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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-13
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down. and carronade trained upon
them. would we he safe.
sat where could watch the stairs.
and the entire forward part of the
cabin. Gunsaules lowered the table,
and began preparing the morning
meal Finally he announced break
fast.
Suppose You rap on the lady's door
yonder, and ask if she will join me-
Say your message is from Senior
Gates"
She came at once and seated herself
opposite me. and we spoke of the
weather while GunsauIes served. He
was still lowering about. but my anX-
iety to have 4 word with her alone
caused me to send him TO attend Cap
tain Sanchez. We waited until he dis
appeared. within the after stateroom
bearing tray; then her eyes sudden
ly lifted to mine, filled with question
ing.
"Tell me what has happened?' She
breathed eagerly. u heard the noise
of struggle out here. and voices CON
versing. Why are you alone?"
I leaned over to speak in as low a
tone as possible. And | told her the
situation in detail and my plans.
She sat silently gazing at me across
the table, her parted lips trembling to
an unasked question. Before she could
frame this in words. the door to the
companion opened, and Watkins de
scended the stairs. AT sight of her he
whipped off his cap.
"You may speak freely" l said.
This is the young lady l told you
about, and of course she is with US.
Only talk low"
"Yes, sir" using a hoarse whisper,
and fastening his gaze on me. Its all
right, SIR"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-13
PLANT DISEASES LEVY
BIG TAX ON FARMERS
BY II. L. RUSSELL,
Director Wisconsin Experiment Sta
ton,


Diseases levy n heavy tax, Taxes
are never popular. They are rarely
paid gladly, even though we may real
ize that we get good returns In protec-
ton 10 life and property and in con
venience and security of living.
Against taxes that are unnecessarily
laid on us, however, we have the right
to rebel. Yet year after year we con-
tinue to pay the penalty for indiifer'
ence, apathy. stupidity and negligence.
Disease, both plant and animal, CON
tinue 10 levy an annual toll not only
on us, hut on our possessions. We
know that much of this loss is pre-
ventable, yet the toll Of many mil
lions Of dollars n year continues to
be exacted and we go on suffering the
penalty.
Is it worth while to develop bet
ter blood and pedigreed seed, TO work
out improved cultural practices, and
then let disease constantly drain our
resources?
The war has been won, but not yet
paid for. Much can be done toward
cancelng the debt If the preyentable
losses that continually reduce our re-
sources are checked Science has not
by any means answered all the prob
lens that have been put up to her. ana
vet the solution science offers to a
great many questions is not being wide
~ utilized at present.
The discovery of the necessary meth
DDS of control such as are involved In
the development of resistant strains OF
cabbage and localized soil disinfectlon
with onions, resembles the struggle re-
Gently concluded In the great war,
where new type of gas attack had to
be met by developing new method of
controlling II. o.. these Wisconsin
fields IT is continually a process of dis
covering and applying on wide scale
the methods of control that are neces-
sary TO hold these parasitic enemies
in check.
While the scope Of the work OF the
experiment station covers all fields Of
agricultural science, some very linz
portant findings have been made by
this station the past two years in the
field Of plant diseases and their CON
troll
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-13
MANS WONDERFUL MAKEUP.

No difference how sour a man looks.
he contains about 90 Jumps Of sugar
of the ordinary cubical dimensions. and
to make the seasoning complete. there
are 20 spoonfuls Of salt. II a man
were distilled into water he would
make about 3s quarts. or more than
half his entire weight. He also CON
tains a great deal Of starch. chloride
Of potash magnesium. sulphur and ny
drochloric acid Ia his wonderful sys-
tenn.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-13
WOLVES OF THE SEA
By RANDALL PARRISH

HARDWOOD down from the foretop." said
Watkins.
And there are others below who
will join u.s."
Yes. sir; six more l count on"
Which means lads, that with Har-
wood Senior Levere. and myself, Wen
total tWenty-one in this shindy. Now
IH tell you what is up. Watkins gave
you some of it no doubt. but a word
from me will make it clearer. I'm no
pirate; I'm an English sailor. shang-
HE'D. Estada named me first officer
because ! understand navigation"
stopped speaking. staring ar one
OF the faces before me: all az once II
appeared familiar "What is your
name. my man?"
Jim Carter, sir"
You were on the Sinbad. three
wears ago?"
4 was that, Mister Carlyle" he an
SWered grinning. Il knowd you the
minute | cum down we're"
Then that is all need say on that
Inc Here's one of your mates, lads.
who will vouch for me. Now. as I've
been told, you are all of you in the
same bOat--you are prisoners on
hoard. Luck has given us a chance 10
make a break, and get away. Captain
/ sanchez is wounded and helpless.
Pedro Estada is dead, and I've got
Manuel locked in that stateroom. His
cut-throats are all below, and now all
we've got TO do is clap on the hatch
and Keep them there. Now, what /
want to know is are you fellows with
me?"
Watkins answered up promptly;
then Carter; the others Joining in with
less heartiness. the different accents
revealing their nationalities. | knew
sailors well enough TO feel assured
they would follow their leaders once
the game started
That's good enough; now we've got
TO hit hard and quick, lads. There are
six men on deck who are not with us.
Watkins will take care of them with
those fellows | don't assign to Jtner
work. Jones, YOU and Carter make
straight for the forecastle and don't
let anyone come up the scuttle. One
of you had better drop down below.
and prevent any of those lads from
unbarring the door leading amidships.
Who is the best for that job?"
"Let Carlson do it."
"All right-Carlson it is then. You
Uf.Iy ha fxxrN
part will be to ship the main hatch.
DO quick job. and clamp it down
tight"
"Tll come down. to you Carlson, as
soon as we have the deck. 1t ought
not to take more than five minutes to
handle those lads, and slew around a
carronade. Watkins, you and Carter
hand out the cutlasses from the rack /;
you boys will handle those better than
firearms. Good; now are you all
ready?"
There was a low murmur Of voices,
the faces watching me showing their
increasing excitement and eagerness.
Our little talk had served to arouse
their confidence in my leadership, and
with cleaning weapons in their hands
they became self-reliant volunteers.
Once turned loose my greatest diff
Guilty might be TO restrain them, rather
than urge them on. Revenge for past
wrongs was in each heart, and they
welcomed a chance to strike.
l whispered parting word Of adj
monition into the ear of Dorothy. re-
ceiving in return a glance from her
eyes, which gave new throb to my
heart; then Strengthened up, and pis-
toll in hand pushed my way through
the throng of sailors to the foot of the
stairs.
Follow me, lads" | said quietly.
ITO RE CONTINUED
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No 80 d Treasures.

It Is fregrettable that we know 80
little about King Hiram-fron whose
seaport Of Tyre. 100 miles north of
Jerusalem. most Of tive matpriaf WAS
shipped for building tlie famous TEN
Pile Probably. ike Solomon he had
great stores Of jewels. but none ~
them has been preserved. and IS for
Carthage (eaIled Tarshish in the BlbIe)
& was destroyed 50 utterly by the
Romans that no identlhable relics Of
the kind have Observation-Disclosures
Public Ledger.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-13
HAWKS AND CROWS ARE PESTS
They Capture Chickens-Not
Easily Frightened.

Hawks and crows are the most com
mon pests. They are very cunning anil
daring In the way they take the chick
ems They are not easily frightened
away. and once they start to harass a
flock they will keep 1t up until the
chickens are nearly full grown. Hawks
and crows like to watch chickens and
pounce upon them from some uoder-
ately high point.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-13

mite Of zinc did not cause any appar-
ent injury to potato vines. but did
produce some burning Of apple foliage.
Arsenate Of lead had no bad effect on
the foliage Of either the potato or the
apple. These insecticides may be used
as substitutes for paris green, II vary
ing conditions are taken into consider
alton The high cost of paris green
at the present time makes the cOnsid-
Grafton Of this matter Of economic inn
portance.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-13
WORTH MORE THAN THAT NOW.

on June 20, in 1892, the patent Of
Maryland, granted TO George Calvert.
Lord Baltimore, was after his death.
made over 10 his son. Cecilius Calvert
King Charles signed the new patent
and gave 70 the grant Of land the
name Of Maryland In honor Of his
queen, Henrietta Maria. While Lord
Baltimore he'd the grant he paid for
It yearly 10 the crown Of England two
Indian arrows. which are still on OK.
hibition at Windsor castle. England
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-13
LEAD ARSENATE is
BEST INSECTICIDE
BY n. L. RUSSELL,
Director Wisconsin Experiment Sta
tjcu

ten.
The high cost Of chemicals during
the war conditions has made neces-
sary "A careful study Of the compare
tive worth of various insecticides that
can be used more or less Interchange
ably. The economic entomology de
partment has investigated the four
leading lnsecticldes--paris green. ar
semitic Of zinc, arsenate Of lead and
arsenate Of lime. In these tests the
grubs Of the potato beetles wefe used
70 compare the killing power of the
yarious pOisOns.
Hydrogen arsenate Of lead was
found to give as good results as paris
green. both destroying the grubs
within three hours. Commercial arse
nate of lead gave slightly poorer re-
suits, as did arsenlte Of zinc. Arse
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-13
WINTERKILLING HALTS
ALFALFA ACREAGE
BY n. L. RUSSELL,
Director Wisconsin Experiment Sta.
ton

winterkilling continues to be the
most serious drawback to the exten-
sion Of alfalfa In this state. This con
dltion not enly causes loss by the ac-
tual destruction Of the plant, and
therefore by diminishing the stand.
but # also reduces the yield by weak
enjng the vigOr Of the growth Of the
surviving plants. l.. F. GRADER, the
station alfalfa authority, finds the two
most successful ways to overcome this
difficulty are:
1. BY cutting the crop not later than
the first week in September In order
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-13
Sunshine Is Germ Killer.

Sunshine is the best "germ killer
ever invented. Just because it hap
pens to he free 1t is not often enough
mentioned
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$4,000 FIGHT FANS FLOCK TO TOLEDO.
BIG TIMBER
BY BERTRAND w. SINCLAIR


in place OF barren cliffs. TO watch
banks OF fern massed against the
right of way where for n day and
night parchcd sagebrush. brown
tumbleweed. and such scant growth
as flourished In the arid uplands of
interior British Columbia had stream.
ed in barren mono;ony, hot and dry
and still.
She was near the finish OF her
journey Pensively she considered
the end OF the road How would II
be there? What manner OF folk and
country Between her past mode OF
life and the new that she was hurry
ing toward lay the vast gulf Of dis.
tance. OF custom. of class oven. II
was bound TO be crude. TO be fun
of inconvenlences and uncouthness
Her brothers letters had partly pre-.
pared her for that. lnvoluntariiy
she shrank from IL had been shrink.
ing from IT by fits and starts all the
way. as flowers that thrive best in
shady hooks shrink from hot sun and
rude winds Not that Estella Benton
was particularly fiower-Iike. on the
contrary she was healthy. vigorous.
bodied young woman. scarcely 20 be
described az beantifuI. yet 1rndeni.
ably attractive. Obviously a daugt,-
ter OF the weli-to.do. one OF that
American type which fiourishes in
families 10 which American poll
ticians unctuously refer as the back.
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and sorted like parcels on a shelf
10 be reached when called for. Bur.
led under these externalities the ego
OF her lay unaroused. an incalculabie
quantity.
All OF which is merely by way OF
stating that Miss Estella Benton was
a young woman who had grown up
quite complacently in that station of
life in which--to quote the Philis.
tines--it had pleased God TO place
her, and that Chance had somehow.
to her astonished dismay. contrived
to thrust a spoke in the smooth.
rolling wheels OF destiny. Or was IL
Destiny? She had begun 20 think
about that. TO wonder IL a lot that
she had taken for granted as an
ordered state of things, was not.
after all. wholly dependent upon
Chance. She had danced and sung
and played light.heartedly. accepting
a certain standard OF living. a Ger.
tain position In a certain set. pleas
antly ordered home life. as her birth.
right. a natural heritage. She had
dwelt upon her ultimate destiny in
her secret thoughts as foreshadowed
by that Of other girls she, knew. The
Prinoe would come. 20 pot II in a
nutsheh He would WOO gracefully.
They would wed. They would be de.
iightfully happy. Except for the
matter OF being married. things
tcONr'D on PACE NINED
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bone OF tho nation. Outwardly. gaz-
ing rivcrward thru the dusty pane,
she bore herself with utmost scren.
ity. Inwardly she was fun OF mis-
givings.
-Four days OF lonely travel across
continent. hearing the drumming
ciack OF car wheels and rail joint
90 hours on end. acutely conscious
that every hour OF the &c put its
due quota OF miles between the
known and the unknown. may be
either an adventure. a bore. or
calamity. depending altogether upon
the individual point of view. upon
conditioning circumstances and pre-
vious experience.
Esteila Benton's experience along
such lines was chiefly n blank and
the conditioning circumstances OF
her present journey were somber
enough to breed thought that verged
upon the melancholy. save for
natural buoyanoy Of spirit she might
have wept her way across North
America. She had no tried standard
by which to measure life's values.
for she had lived her % years wholly
shielded from the human maelstrom.
fed. clothed, taught. an untried prod.
tict OF home and schools. Her head
was full OF university lore. things
she had read. n smattering OF the
arts and philosophy. liberal portions
Of academic knowledge. all tagged
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six Seattle unions have gone on REQ
ord favoring the strike. he also ~
serted.
Urges a Strike
This Is not a majority in 50 far
as unions are concerned, there being
more than 130 unions here Stewart
said. but the number of men ba~s
longing to the. unions that haya.inr
dorsed the strike show that 4 Nlkx
jority favor 1t. In Tacoma, Is u.
ions favor 1t. and Tacoma is g3Inx
out"
William Coffey, OF the hod car.
riers. took up the fight where Stew
art left off. Those who voted TOR
this strike and now repudiate i. are
traitors" he said.
Vincent Brown, of the machinists.
also favored the Endorsement of the
strike.
w. w. Levi. of the cooks. called
attention to the fact that three OF
the five days named for the strike.
were holidays.
This will mean that some will 70
out for five days and others for only
two days he pointed out. Tho
shipbuiders will only strike for two
days and the continuous service EN-.
pioyes. such as the cooks and car
men will be out for five days. The
cooks are certainly not going out ON
the Mooney strike"
Herman Rose. of the walters. de-
clared that only 129. 900 of the .o0O.<
ooo men in the country had voted
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BIG TIMBER
CHAPTER I
Green Fields and Pastures New

The Imperial Limited lurched with
a swing around the last hairpin
curve OF the Yale canyon. Ahead
opened out timbered valley-nar-
row on its floor. flanked with bold
mountains. but nevertheless "A valley
down which the rails lay straight
and shining on an easy grade. The
river. that for a hundred miles had
boiled and snaried parallel to the
tracks, roaring thru the granite
sluice that cuts the Cascade range,
took a wider channel and a leisurely
flow. The mad haste had fallen from
IL as haste falls from one who. with
time to spare. sees his destination
near at hand: and the turgid Fraser
had time to spare. for now II was
but threescore miles TO tidewater.
SO the great river moved placidly-
an an old man moves when alp the
headlong urge OF youth is spent and
his race near run.
on the river side OF the first coach
behind the diner. Estella Benton
nurued her round chin IN the palm OF
one hand, leaning her elbow on the
window sill. II was a relief to look
over a widening valley instead OF a
bare-walled gorge all SCARED with
slides. to see wooded heights lift green
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-03

city parks as follows: Volunteer park,
the Kirchner band. George c. Kirch.
ner; Jefferson park. the Lombard
band, Charles lombard Mt. Baker
park, the Smelser band. Fred Smel.
ser; Alki point. the Lorbeer band.
Otto Lorbeer: Madrona and Seward
parks. the Wagner band. r. II. Wag.
ner; Woodland park. the Wagner
band No. 2: Salmon Bay park, the
Carrabba band, p. j. Carrabba
At 2:30 p. m. Seattle and san Fran
cisco will play the second game OF a
double-header at Rainier park.
Patriotic services will be held in all
city parks, beginning at o'clock.
The parks and the speakers at each
follows: Seward park. Gen. II. S.
Gili, formerly assistant adjutant gen
eraI, United States army; Madrona
park, James w. Reynolds, president
of the Municipal league, and Lieut..
Paul Jones; Mt. Baker park. Judge
Charles II. Claypool and Lieut. Nor.
man Coles; Volunteer park. United
tCoNTD on PAGE FIvE)
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Orphan Boy Loses
SIS; You Find 1t?

lid any OF you find s25 anywhere
between Eighth ave. and Olive st.
and the public market, Wednesday?
An orphan boy. 13 years old. en-
ployed by the Merchants Parcel De
livery lost s25 C. o. D., and unless
the party who found same is honest
enough TO return il to the Mer-
chants Parcel Delivery. 9j Univer.
sity St. the boy will have to make
good the .loss, which he cannot af-
ford TO do
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10 Big Bombs Are
Found by Officers

WALPOLE, Mass. July 3.-Unit-
ed Press ss)-Nineteen bombs. which II
was believed were intended for use in
red demonstrations, were found in a
shed here today. according TO Chief
Of Police Thomas p, Leonard, who
discovered the Internal machines in a
raid on the place.
The bombs, which were constructed
of heavy iron pipe five inches long
and five inches in diameter, were
said to be loaded with high explo-
sives and equipped with fuses, ready
for use.
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TURN DOWN MOONEY
STRIKE, rs TO 81

The Central Labor Council, by
vote of IS to 81 Wednesday
night, refused to indorse the five
day strike proposed 10 start July
4. 10 secure release or new trial
for Tom Mooney.
The meeting was the scene of the
bitterest and most decisive test of
strength between so-called radicals
and CONSERVATIVES thu the council
has witnessed since the February
general strike. Personalities were
rife. Interruptions by the gallery
we're frequent. and the largest dele
cation that has attended & meeting
for months jeered or cheered as their
respective favorites scored some
point or made some particularly
striking statement
&. Debate on the Mooney question
was started when j. A. Stewart, sec.
retary of the Mooney defense com
mittee. marshalled his forces and in
troduced agents who had been fur
thering the Mooney strike thruout
the Northwest. As these different
delegates reported the discussion
waNed warmer and Stewart intro
duced Kate Greenhalze. who deliv-
cred a stirring appeal for the calling
of the strike. while making report
on the situation in Portland
Nash Opposes Strike
Louis Nash. delegate from the re.
tail clerks, answered the address of
Miss Greenhalze, and altho frequent.
ly interrupted by the gallery. de.
nounced the proposed Mooney strike.
Jack Duschak. of the boilermak.
ers. followed Nash. stating that the
boilermakers union. which is the
largest in the city. would not go out
on strike unless the rest of the ma.
ton went out.
Fred Nelson. slso of the boiler
makers. asserted that he and not
Duschak. represented the true SEN
timent OF the rank and file of that
union. and favored calling of the
Mooney strike. J. Won Carnop. OF
the machinists, spoke in favor of the
strike.
At the opening of the debate w. r.
Anderson. James King and c. f.
Mayhem all told of the glowing pros.
poets for a strike as evidenced by
what they had seen while touring
different parts of the Northwest.
They had been sent out by the
Mooney defense committee
j. A. Stewart then read a tele-
gram from strike headquarters in
San Francisco, stating that the
strike would be called, Stewart also
declared that a tabulated report OBJ
tanned from Chicago. which is also
a strike center. showed that l04.s2s
votes had been cast in favor of the
strike and 22,S40 against it, Fifty
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-03
PUCIIISTS
SPEND DAY
IN RESTING
Willard Is 10 to 8 Betting
Favorite; Many Even
WagerS Taken
-12 ROUNDS IS THE LIMIT
BY II. c. HAMILTON

BN III. L. HAMiLION
Omitted Press staff Correspondent
TOLEDO. o., July 3.-Almost
over with their strenuous train
ing. In preparation for the big
fight. the pugilists on whom the
eyes Of the sporting world are
centered. marked time today
Fifty thousand spectators, II Is
estimated. have flocked to To-
1edo.
Time Of starting the bout WAS
changed today. when Ad Thach-
er. president Of the Toledo Ath-
Ietic club. announced that two
preIiminaries would be dispensed
with
This will set the first bout at noon.
The big mix is scheduled to begin
at 1870. Seattle time.
Jack Takes 1t Easy
Behind the screen doors of the
Overland club, Jack Dempsey. chal-
lenger OF Jass willard, the world 5
heavyweight champion. sat cheer
fully optimistic.
His 245-pound rival loiled about
tbe sun porch of house In the best
residential district OF Toledo.
Dempsey's smile was to beam all
over the Overland club today. He
had planned nothing. He is merely
waiting for the gong that will send
him in to the greatest victory ever
tering of that glorious record of
bitter memories.
Willard will take a motor ride.
The huge champion never has liked
the plaudits of the multitude. and
the obsession is growing upon him
He wants solitude and gets 1t with
the hum OF the gasoline motor un
der his feet
No one will be allowed to disturb
either gladiator.
Victory Means Much
Defeat TO Dempsey means shat
tering of that glorious records OF
tcoST'D ON PAGE ELEVEN
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Speedway
Races Tomorrow

TACOMA, July 3.-The greatest
crowd in the history Of the Tacoma
speedway is expected to attend the
seventh annual auto races at the
Lakeview track tomorrow Three
races of 60, 60 and so miles, respect
lively, are scheduled. Captain Eddie
Rickenbacher, premier flying ace
who won the 3O0.mile race in Au
gust, 1916, will be referee.
Aviation exhibitions will be giveh
bet tween each race
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az Are Executed
by Budapest Reds

BUDAPEST, July 2g-tDeIayed)-
Omitted Press )-Forty-t persons
were executed today and 36 impris-
oned for long terms, as result of
revolutionary court-martials. A
thousand more persons are awaiting
trial.
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Folks,
for Victory 4th!
FOURTH OF JULY PROGRAM

m-BasebaI Rainier
o. m.-Ba ei ity parks
m-Baseball
Park
p. M a
dancing to
at and Leschi
p. m.-rFi a