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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-09
ATHLETIC EVENTS
Three Legged Race

Melvin DafIinrud and r. Moen pull
ed down first prize; Oluf and Henry
Hanson came in second; II. L. Stoll
and Harold Reed third.
Pig-a-Back Race
Pretty strenuous work for a boil
ing day, it was Henry and Oluf
Hanson logged in first John Bann and
Ernest Stout second; Harold Reed and
Harold Stoll. third.
Leland Muzum looked after these
two contests.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-09
BOOSTERS and RUSTLERS

Some Ell? Well it's just VIII being
enjoy the fun
Sunday yourself Bring the family you
Our contest made a fine beginning Sunday. Watch it.
like hear a good speaker. We coming C. G.
KINDRED o Chicago to hear him.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-09

Editor J W. Haughton and wife
were here from Adams to pass a half
week with relatives.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-09

bration crowd on Main street from
nine o'clock until parade time. Then
they took position at the head of the
overseas men and led the parade to
the park. Immediately after dinner
they played in the park, then went to
the mound and put ginger into the
performers and onlookers in the ath-
letic events until the rain interfered.
At $3.50 they were in formation to rem
der fine concert in front of the pa
vilion, when an insistant call for band
music came from the vaudeville ar
fists, and they finished the day play
ing there. 1t is greatly to be regret
ted that events so shaped themselves
as to make it impossible for the La
Fargo boys to render the fine concert
they had prepared. They contributed
in large measure to the entertainment
of the day, and Viroqua's thankful APP
probation is freely extended to them
for their valuable service. o. G.
Brown was in charge of the La Fargo
band.
Viroqua Band
Bandmaster o. G. Brown and his
Niroqua boys got into action early,
playing on DIR. Suttle's lawn and on
the street until formation of process
sion, when they took their place at the
head of the automobile section In
the evening they played a nice concert
on Main street, and during the vaude-
vile act on the court house lawn. In
spite of the fact that only a few of the
old seasoned players were with the
band, over half being youngsters, they
put up snappy grade of music that
reflects credit on themselves, their
leader and the city. Thirty-five men
Were in line, In another year those
young players will develop into a
band that will compare favorably with
anything we have had in the past.
SLOW AUTO RACES
The slow auto races, held on NJ, in
street in the afternoon, were an IL
tensely interesting feature of the day
viewed by large and enthusiastic
crowds. Killing of engines was a
common and mirthful feature. The
course was a hard one up grade from
the Ford garage, then a slight down
grade to the First National Bank and
three crossings to negotiate. 1t took
the most skillful engine handling Az
erage time was two and a half to
three minutes T.. B. Knutson made
the slowest time of the course.
The Ford race resulted as follows:
Earl Getter first; Burton Eckhart,
second; DIR. Lauder, third; r. A. Bor-
rison, fourth.
John Bann won the race for four
cylinder cars, J. w. Waldron second,
Albon Tollefson third.
The six cylinder race was sure a
slow one. +. b. Knutson captured
first, DR.. Sathe second, j. w. Brown
third.
The ladies' free-for-all was won by
Frances Lauder, Mrs. John Heck sec
ond, Mrs. Nina Getter third, Mrs.
fourth.
The slow auto races were under
control of Loren l.. Baptie. DIR. c.
A. Minshall of Westby ofliciated as
starter, also at the athletic contests.
He worked like trojan to keep the
moving fast and smoothly,
and our thanks are due him. An of
fetal accompanied each car to see that
no clutches were slipped and other
rules observed. Sergeant Victor Het-
land and j. o. Anderson acted as judi
ges.
The third prize in the six cylinder
race was So, given by Romans gro
Gerry This was accidentally omitted
from the list of prizes published last
week
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-09
Tug-of-War


This event was one huge grunting,
sweating, straining time. John Bann
and his soldier team won from Ensign
Paulsen and the sailors. Corp. Sell
mer Kjos brought a ball team over
to finish the event. The Jack-tars
proved too much for them, so the
money went: Soldiers first, sailors
second, ball players third.
Leap Frog Race
Oluf Hanson and team proved to be
the original human frogs, jumping IN
to first plaee;0sear Grimsby and team
second. We don't know the names
of the third team. but a years sub
scription awaits each one of them
when they call at the Censor office.
Relay Race
The relay race was a fast and ex-
citing contest, Harold Stoll and team
Logging it into the coveted leading po-
sition. John Bann aud team captur-
ed second, Oscar Grimsby and team
third.
These three contests were in charge
of NJ. j. Felix
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Nine men entered in this race, and
the finish was close and exciting. r.
Moen won first, Charlie Miller second,
Minor Dafiinger third and Peter John
son fourth.
Fat Mans Race
In the contest for the heavy fellows,
six men entered II was a good race,
sharply contested. Charlie Miller, o.
Grimsby, o. S. Sherry and o. ID. Sher-
ry were the prize winners, finishing
in this order.
Sack Race
The sack race was full Of fun for
the crowd but hard for the contest
ants. 0luf Hanson won first, Ernest
Stout second, John Bann third. Sew
en- entered this novel event.
I. l.. Buchanan was manager of
these three events. Nj. ID. Helgeson
acted as judge for most of the ath-
letic events. O. G.. Brown, DIR. X. w.
Baldwin, Ole Anderson and many 9TH
ers assisted in making the events go
along smoothly.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-09

Band Leader Dixon and his twenty
four musicians from LaFarge came
over early and entertained the cele-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-09

Immediately on arrival at Eckhart
Park, the exercises were opened with
the soldiers Of the rebellion, gold
star fathers and mothers occupying
seats within the pavilion. The edi-
tor Of the Censor presided over the
great gathering, first presenting Rev.
F. A. Stephens, who offered a fervent
prayer Of thanks for the preservation
OF our soldiers and word Of sympa-
thctic compassion for those who lost
loved ones in the unprecedented
world struggle
The address Of welcome by Hon. G.
J. Smith and the response by Captain
c. f. Buffers, were typical of the men
in their capacities as popular speak
ers. They spoke from the pavilion
in strong voice and emphasis We
reserve more extended comment and
will give synopsis of their impressive
and feeling addresses next week.
Following the exercises picnic din
ner was quickly spread, and the
thoughtfulness of the committee in
preparing long tables on which famil-
les and parties could serve their meals
was appreciated
At the soldier headquarters all boys
in uniform their sweethearts and fam
lilies, were cared for and fed free and
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-29

Stuars period As he stood with the
lamplfeht falling on him. Lord Ernest
ncticsd-as he could scarcely fall 60
do--the wonderful themes OF the
stranger 10 himself
Il must arpt ask you. Lord Ernest
not to make . noise. There 10 no one
IN your room. know. and you would
have some difficulty IN making your
self heard. This little toy IL loaded
and this hottie full Of chiorofcrm. and
I have no doubt that with . bullet In
your shouider-l sssure yeu I am a
good shot-you would b unable to
prevent me from administerirs =
small dose 90 . handk6rnfef should
depiore the secesdlsr of such violenco
and the matter really rests n yeur
hands,
Lord Ernest smiled.
4 ASSURE rou." he replied. = en- TOO
much interested 70 make any attemps
10 curfail this novel experienceL-
Thanh you said the srraneer.
-fher herr goes for the explanaffon
The Goldheims are givlng q dance
tonight fancy arssA.
They ar& 49,
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The stranger bowed ana continued
You had arranged 70 wear = Ger.
tain ktnd q MnBk IN order 10 e.
facilitate receonitfsay ~ ssiA
"well. Tn damsel.- : sail Lord Ern-
egt: and the strsnOef knew his Quee-
ton vas anDwefsd.
He leaned = little mofo forward. and
his hand shut : little tfgAtly on re-
volvef.
4 vant to borsow that mask BE
satd sofaly. q ~
-AnA. Z rsfssss- ~ Lsrs uunsst
o1o04lE - aes ~
Thea mid TIE seranosR. WITH !
perceptbIs tightsning Of hios liz. II
shall - forced 10 ehlofofosm you. anA
tie yoa ~. II you struggle. shA1I
BOT hesitate 10 ahoot yoaHin Tie
sAsat1ef. ! assure yen thaf nothfng
ean - heard q . revolver 49, upre
than u yarde from ~ room. anG
there II - enc else en The ooor Of the
building AIso. \ have eivop . great
deal Of time TO shio lob. a60 | shayl
carry n out whstber ~ o1vs ue your
ua18 - - Il sAau - 1nku e haxo
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! thoroughly scared midshipman was
brought before him. what have you
got TO say for YOURSELF Bucket OF
water indeed. Why. il is as plain as
n'kesiar that YOU bit him over the
head with a capsiaB hsr," ,
Please sir'--hegxn the unfortu-
nate midshipmsu. bursting into teafe
before the svf,Ilness OF the accusa-
tion
silence. cried ,h. cagtaln. besicr
himself with rag. Takshim below,
Take tho murderer cf able seaman
CALVIN below and put him in irons z
Then a man stepped forward
Please. air. he said. somewhat dif-
fdently. "i' cant be Ginger CALVIN.
sir. ! seed i'm in ths galley just
sfore,1
What's that exclaimed ID. cap
lieu'enani- Clear lower deck ana
muster the hands
Tai. Tas accordingly done. every
single man in the ship had 10 answer
10 his name ss II vas rad out from
the lsdgsr. and every single man did
answer TO his name except Calvin.
Then the captain caused the snip to
be searched by The master-ef-arrrs
and his nyrmIdcns, but ~itrout src-
cess. and nothing more cos'id b. done.
Daniel Calvin had the port cathead
lookout the port cssnead icokou, had
fallen oy been Knocked over board and
arcwn.d, therefore Daniel Galvin .as
drowned A netations 70 thaf effect
vas uttered IN the ioH, and The letters
p y prt agsinst his name in the
LEDGE
The proofs Of poor Gtneers demise
seemed conclusive. -rt there was one
man in the ship who vas sorelv puz-
sled ard that man was Spud Murphy
Had he not been standing sn the gal
lev when the cry ~ man overheard
was raised Nevertheless. there vas
no doubt that Ginger had disap pearrd
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Could Il have been Galvins wrath
thar drank the hot coffee 90 eagerly.
Murphy was superstitious He did not
know shat 10 make OF the matter. he
did not Ike II ~ all. but he deemed IL
visest 10 hold his tongue
The tragic occurrence naturally
cast a gloom over the ship. but sailors
are gifted with spirits Of almost CAL
lcus broyancy Murphy, II 10 true,
could speak OF nothing else but ban
shees and other kinds % spooks. but
In "A hours the Incident. IL II was not
forgotten. had become . matter OF
history.
The routine OF the ship went on as
" nothing had happened, but gradual
iy curious disQuietude began TO
manifest itself on the lower deck n
seemed ~ II the ships company vas
nerves. They lost their sppetites and
could not sleep. indeed. some would
no, 20 near their hammocke, but re-
mained on deck during their watch
below
OF course. the officers noticed that
there was something wrong. but failed
tc discover what il was, for the blue
jacket 10 alwsye reticent Matters.
howeter. we're brought 10 4 head by
one OF the men absolutely refusing to
20 on the port cAthsad lookout. II
vas Srud Murphy
Refusing duty IL an ofeuce OF the
greatest mn gnitude. ana Murphy was
taken before the olkicer OF the watch.
What Il the meaning u this" asked
the lieutenant. who, from the mans
extreme agitation, PVT him down a
icing drunk
-Tis Ginger Calvin. sir, Murphy
in trembling vhisper
Ginger Calvin What the deuce
are ron talking abcut." gasped the Of (:
ncer
'Tis his ghost. sir." stammered |
Spnd 500
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fhe Daphne's Ghost

pile OF capstan bars. and the posi-
oility of the realization OF his desires
flashed through his brain Taking up
two OF the capstan bars. he stood
them up against the forcastle rail.
Then he took OF hts nilskin coat and
drsped IL naturally over the bars
Lastly. he put his cap on the top. and.
IN the darkness the general effect was
decidedly realistic
He only meant to be away for q
few minutes. but Spnd Murphys con
versstion was so cngrossing that time
passed unnoticed or course, the rou-
tine OF the ship went on as usual
while able seaman Calvin was COM
forting his inner man
Al o'clock In the ordinary course
Of events. two bells was struck. ac-
companied by the prescribed halls
-starboArd cathead."-a distinct
panse: "StayboArd gangway, Port
g1ngway. 6tArboard lifehuoy, Port
lisebucyss ~ Needless TO say. the ON
mission did not pass unnoticed bv the
officer Of the watch.
60 forward and see what is the
matter with the port csthead lookout"
he ordered, turning TO one OF his sub
ordinates.
Aye. aye. .sir.- responded the mid
shipman, a. he ran down the ladder
leading tran' the poop TO the quarter
deck
Port cathead," cried the yt ing Of
deer sternly. when he reached the
fosecastis, addressing the figure which
ieant gracefully against the rail.
No ansver.
Port cat-ead'- ne repeated, In a
louder voice
sui the figure answered not.
"Hy jcve. the heggAr u asleep on
the Joekout." muttered the midship-
man. Il have caurst you nicely. my
nue lad. am willing to bet that
Will wake you up quicker than you
vent TO sle~pl"
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By Walt Gregg.

, You are drunk"
Tie his ghost, sure enough, It's
not only myself that has seen him "
Al that moment the captain came
on to the poop. He had evidently
caught tho last remark
What Is this all about" he asked.
This man refuses TO 70 on the port
cathead lookout. cir" replied the lieu
tenant. saluting.
he says that he has seen the ghost
Of Daniel GAVIN
It's thrue. sir, I've seen him not
wanet nor t~icst, but many times"
interjected the culprit
Indeed" murmured the captain.
And when did you see Il first may |
ask.v
When they sung out man over
board. cir" answered Murphy 1T
was in the galley. drinking = cup OF
OF cawtee. air."
All"
-widout word OF lie. sir,r spud
went on, gathering confidence and
volubilsty. II went up 10 the break
Of the forecasteie At one bell. cir. and
told him | had some cawfee for him
In the galley. sir. He couldn't get re-
litved, but bvmbv down he comes. or
leastvays his ghost did. sir. and the
next thing ! knored he was over
board
All" vas the captains only com
ment Then he added 20 the officer
OF the watch: -Maks prisoner OF
this mani
The incident. easily dealt With br
the captain, was nof without ifs ef-
feet on the ships company,
NEXT morning tn. captain. who had
evidently been struck By bright idea.
took drastic action. Sentries wers
posted all over the ship Orders were
isaued that after every meal all food
Was TO he placed under lock and ksy.
the KEYS being handed over to the
mAster-at-arns. and an officer was
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A. serersl rule there Is no,hlas
serious about loss Of appetite. snd u
scu skip niesl or onl, sal too nss!s
day for . lev days you ~ill ecen
have relish fog youF meals ~hsn
meal time eenes. Bear Ia misj thai
Il least i've hoafs should sixsys
lapse bstwe.a meals - - 10 siss
he fc,d ample time Ia digest and the
stomach period of res' hofofe . sse-
md meal Is taken. Then II you sss
10 more tls,n YOU crave and lske
'sasenshle amount " oasdoor cserise
.ser, day you wlll nol need 10 Norrx|
bout yous appetite When the Ioss
Z appetite i csnssd by sons'iisfion
- is often The case. that sbould b.
.orFrcted ~ once A deec of Cham
'erislns rsble,s VIII do A.
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By Enos Emory.

10 shoot you, he added. and fingered
the revolver susgestively-
1T would be deuced unpleasant "
nurmured Lofd Ernest. give you ny
word on oas condition"
And that fsr
That yoG eive me an outline Of your
tonieht-
why. With pleasure. II h very sim
pie nov. All the hard work 10 done.
shall % 10 the C6ldheima shall 80
cnre a early dance With Misc 0old-
hsim. and suegsst that vs ut Il out
Mies 0oldhs1n and her parenss arr. I
BELIEVE con1Aently expecting . pro-
pooaI Of mAyfiass from Lord Ernest
Sinclair. II vuuld--if may sAy 80
be an excellent match in every way. I
shall Suggest - private = place ~ pos
otbie for siding out. and Misc 0old-
hein n not unnatural anticipation ef
. eharmisS tete-a-tefe. win readily fhIi
IN visb ny suseestjon. and will lead
she ~, - Der boudcir or some other
suitably secluded spot shake . f<w
droos-a fe~ only Of ehloroform ON
- ~ I.-----sAkass 49, cslahsSn
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/, detailed TO zee that this vas donA
But what mystifed the men more
than anything was the fact that the
murdorons midshipman vas immedi-
stely released from arrest
The signtficAnce OF these measurea
was not apparent until the morning OF
the third day While the watch was
scrubbing decks in the morning watch
foremost hatchvay The watch
paused momen In their work. then
dropped their scrubhere and scurrted.
yelling. on 10 the forecAsile
The commotion attracted the atten-
ton OK the officers on the poop. Look
ing forward they saw . haggard face
aud an emaciated form crawling AFT
along the deck There could be no
mistaking that head OF hair.0 II was
Ginger Calvin.
Ginger made full confessioa. He
told how his chum. Spud Murpnv, haA
tempted him. how he had rigged NJ
the dummy, how be had gone down to
the galley. how he had lost all count
cf time. When he heard the cry Of
man overheard he knew that the
neglect OF duty must be discovered. -
he hid himself. alas. too successfully.
Tbe knowledge that every minute of
concsalment added TO the enormity Of
his offence staggered him He 70.
solved TO lie low until they reachea
port and then to desert: but hunGof
had forced him from his hiding place.
Al night he had stealthiIy roamel
the mess deck 10 search Of food TAA
accounted for the nervousness cf his
shipmaies They thought he Vas hts
own ghost' When for two days his
search for food proved fruitless he
ras overwhelmed by despair. Ard gave
himself up
To this day the captain tells. vim
considerable Eusto, the story OF how
he outvftted the ghost OF Daniel Gal.
win.
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took up the novel again and began 10
read. He had turned over two pages
when he heard the door OF HE room
open behind the thick curtains that
screened the entrance.
Who the deuce Is that he NUT
tered 10 himself Il told jenkins.
should not want him until ~ O'Clock. :
a second click proclaimed the fact
that the door had been shut-snd Lord
Ernest turned his head IN the direc-
zion Of the sound. As be did ~ the
dark green curtains were parted. And
= man stepped into the room L.
Good evening. Lord Ernest.~ he said
In cool clear voice
Cos evening. replied Lord Ernest.
cemposecly. Who the deuce are
ycu--
The stranger smiled
The espisnation 10 resly.- he said:
we will consider the question of
apology later
A. he spoke he threw OF the long
heavy eost that he vas wearing. and
displayed 10 Lord Ernesss astonished
sac = charming court costume e -
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!. GUTHRIE VISITORS TO :
CONVICTION, OIL TOWN =

x3@ xS.s%Ss.xSa.ss Z
The following Guthrie people wer,
here ,hIi week. says the Covingsou
Record Lyman Gray. Beck nerrick
Chas secly. Mayor Hartman. Judge
Hlldrelh l. n and Harvey Matchcu.
John Mahoney. Wallace Bros. e W
kesslcr. Dr Dean. Aran Snsp. Roy
Kelso. Roy Traband. Bob Powell.
sleryl raIlman and Miss Ina Wilson.
Mrs Dan Mater was herr few days
this week 10 visit her husband
{ II wenmclcr OF Gunrie. visited
hi. daughter and family. Mr. aud Mr.
Maurice farauhsrson. over Sunday.
lie is much pleased with the outlook
here.
Mr. and Mrs Len krkwood moved
hero from Guthrie this week and are
now located in the west part OF town.
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Making the Most Of Our Children
A Series OF Plain Talks to Parents
BY Ray G. Beery. A. b, MA
President Of The Parents Association.

management before you start TO carr,
& cut.
4 child nearly always viii he found
to have The crying habit. IL one OF
other OF the garents-it makes no
difference which one generally gives
IN. Even though she l. already In
! the habit. u would gradually disai--
ear II from this time on. YOU and
your husband would maintain an al
ii,udc Of calmncss and firmncss and
boia OF YOU stand together every
'lme.
Plac. the daughters small bed
rieht beside YOUR bel. and USE The
following method In the morning Of
The day that YOU want her 20 begin
sleeping In her own bed. have her In
The room when YOU put the bed at the
side OF yours and say. Tonight. YOU
ere going 10 sleep next TO me in your
own little bed Won't that be fine"
Il would be well II she would agree
at once. At any rate. take Il for
granted that she wit be pleased II
she makes some remark 10 the effect
that she doesnf want TO. don't make
The mistake Of trying TO argue with
her or presen, reasons why she should
lust ignore her statement Tor while.
BE friendly. but perhar little later
fou can suggest incidentally that when
'he Is In her little bed and YOU are in
ours, she can reach over and kiss
'ou goodnight In other words. sim
'ly take * for granted from the time
-ou first announce thing that i, Is
oming 10 pass without question.
When night time come. gently but
irmly demand that she is 10 ge, in
he little bed next 10 you. Your hus
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Forthwith he descended 10 the up-
per deck searched for wash Dc X
bucket. and tilled II with wafer Then
he returned TO the forcastle. and.
standing we'll of from the fgure,
threw the contents o. the bucket with
all his strength
The fmll force OF the stream caught
The upper part OF the oslssin coat
This caused 'he rapstan bars to over
balance and we'll, the figure tcpplsd
gracefully over the ships side
For a second the midshipman ssred
in wild CONSERVATION. Then he let
loose a horror-stricke yell
Man overheard, Man overhoa-d.''
In a moment the whole ship spranx
TO life and Eer decks became a tu-
mutt ~ running men
For more than an hour the ship lay
70 With her main yards aback. wAl
lowing in the Atlantic swell ror
more than an hour her ships corr
pany peersd aDrsously into the night
which had swallowed up the hoais.
and hv no means the least anxious
was the midshipmsn OF the wxtcn.
tie was cross-examin.d hy the or
ficer q The watch. ov the first lieu
tenant and by tbs captain Although
his story IVES fairly plain al frst, II
gradually became confused Between
apprehension. remoTsa and .asf sud
denness o. the catzstrophs. the un-
fortunate lad scarcely knew what Rad
actually happened. and consequently
his evidence. when confrorta6 h- the
captain. was distinctly tncohe-en'.
At length the boats returned and
we're hoisted. All they hsd found vas
Ginger Galvin's esp and capsSan bsF
The captain of the foretop had pre-
viously given the Information that
DAME C1iv'n had the port csthead
lookout.
Where L. that Young blackboard ,"
roared the captain. Where 10 hee"
Now. sir. he continued, when the