Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-06-04
OLE HANSON's NAME A HOUSEHOLD
WORD
Mayor OF Seattle Does Things for Society's
PrOtecti0n-Captain Sibaugh Tells of it
Far-of Personals

Seattle, WASH, April 81. 1919.
Dear Friend MunsOn: Becauec I have not
written does not mean that have not had
kindly thoughts about you o-.vn, for / have.
/ am always glad to hear from you and APP
preeiate you sending me the news about
Before forget it. what in the world has be-
come of those medals your legislature voted
the soldiers Of 1898? l cannot imagine.
That is some prohibition bill j. Henry has
prepared. That ought TO hold them down. |
don't know what those old dutehmen in Mil
waukee are going to do when it goes dry. IL
will be a lot of trouble while this generation
Of topers last. but the next one will hardly
know what intoxicating lQuor-was.
IL seemed strange TO hear you say the leg
islature would be a short and would not
Lasts longer than June, ! believe it WIS. /
suppose you think 1t would be utterly i'm
possible to do the work in sixty days, but
they could do il just as well if they knew
they had TO. Our term is limited to sixty
days, and they get along just well. They
1ut everything off until the 59th day, that
they can, but they know it stops at sixty days
and they finish before that.
We are getting along pretty fair even II we
do have a little excitement occasionally. Per-
haps Henry told you Of the l. w. W. meeting
when trouble expected, but did not mater
iaiize. The general strike was a great ex-
perience II seemed bad enough for $4,000
men to stop work ut once, but that did not
effect any one much except those taking part
in it, but when they all quit 1t seemed strange.
We have very busy city these days and dur
ing certain times it takes three traffic men
corners. and then TO have everything stop dead
still, il seemed like the world was coming 10
an end. The hour of the walkout 10 in
the forenoon. knowing all conveyances would
stop at that hour, the people either stayed
home went home before that. During the
street car strike. the jitneys worked time
and all sorts Of vehicles were used to convey
the people, but the jitneys struck too, and
there was even no freight wagons 10 ride on.
1t still it seemed IL something awful
going to happen. The restaurants closed,
IL. aaa.wu
We have four newspapers that get out four
editions every day and the morning papers
get out two. You cannot get anywhere that
you don't hear three or four news boys, but all
the newspapers suspended and the news boys
struck. The Portland 0rgonian sent a car
load of papers in with lots Of Seattle news.
the street because he was "scabbing." They
were determined to stop the gas plant and
the lights and that would have been serious
matter. Leo Green, whose name was Green
ovieh, was executive head of the electric
workers, and boosted that he going 70
stop the light plant. Ole said the light plant
would run, and it did. We depend the
light power TO pump water TO the vest side
and stopping the plant would have cut OF
water from $4,000 people on the west side.
phoned Ole. the mayor. and asked him If
ming isn't it?" / told him ] would rather
carry salt water from the Sound and il
than TO give in one inch TO them. He said the
plant would run If il took every soldier at
Camp Lewis to do it.
Well the government took charge o. re
news papar plant and got out an extra con.
sympathetic strikers did not go TO work by .
certain hour the following day, that the SOL
diers, police and volunteers would run things,
and most of them went 10 work before the
hour. Some of the ring leaders are fugitives
from justice, including our friend Greenovieh.
good many of them are in jail awaiting
trial. and the strike was such hzzle from
the workers standpoint, that IL Is very GER
tain that another general strike will not be
attempted in Seattle. The ship yard workers,
too, went back TO work after losing few mil
Jim Mccall made his semi-annuaI trip a
short time ago. and Jegerson and I spent the
evening with him. Its almost like a visit
home TO see Jim. He looks well, happy and
prosperous, but is the same Jim to his old
friends.
Clifford Favor is one Of the yiroqua boys
who made good in Seattle. He has small
printing plant, grocery and Is doing fine.
Clifford is an active church man and citizen
that any town can be proud of. Efie Nit
chell, nee Hewy, and her husband, are max
ing good money in the grocery business in the
north end of the city. Rose Leafherman. for
merly Rose White. spent the summer in Seat
tie and went to Alaska TO teach last fall
where they are both teaching in government
schools. Their son Harold went 10 France as
first sergeant of a company. He left a fine
position at Spokane and was one Of the finest
looking young soldiers / have seen. He drop
ped in a few days ago from thr hospital. He
saw some hard fighting and siyed a severe
wound in the left shoulder. He 4 but little
use Of his left arm, but the doctors think they
can bring it cut pretty well.
Rosetta was at Olympia during the session
of the legislature. She is counted the liking
lobbyist" among women organizations Of the
state and got more reform legislation through
this winter than at any previous session.
I'll send a write-up that appeared in the Post
Inteiligeneer a week or 30 ago.
Well have written quite letter now that
! got started and | hope you won't put yours
of so long next time.
Your old friend
JACKSON SILBAUGH.