lieut.
Commander Mackenzie Grieyc
during their long stay IN St. Johns
believed when they saw them start
on their transatlantic flight last
Sunday afternoon that they would
ever see them again.
Neither Hawkcr nor Gricvc ad-
mittcd at any time that the I'M
dcrtakiug was a desperate one,
but It is hard to believe that deep
down IN their hearts they did not
know that It was true that their
chances oi success depended en-
,ircly upon the possibility Of mann
tanning a continuous flight OF at
least twenty hours along a cour G
from whith they might not dcviatc
OF 10 which they must be sure o,
returning
llawkcr did no, often talk about
the flight or. rs possibilities. lie
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-22
ArmenianS Driven
To Cannibalism

CONSTANTINOPLE, May 20
Starvation and misery prevail among
Armenian refugees in the Caucasus re.
gion. according 10 a telegram sent to
IIcrber, II Hoover IN Paris by
Howard HEM. American food COM
missioner ior the near East, who IS in
this city.
Mr. Heinz says reports that some Of
the refugees, driven i-'ntic by hunger
and SUFFERING have rcSortcd to can
nihalism. are true in his opinion He
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-22
WILLIAMS RESIGNS
SEAT AT COLUMBIA

NEW YORK, MAY 22--Dr Talcott
Williams. director Of the school ot
journalism at Columbia university,
has rendered his resignation TO the
board OF trustees. The reason given
was that advancing years made re-
lief from the strain OF directing the
affairs OF the school advisable DR..
Williams was horn July %. 1879
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-22
dunno TRUSTING
WILSON TO Give
IRISH FREEDOM
Delegates Waiting Now for
Favorable Action,
By EDWIN 7. DCNNE,
Former Governor OF Illinois.

pAUIs Ma. - We arc waiting
-. .,',, A.. ,,,iy ,,om President
w1.,n ,,,o,.L SECRETARY Lansing to
a', ''t" ,.a,,., l7r lc nee q, the Good
o,Ii,,. Of ,hc United States govern
men, IN hr,npins the chosen represent
p,iyes oi inc Irish people 10 Paris TO
pre,cn, their c7un,r,'s cause TO the
peace conrrc,,
II the president, reply is in the ai-
firna,iyc then the ir., obicc, OF our
misson 10 PARIS vii have been ac-
compli,hcd and We shall feel sincerely
grateful and pra'iicd II the Irish
represeuia,ryc, come ~ Paris we will
confer with them and learn IN what
other va,s ,,c may he O., assistance to
Them IN attaining Independence for
ireland
PARIS Nav 11-ln n note sent 20
Pre,ldcr, Wilson requesting an inter
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-22
Spooner's Condition Improved.

NEW YORK, May 22-Thc con-
d,tion Of John c. Spooncr, former
United States senator from Wiscon-
sim. who for ihree weeks has been
suffering from nervou, breakdown,
showed further improvement It was
stated today at his home here. lie
had rcsttul night.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-22
Stop Itching Skin

There is one safe, dependable treat,
ment that relieves itching torture and
Ikip irritation almost instantly and
tbat cleanses and soothes the skin
Ask any druggist for 35cor $l bottle
nj Zemo and apply il asdirected. Soon
YOU win find that irritations pimpaes,
blackheads, eczema. biotcheA Ilngworm
md similar skin troubleswiil disappear
A little Zemo. the penetrating sat's
fyine liquid, Ia al that d necdsd, ioI u
Eanishee most akin efuptlCnA makes
~ - N smooth and healthy.
49, n V. ~ Co. OSvsiAnd. o.
tAlvsftisemeHs)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-22

Mexico needs most OF all men OF
character in her political lie" de-
clared the report The countrys
s,ringen, laws regarding religion make
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-22

il virtually impossible for missionaries
male any progress, and owing to the
poverty there, social conditions arc ap>
pallng."
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-22

adds tina, food 'or SOc0r in that ter
r,or, vii have to be provided by out
side sources for another year.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1919-02-07
Tho Razor In History.

In tracing the history of shaving II
should be sufficient to go back % the
Greeks and Romans, upon whose civil
zation our own Is based. Boards were
highly esteemed among the former ur
Co the time of Alexander the Great,
who was smooth shnycn. one reason
for the abolition of the beard among
soldiers was the fact that Il afforded
the enemy something 10 lay hold of
Al an earlier period the wearing of
certain types of helmet ana gorgct had
protected the beard. The Romans wore
boards down Ia the time Of the Gnllic
wars, while the Gnuls, albeit harha.
rlnns, were smooth shnyen save for the
mustache The antiquity OF barber
shops and razors IN Rome Is yariously
given by historians. Some have
claimed that the first barber shop. nj
least In that part ~ the world. was
opened In Sicily In 300 H. C.. while
other authorities make this date fnr
earlier or later, The Siclllan seems 10
have been the first barber,
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1919-02-07
FROM BEGINNING OF TIME
orluln Of Atmosphere Goes Back TO
Events Occurring Tens OF Mil.
lions OF Years AGO.

II we recall the teaching Of geology
and astronomy, telling US how the
earth was once too hot to sustain life,
we shall see that the mixture Of gases
that covers the solid surface OF the
earth and that we famlllarly call air,
must have had very interesting his
tory. According TO one widely accept.
cd theory Of the earths origin, all
that we know now as the solid earth,
and all the liquid matter that now
fills the ocean beds was once gas
eous. The gases OF the atmosphere
nre simply composed OF these porticu.
lar elements which are gaseous at
the present temperature OF the
onrths surface, which have not en-.
tered into complete combination with
the solid matter Of the earth's crust
and which have not been whlsked
away into space by centrifugal force,
This being the fate that ls supposed
to have befallen the former atmosphere
" the moon, and some Of the lighter
constituents of our own atmosphere.
In the past when the earth's temper
nture was much higher, ana when
muny other conditions were different,
n is more than probable. for instance,
that. long before man appeared, the
proportion NJ cQrbon dloxlde In the air
was much higher than at present This
would account for the extreme lux
urinncc ~ vegetation, TO which
every lump Of coul bears witness, the
carbonlc ncld Of the air being one OF
the most important constituents OF the
food Of plants. Again, II ls quite Ger.
tain That, NJ very much more remote
period which must certainly date
hucb tens of millions Of years, the
temperature Of the carths surface
was ~ hot that wnter could not oc'
cur In its llquid form. AZ that time
one of the most important and abun.
dunt constituents OF the earths Mt.
mosphcro was gaseous water, or water
vupur
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1919-02-07
CATALONIA GREAT SEA POWER
Spanish Province Centuries AGO Held
undlsputed Naval swsy-People
Stlll Proud Of Aohieveme

The Moors were expelled from Bar
cclona In tho ninth century. Catalonia
had more than four centuries start
over Seville and six over Malaga. n
II little wonder, therefore, that Span.
lsh enterprise. n such term N up.
pllcnble, IN seen NJ It's best In Cntn.
lonln. because Il has had real oppur.
tunlty 10 express itself, Catalonia has
always looked beyond It's geographical
limits II has, In fact looked acn.
wnrd. II was on the waves that the
men Of Barcelona found riches md
glory. They were the rivals of the
Plsnns. Gcnocsc and vcnctnns, and
Barcelona can hcnst ~ naval his.
tory ns great perhaps us theirs Cutn.
lonln for n time held sway ~ ihc sen,
and II was only upon the consolidation
Of Spain nt the beginning of the six.
tcenth century and the rise ~ the
great modern states that the city was
ecllpscd ns n sen power, The Cnta.
lonlans. proud of their achievements.
looked with little favor upon Colum.
bus discovery OF America. an enter
prise which had been promoted by
nelghborlng CASTLE.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1919-02-07
LAUGHED At OWN CARlCATURE
Charles oieken, Has Been Called Vain,
but This story Seems 20 Prove
Otherwise.

The reproduction OF very rare cur
feature porlnlt " Dickens appeared
ln u recent number OF Dickenslun.
William Miller was the author ~ the
portrait, which was advertised for In
vain by o. q. kltton. more than
twenty years ngo. for Insertion In his
book. charles Dickens by Pen and
Pencil" suys Christian Science Monl'
tor Dickens first saw the portrait In
question when walking nlong plccn.
ANY with Dsrpcll one dny. lie was
vastly amused. aud, entering the shop.
bought several copies. one of which
was sent o. the Hon. Mrs. Richard
Watson NJ Rockingham In n letter
written from GRd's lllll place he says:
II hope you may have seen n large
hrudcd photograph with little legs
representing the undersigned, Il has
Just sprung up so abundantly In all
the shops Tint I am ashamed to go
uhuut town looking Ia nt the picture
windows, which N my delight, II
seems iu be- extraordinarily ludlcrous
ana u better likeness than the portrait
Inur Ice earnest Il made me laugh
when nrst came upon H. until !
.hnuk again, Ia open, sunlighted Pie,
,udilly"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1919-02-07

Many famous -0u-ru were pupils ot
Tu,li uuru. mr uf rH. busiest ut
his morning. uH.n h. huI Iuns Us.
"f singing i,ssuU. fp rri uMuulu. Do
knock ,umy 900 .Ny buur u. nj. Hui
lli, valet hru- I Iu-U u.u. tu th,
door himself a MIN. -ruu-r tu nm
stood un th. fl..- -H0II "~..uur Tu-If-
She inquired. ru-rI bowed "uN" -uII
the ludy u Uw r.Ualue Awr .aHa Ma
M,muuv- ut MuurhueIer uu.-nf. uud
I want yuu k.uly tn um through IJ
with me Madam answered ID-u.
politely huI nrWN "l Hur 30 ls lm.
possible I have uNN pupils with m,
now, and % thrd Ir waiting u thr uutr
ruom while others Win arrive short.
b." "llut sou must" thr mUk persist.
ed. n nm .urry h,-uu Ip-u u-alu.
when hr suddenly received violent
push backwards. uud thr hly walked
into the studio rusu followed. pro
testing After "a luug argument which
threatened every moment tn hv,umr
heated the ludy snapped ont. "Nen
we'll then ! ,huut Sims Your song
Madam" said Iu,u taking her hy
the hand % ann infinitely Obliged io
you" Tho lady guyc him one look uul
fed
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1919-02-07

A man named Winch. butcher of
sydney, \, :, ", recently took the
liberty Of kissing a handsome girl who
was one of his customers, She re-,
scented the attrOnt. and Winch was
prosecuted. lie was fined heavily hy
the board OF magistrates. and lengthy
notices of the case appeared la the
press. The publicity given 60 the pro.
cedings happened to attract the no,
tice of a firm of solicitors In sydney,
who had been appointed trustees of
certain property which had been left
TO Winch by distant relative some
years before. the solicitors up 20 then
having been unable To tud any trace
OF the missing heir Winch was com,
munlcated with by the firm, and, hay.
ing duly established his identity, be,
came the poSSeSSor OF snug little
fortune
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1919-02-07
NOTED MEN NAMED WILLIAM
Lon1 Llst Of Those Who Attained the
Front Rank as Writers, Poets
and Statesmen,

Thor" hnyo h,nn moro famous WI.
llams ihan mon ~ nny other name,
and 'hu majority of those Williams
have been writer's, poets nud states
men. hui rrr'y musicians fnr William
Is evidently not musical name.
Tho lIsi of poets rs q long one; WI,
lium Shakespeare thr greatest Eng,
li-h writer, William Covprr the Eng,
lIsh poet who wrote "Ou Receipt ~
Ny Mothers piyWrr" William Words.
worth. ihc Eugllsh poet, who
wrote "luDy Grry;" William Blake.
who wrote "Thr Marriage II Hell and
Heavens" William Coll.us.s the Eng
lish writer; William Morris, the pre-
lluuhH,'.tr. who began life Rs de,
si-urr Invented the morris chair and
translated several volumes from the
irruulic; William Aniughnm. the
Irish poet who wrote Lovely Mary
pnnnellyt" William Yeats. the Irish
playwright and thc American poet,
William cullen BRYANT, who wrote
"lincs 90 n Water Fowl"
Resides these poets we have the
pre- writer's: William Makepeace
TIurk,ruy Englund's second greatest
novelist, ana who wrote vanity
Fnir;" William Rossettl brother of
Dante Gabriel Rnssp,ti ana the great
urt critic; William Dean lIowellS, the
American novelist; William Hall
Ca.ue, the novelist known as Hall
Cainc, ana William sharp. the Irish
writer who wrote under the name Of
Fiona Macleod.