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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-25
MY CHRISTMAS TREE.

On
Christ
mas morn
ing when i
wake ant
sleep-dust from
my eyes / shake.
see a sight that
makes me start and
causes thumpings i'm my
heart: A Christmas tree
oh, pretty sight-with can
dies, bells and balls alight.
With horns and dolls and sugar
piums. and skates and trains and
beating drums. And. oh. il Is a won-
der tree. with heaps OF things for
me to see. Rare gifts hang upon
the side.- which tinseled fairies
cannot hide. A soldier doll. :.
doll house. too. and
strings of gold come TO
my view. and
as I look
I seem to
hear sweet Christ
mas music. soft and clear
A merry Christmas. IL seems to say.
A merry. happy. holy day.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-25

They get lazy quite often-your
bowels you feel punk all over.
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea fills
them with new life and :energy. Dec.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-25
Christmas Thanks.

Fer little children everywhere
a joyous season still we make,
And bring our precious gifts to them
: Even for the dear child Jesus sake.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-06-21

Celled by any other Similar place i'm The city,
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RAGG, Nice-Prcsidcnt;
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-05
TALK OF THE TOWN

Owen Corrigan and II. j. Gale Of Plain
field were in The city to-day on business.
Bracelet watches, Waltham, Hamil-
ton, Elgin, Hampden, Illinois, all reliable
American makes. The Phillips & Lucas
Store. Montpelier.
The Ida Reed w. c. I. u. will meet
with Mrs. Bockley Friday afternoon at
2;30. All members are urged to attend
and bring thimbles.
There will be meeting in the Church
of the Good Shepherd of the ladies'
guild this evening at o'clock. Let there
be good attendance.
A joint meeting of the ladies auxiliary
and Clan Gordon, No. II, amusement
committee will be held on Friday, June
6, in the Clan rooms at p. m. prompt.
William Stewart, a clerk at the post.
office, began two weeks vacation this
morning from his duties and started, to-
gether with many others, for Sherbrooke,
P. O., to attend meeting of the Dokies
tonight.
Alumni, former students, faculty, sen
Tors, juniors of Spauldng, together with
their husbands, wives or sweethearts, are
hereby cordially invited to the alumni
ball to be held in S. H. s. assembly hall,
June Is. Tickets, 81; extra ladies Soc.
The first quarterly conference of the
Hedding Methodist Episcopal church will
be held at the church this evening at
1880 o'clock Rev. f. w. Sharpe of st.
Johnsbury, the district superintendent,
will preside. All members OF the confer.
ence should attend
Regular meeting of the Modern Wood.
| men of America Friday, June 9, at p.
m. At 3 o'clock the Mortified Foresters'
team will exemplify the work on about
80 candidates As this is county class,
camps in the county are expected to turn
out to one of the biggest doings in
Wooderaft in years. Local members
kindly attend.
More than 80 men members of the
Knights of Pythias started at different
times during the forenoon for Sher-
brooke, P. O., to attend a meeting this
evening A class of more than 30 candi.
dates is to be received this evening as
Dokies. With various implements for
degree work, 10 or IL automobiles left
the city to-day. Among the number was
| Grand Chancellor Miner of Rutland.
The first FIRE drill of the summer was
held last evening, beginning at 1880
Almost everything which fremen have
to deal with at fire was rehearsed upon
| the building of r. L. Clark on Prospect
street. Twenty-Five call men, as well as
| the regulars, aided in connecting two
hundred or more feet of hose, hosting
ladders to the roof Of the building, seal.
ing ladders with lines Of hose and lastly
jumping from the roof to the rescue
net. Such were the tactics OF the men
for over an hour and half to give the
call men more knowledge Of the numer-
Gus problems constantly appearing 10
inexperienced men.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-05
A BLOOD BUILDER
IS NEEDED AFTER
SERIOUS ILLNESS
Vermont Woman Tells How She Gained
Vitality Lost Through
Disease.

After serious illness there is gen.
orally great need for builder that will
restore richness to the blood and give it
the capacity to carry nourishment to
starved nerves. Building up the blood
gives strength and vitality, hastens CON
yalescence and assists in preventing a
relapse.
Mrs. Eugene Sullivan, who lives at
No. ia Park street, Barre, VT, was left
weak and run down following an attack
of gastric fever. Her own story of
her recovery after she had almost given
up hope will interest others. She says;
"a severe attack of gastric fever weak
ened me so that my blood was thin 1t
seemed as though would never regain
my strength. My nerves were unstrung
and / was upset at the least little noise.
| suffered from neuralgia in my head
and had rheumatism in my legs and
ankles and nothing that | tried gave
me any relief. ate very little and that
little didn't give me any strength.
81 read about Dr. Williams Pink Pills
and decided to give the remedy trial,
It was fortunate decision for me, for
felt better in few weeks. My ap-
petite improved and gradually my
strength returned. As my blood became
richer the neuralgia pains disappeared
and finally ! was free from rheumatism,
and now | feel better than / have for
long time. owe it all to Dr. viii
liams' Pink Pills and can certainly fec
ommend the remedy to others"
Your own druggist can supply you
IA.
can order direct from the DR.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. ", en-
closing so cents for one box or $3.50 for
six boxes. Write to-day for the free
booklet Building Up the Blood."--Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-05

quite openly when we walk down the
street One sees quite few German
and Austrian officers and soldiers on the
street"
There is now, he says, only one way
for an outsider to travel to Vienna and
that is by the Interallied express, which
comes through twice a week to Warsaw
and has cars which are dropped off for
Prague, Budapest and Constantinope
The country is so short of food he adds,
that several weeks ago the bolsheviki
took the diner of the train so the al
lied diplomats must now carry their own
food
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-05
PAINTED EVERYTHING RED.
Until Bolshevist Supply of Paint Became
Exhausted

Princeton, N j., June 5.-The com,
munists, or bolsheyiki, painted every
thing red in Budapest until the paint
supply was exhausted, according to an
American officer who recently visited
that Hungarian city. This fact was
mentioned in a letter written by another
American officer attached to the peace
conference, who wrote from Vienna on
May /, his letter coming through by
way of Paris in unusually fast time.
The writer apparently did not proceed
beyond Vienna but received his informa-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-05

tion concerning the decoration of Buda-
pest with red paint from another Amer
lean officer who had just returned from
that city. The writer said that Amer
lean money was worth much more to the
people OF Vienna than their own paper
money.
THE dollar now buys 30 kronen where
it used to buy only five kronen," he
wrote. 80 we Americans are all rich.
There are five or six American officers
and an American mission in Vienna, and
the Americans are well liked here, get.
ting favors in the hotels, restaurants
and theatres. Still people stare at us
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-05
Notice.

Discharged soldiers and sailors are
asked to register date of discharge at
the home service section of the Red
Cross, Jackson block. room 4, Monday,
Tuesday and Saturday evenings and Sat
urday afternoons, also by appointment.
Mrs. F. L, Robinson, executive secretary.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-10-09

LOISs
"Then Tom declared that to take
them alive would be much better
than to kill them. With the fish
lines he soon prepared some slip
nooses, fastened at the end Of short
sticks, and within a short time we
had four large yellow rattlers dangling
at the end OF as many sticks.
"We induced them to strike at
sticks poked at them, and the poison,
a thin, greenish liquid, would fly
from their mouths. But finding their
efforts Intellectual, they soon became
so subdued they would pay no
attention to our teasing. 1t was my
first evperance with rattlesnakes but
by no means my last. l had found that
tention to our taesing. 1t was my first
experience wi hrattlesnakes but by
no means my last. | had found that
they do not adopt an offensive attit-
ude but, on on the contrary, always
act purely on what they believe to be
the defensive
They do not attack except for their
own protection. They endeayor to
keep out of your sight and do not
hesitate to retreat if opportunity Of
fers. They never chase human beings
and I do not believe they attack do
meStic animals"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-10-09
CUGDUCK IS A STRANGE CREATURE FOR IT FINDS
IT'S HOME NEAR THE TIDE LINE, THE SHELL BEING
IN THE SAND IT'S MOUTH AT THE SEA BOTTOM

How would you like to be a gul-
duck This strange creature lives
near the tide line it's body deep down
in the sand and it's mouth just stick
ing out at the bottom of the sea, when
the water covers the low land 1t
cannot see, probably cannot hear,
and cannot move from it's home.
w. J. Durward, who resides near
the mouth of the Nesqually river,
state of Washington, and who is here
to close the estate of his late brother
Rev. FIR. J. T. Durward, has an un
usual picture of a guiduck. In order
to obtain the picture a number Of diff
culties had to be overcome.
with the sun, thus producing the
greatest movement of the water from
and to the shore When the tide is
out the farthest the guiducks are To-
Gated by the mouth of the clam stick
ing through the sand and then a hole
must be hastily dug, dug before the
tide returns After going down about
four feet the body was found and
while in this position the picture was
taken. The clam is like those in the
Baraboo river except that it lives
from two to four feet down in the
sand, it's mouth being from two to
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-10-09
RATTLESNAKE HUNTING A FIR ST CLASS SPORT,
SAYS W. w. GILMAN TELLING HIS EXPERIENCES

Hunting rattleSnakes is first class
sport. exciting enough to be interest
ing but not as dangerous as one
might think, relates w. w. Gilman,
telling his experiences in The Wis
consin Conservationist, issued by.
state conservation commission. tie
explains that direct contact with the
snakes not books, has furnished MN
with the knowledge he has on the SUD-
ject.
Like many others | grew to man
hood without ever having seen 1--we
rattlesnake in it's natura l state OF
freedom and with some considerable
fear of and dislike for most OF the
snake family he says. Then
came an invitation to visit some OF
the bluffs along the Wisconsin river
in Sauk county upon rattlesnake
hunt.
ST set out on what l. at least, con-
sidered as quite an adventure. My
three companions were all somewhat
ldulllldT Will IdtL1C0ndhCo' w AAAS"AAN
no special preparations but had some
fish lines with us. On reaching the
bluffs we scattered somewhat, and be-
ganlooking in every favorable spot for
snakes summing themselves. After we
had nearly given up hopes Tom vel
led that he had discovered some under
a large rock.
'On striking the top with a small
stone there would Immediately start
a peculiar buzzing sound, something
like that made by the locusts in mid
summer. Tom said it was made by the
rattlers, and expressed the opinion that
there were several of them.
"We secured a small tree trunk, and
using that as a lever, with small
er rock as a fulcrum, we could raise
the large rock enough to see the
snakes. 1t was an exciting momen
to at least one of the would d-be cap
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-10-09

H. H. Hubert, who represents a
Fort Atkinson nursery, has returned
from a trip to the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Armbruster, residents
southwest Of Baraboo, and brings
back very unusual rattlesnake story
Late in the blackberry season they
were gathering the fruit and Mrs.
Armbruster came upon a number of
the serpents. She gave the alarm
and Mr.. Armbruster rushed to her
assistance with club. One Of the
snakes was dispatched in hurry
and another was seen to be disap-
pearing in a gopher hole. Seeing that
his prey was about to escape he
thrust the end of the stick into the
hole, stopping the progress of the
snake.
What could be done Mr. Rather
was wiggling his tail for all he was
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-10-09
four feet from the body.

four feet from the body.
On one occasion Mr.. Durward saw
1900 of them dug out of the sand by
100 people or more, the catch weigh
ing more than a ton They are sweet
like veal and considered a rare del
icacy. Some Of them weigh as much
as four pounds and sell at 40 cents
each None of the mussel is thrown
away, the whole being eaten just like
an ordinary oyster.
Mr.. Durward says the name in In
dian means ''deep dig" He has never
seen a picture. in q book or paper
and thinks he has the only one. This
with others he expects to publish
the whole dealing with life along the
Pacific coast A number of scolored
bird views he brought with him are
in the superlative class. 0
* * *
M. G.. Crandall who resided many
years on the Pacific coast and who
is acquainted with the wild life Of
western Washington, says the name
should be spelled 'geoduck." He al
SO tells of the rapidity with which
the razor oyster will burrow in the
sand. A man must be quick with the
shovel else it will get so deep it can
be obtained only after great diff
Guilty.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-10-09
POTATOES ROT;
VINES The CAUSE

That potato pits should by no mean
be covered with vines this fall is the
conclusion drawn from experiments
in Barron county, where late blight
has attacked the vines and is causing
much rot of the tubers. The exper-
mental plot is being used to deter
mine whether or not late blight can
be controlled after the vines are bad
ly infected and whether it is advisable
to cover the pits with vines.
r. L. Cuff, county agent, who is in
charge of the experiment, describes
it:
Vines were pulled from two rows OF
potatoes. The next two rows were COW
cred with diseased vines. Th third
group of rows was left the usual way
with vines intact. One-fourth of the
plot will be dug each week until the
crop is harvested. Each week pit is
covered with hay, another with pota-
toe vines, and a like quantity is stor-
ed in the cellar
The pit covered with hay at the end
of the first week showed little rot
while the tubers covered with pota
to vines showed a. bad infestation OF
late blight rot. Apparently the vine
covered potatoes will be half rotten
in another week.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-10-09
MR. AND MRS SAMUEL ARMBR USTER HAVE STRANGE
EXPERIENCE WITH A RAFT LESNAKE NEAR THEIR HOME
A FEW MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF BARABOO

worth and his pursuers were in ex-
cited quandary.
''Give me a string quick" said Mr..
Armbruster in an agitated manner.
81 have no string" replied his wife
standing at a safe distance.
"Give me a shoestring," he shout
ed.
With fingers trembling and full OF
excitement Mrs. Armbruster managed
to unite one of her shoes and remove
the string.
Her husband tied the string firmly
about the visible portion of the
squirming, rattling reptile then slow
ly withdrew the club and Mr.. Snake.
The venomous object could not get
away-could only rattle.
1t was not long until he had gone
the way of all snakes and quiet was
restored in the neighborhood.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-10-09
CAMP GRANT NOW
MERE ARMY POST
Every Day Like Sunday at Place
Where Thousands Were Trained
for War Many From Sauk

Tomorrow is Sunday. The next
day is Sunday too, for Camp Grant.
And the next. And the next. And so
on for eternity of Sundays This
great city of the war to-day ends its
role in the drama and settles down
to the changeless routine of reg
ular army post. A little drill in the
morning, a little rest in the afternoon
little guard duty at night and lot
of fatigue.
Corporal Jack Weber, leaning de-
jectedly against telephone post and
appraising the, deserted streets and
dreary barracks with dull eye,
stated the situation:
'In for the duration of the peace"
he said.
Along miles and miles of camp
street one passes the deserted bar
racks. The windows are closed.
The squad rooms return ghostly
echoes to the strange footsteps Of
curious wanderers who occasionally
pass through. The hunks are folded
up and put away, the hunks where
so many Sauk county boys sat and
held their heads and wished for
home. The dining halls are thick
with dust The kitchens are empty Of
the pots and pans the greasy sur
faces of which represented unsound-
ed depths of degradation to boys
never acquainted with dishrag.
Grass Grows Everywhere
Wild grass grows in the drill fields
Grass grows in the corrals where un-
tanned horses came by the thousand
to be broken by boys who had never
spoken to horse. Grass is cropping
over the once carefully tended side
walks and edging at the very doors
Of some Of the barracks. 1t was not
like this a year ago when more than
$4,000 men were working feverishly
from sunrise to dark to fit them
selves for victory.
The camp discharged 100000 men.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-10-09
AUTO ACCIDENT
NEAR PORTAGE
Dekorra Car Stops On Railroad
Track and Locomotive Strikes
Machine---None Hurt

The afternoon passenger train on
the Madison and Portage division
struck an auto owned by Morris
Youngs of Dekorra the railroad
crossing a half mile from Hartland
recently, and though the touring car
was badly wreaked, none Of the occu-
pants was seriously hurt.
The car was being driven by Ernest
Youngs, and with him were his wife
and infant child, and Mrs. Morris
Youngs, his mother, and her niece,
Eva Wheeler, aged IL years. The par
ty were going to Portage to do shop
ping, and as they were about to cross
the railroad another car came along
and passed the narrow highway.
The Youngs car rolled upon the
track and stopped.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-10-09
RAINY WEATHER
FOR REEDSBJpc
Despite Unfave Aditions
Parade Is AySo~ Wednes-
day and E. .ses Held Free
Dinner

In spite of the cold miserable rainy
weather of the week, the people OF
Reedsburg were not to be daunted'
Preparations and decorating con-
tinued until all was in readiness by
Tuesday evening The main streets
were beautiful in their gay colors.
The rain Tuesday evening hindered
the motor trucks getting there until
late so no demonstration was given
until the next morning. There was
no concert by the Jackie band either.
Wednesday morning it was still
misty and cold but the spirits Of the
town were not to be spoiled.
At ten o'clock the parade was call
ed and although it was not all as
planned it was a great success. The
Portage and Reedsburg bands did
their best to liven things up. Many
very pretty floats were in the parade
all the old soldiers ventured out in
cars and the line Of young soldiers
made a splendid array. The schools
were dismissed and the children with
their teachers marched.
After the parade the memorial SER
vices were held at IL o'clock in front
of the booth prepared for that pur-
pose. D. o. Slime gave the principal
address, Mr.. H. B. Quimby acting as
chairman. Then followed the free
dinner to all soldiers and sailors
and ladies.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-10-09
TRAIN HITS CAR
NEAR PORTAGE

A serious railway crossing accident
happened at Lake George crossing
two miles from Portage this week.
McQueeney's train which arrives in
Portage about $50 p. m. hit an auto
driven by Mr.. Hill of Moundville
and demolished it, and the occupants
narrowly escaped by jumping out.
The train was coming along at a
rapid rate of speed, it is said, and
in some manner the car stalled as it
was crossing the right of way. With
Hill were two occupants in the car,
and Hill was driving.
The car was closed on all sides be-
cause Of the rain.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-10-09
KILBOURN CASE;
WOMAN GONE

F. E. Cockerell, who was brought
to Portage from Dayton, Ohio, few
days ago to answer to charges pre-
ferred against him at Kilbourn rel
ative to raising drafts or checks will
be brought before Judge Kellogg for
trial.
He has been remanded to jail in.
default of $4,000 bail by Justice Kie-
fer until his hearing in county court.
His woman companion, whom, it is
claimed, operated at Kilbourn with
Cockerell, has not yet been arrested.
The police at Dayton, who took Cock
ereH in charge, are searching for
her.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-10-09
TWO DEATHS
AT KENDALL

Mrs. C. B .Curtice, whose illness
has been repeatedly noted, died at her
home at Kendall recently.
Surviving her are the bereaved hus-
band, a daughter, Mrs. E. Burdin, two
grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. Mary r..
Harris of Elroy, and two brothers,
Frank of Elroy, and Walter of Wash
ingtOn.
Deaths Further Toll
Again the family was called to bear
a furthur bereavement in the death
of Mr.. Burdin, who had been in i'll
health for some time. He passed away
in less than a week after the death
of the mother He was buried at Mil
lard Prairie by the side of the aged
mother of his wife.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-10-09

charivari A settlement was made
with the mother of the youth.
(From Saturdays daily)
Circuit has closed until Monday
October Is, when Judge James O'neill
and f d. Galway will return for the
trial of John B. Harvey and James S.
Harvey. The brothers operated farms
together for some time and the suit
is over the division of property. 1t
may require three or four days to
try the case.
The last case heard was that of
G. G. Van Wormer VS.. John B. South
hard This was over the disposition
of property.