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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-09-03
TRAINING YOUR
CONSCIENCE

If it We're possible to amputate
ones Conscience the surgeons would
have to work overtime Exchange.
As it is, people are deafening their
consciences with well-sounding
phrases and the surgeons are work
ing overtime. Thousands of accidents
and catastrophes in which streams Of
human blood are shed would be
avoided if mems consciences were in
working order.
But we have come so far in this,
our world, with its wonderful civili-
zation and still more wonderful hu-
manity, that most people cannot afford
to have a conscience in perfect work
ing order 1t could not be brought
into harmony with the needs and de
mands Of practical life. And since
we cannot escape the needs Of life, we
sacrifice our conscience, or put it
upon the shelf, until the time when
we have nearly reached the aim Of
our worldly ambition and can afford
to he'd the voice Of conscience. Then
we take it down from that shelf and
brush it up and again get familiar
with it, and talk morality and right
eousness and the straight path.
But there is another way out of the
trouble, provided your conscience does
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-09-03
RAIL MEN ENTER
FINANCIAL FIELD
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers Organize
Bank

Each day trades unionists are re-
vealing more self-reiance and initia-
tive.
The latest expression of this is
shown in what the Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Engineers are doing in
organizing a cooperative bank 1t is
an innoy yation which many other strong
] international unions perhaps might
follow with profit, 1t would give tc
labor chieftains that sense Of respon-
sibility and care in straight think
ing" which we admit is not at all times
prevalent. In organizing a national
bank Of their own, capital S1,00O,000
in Cleveland says the Progressive
Labor World, the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers have made a radical
departure indeed. The charter has
been issued and the quarters have been
purchased and are ready for occu-
j pancy
There has been talk for some years
Of the unions going into the financial
field, but heretofore, nothing develop
ed out of the discussions Now the
soundest and most conservative of all
the labor bodies takes action
1t will be interesting to note how the
banking world views the new bank |.
should show a spirit of friendship and
good will. Labor is likely to be more
tolerant in its views regarding capital
when it knows more of the hazards and
the perplexities of the banking busi-
ness.
Some one says The new bank viii
lend money to workers and farmers
instead of to spectators and manipu-
lators.
Maybe 50.
There is no reason why organized
labor should not have its banks The
more it knows Of banking the more
i conservative it will become.
Great Britain has some banks and
various insurance companies owned
and operated by labor bodies There
has been a fair degree of success att
tending these institutions. The big
gest, OF at least one Of the biggest,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-09-03
BIG PROFITS IN SHIPS

New York The annual report of
the international Mercantile Marine
Company shows surplus for 1919 of
$4,908,4 over the year 1918. Last
years surplus, after all fixed charges
were met, was $17,749,941
In the face of these profits the cry
that the LaFollette seamen's law is
driving American ships off the seas
is no longer heard.
"a M "a
The man who is so constituted that
you would be willing to do most any
kind of favor for him is the one who
seems to need help the least.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-09-03
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS

organizations in the United Kingdom
is the cooperative body that has de-
veloped from the humble efforts of a
living costs by cooperative buying.
few weavers of Rochdale to reduce the
There is no Jack of money back of
the old labor organizations of America.
The Brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
gineers also is very rich. It's various
funds are said to amount to more than
SIS. 100000.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-09-03

discovered that we can educate and
train, that is to say, tame our con-
science to make it the willing and eff
ficient tool of human exploitation,
money-making and profteering.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-09-03

You never realize how many men
there are out of work until you start
to do some outdoor job that is little
difficult of performance.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-04
CHEESE MARKETING

The dairymen of the state propose
to have samething to say about the
marketing of their cheese product, and
are organizing for that purpose. The
Division of Markets has been notified
that big mass meeting of cheese fac
tory patrons has been called at Marsh
field for 1000 a. m. on Saturday, May
18th. Cheese factory patrons from
Wood Clark, Marathon, Eau Claire,
Chippewa, Rusk, Tayor, Lincoln, Por-
tage, Adams, Juneau, Jackson and
Price have been invited to attend. 1t
appears that the patrons of sixty
three cheese factories in the counties
named have already signified their in
tention to join the Cheese Producers
Federation. The following persons
will be invited to address the Marsh
field meeting: Henry Krumrey, Pres
ident of the Wisconsin Cheese Pro-
ducers' Federation, Miles Riley, attor-
ney of Madison, Edward Nordman,
Director of the State Division of Mar
kets and Professor Theodore Macklin,
Professor of Marketing, University of
Wisconsin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-04
MILK BOTTLES MUST BE
FILLED TO TOP

The weights and measure division
of the Wisconsin dairy and food COM
mission has issued 4 letter which will
be of interest to all consumers of milk.
Ii reads:
we have recently concluded an
investigation in Madison as to the
filling OF milk and cream bottles. Our
investigation showed many bottles
were slaCk-tilled, the level of the liq-
uid being from one-half to seven
eights inch below the cap seat II is
probable that this condition is general
throughout the state.
Our investigation revealed the fact
that the filling machines in general
are capable of being adjusted and used
so that the bottles can be uniformly
well filled. and that shortages such as
are mentioned above are the result
either OF gross CareleSSnesS on the
part of the operator or are caused by
the filling machines being ont of ad-
juStment.
The department has taken the po-
Sition that milk and cream bottles
must be filled that the average level
of the liquid is not more than one
eighth inch below cap seat and that
the maximum allowable error in in
dividual bottles is oue-fourth inch.
On this basis two prosecutions were
made in Madison and the resulting
publicity has cleared up the entire
situation there. at least for the time
being"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-04
CLEAN UP THE STABLE FLY

Have you ever tried to sleep on a
hot summer night when just one mos
quito had crept through the window
screen? Imagine your state of mind
of that single mosquito were multi
piled by 100 and you had your hands
tiedi
That sensation, according to the
Bureau of Entomology, United States
Department of Agriculture, is some
thing comparable with what a horse
mule or COW endures when the stable
fly is present in great numbers.
The stable fly greatly resembles the
ordinary house fly but for the lance
with which he is armed. 1t is known
that he carries diseases from infected
animals to healthy ones, and there is
some ground for belief that the insect
aids the spread of spinal meningitis
among human beings.
The eggs of the fly are laid in loose
warm straw heaps and piles of stable
refuse. A plague of flies always starts
from these sources, and the control OF
the pest is best managed by scattering
the straw early in the spring before
the beginning of warm weather and
plOwing it under, or by burning II
when the former method can not be
applied.
Stable refuse should be scattered al
regular intervals of one week or less
throughout the season, starting with
early spring. In this way the first
generation of the pest is destroyed
and a plague averted. A recent pub
licatiOn of the department, Farmers
Bulletin 1897, gives in detail the life
history of the stable fly, methods foI
its control. and some facts concerning
the amount of damage done by the in
sect
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-04
ONE MILE OF SAND IS TO BE
IMPROVED
Only Bad Place in the Wausau Road
No. 10 is to be Looked after at
Once, Highway Commissioner
Promises

Road No. 10 between Stevens Point
and Wausau is now at least passable
; except at one point. Eight miles
above Stevens Point a stretch of sand
begins and extends just one mile. II
is light sand in which it is difficult
for two cars to pass. The rest of the
road, while rough in spots, particular
ly from the city to Casimir, offers no
difficulty to cars.
Highway Commissioner T. E. Cau-
ley says that it is the intention to be-
gin the work at once on the sandy
tsrip mentioned. Mr.. Cauley intends
to have men on the job within a few
days. When their work is completed
the drive to Wausau will be as good
as in any other direction out of town
and it will be a popular route. The
new road put in last year from the
county line south is in excellent condi-
ton, and can be kept that way by
regular dragging.
Work is also to begin soon on the
Stevens Point Stockton-Nelsonvill
Amherst road. A little more than one
mile between Stevens Point and Stock
ton is still in bad shape.-Steyens
Point Gazette.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-04
MAPLE SYRUP CONTRACT

WilfOrd LeMay a native of the town
of Rudolph, Wood County, residing
seven miles northwest of this city,
was in town Saturday delivering ma
pie syrup to a few of his old custom
ers. He reports the run of sap this
year not Of the best. He had in the
ineighborhOOd of 1400 hardmaple trees
which he tapped on his own farm and
the Blair farm which he rented for the
season. The two sugar bushes were
divided into three sections so as to ia
cilitate the gathering of the sap. He
entered into a contract with Milwau-
kee parties to furnish 500 gallons.
They supplied him with one hundred
itve-gallon cans. Under the pure food
law he was Obliged to make affidavit
to the fact that it was all pure maple
syrup. His contract called for $500
per gallon. His method of tapping is
i different from others and the old style.
| He takes a sharp axe and cuts a dag
onal cash in the tree. then inserts or
drives two by four galvanized spike
into the tree. He sometimes makes
two such taps in the same tree. He
made altogether nearly 600 gallon of
syrup.-Grand Rapids Reporter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-04
NEW BASE BALL RULES

The new base ball rules for 1920, as
given out by Spalding's Guide are as
follows:
He must not rub the ball in the soil.
He must not discolor it with licor-
ice, parafin, or other foreign sub
stance.
He must not expectorate upon it.
He must not roughen the surface
with sand paper, emery paper, or other
hard substance. He will not even be
permitted to bound it to an infielder,
in order that the cover may be slight
ly abraded.
No other player is permitted to COM
NIT any of the above offenses and then
toss the ball to the pitcher for deliv-
cry. If the pitcher delivers the ball
to the batter after this is done he Is
arbitrarily suspended for 10 days
The correct position for the pitcher
to assume when he receives the ball
for delivery is to stand on the plate
holding it in front of him with both
hands. He cannot take either hand
from the ball unless he is intending
to throw it to first base or deliver it
to the batter.
II he drops the ball in the act Of
delivering it to the batter it is balk.
This latter now makes the balk rule
uniform in both major leagues. 1t
had not been so previously.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-04
CHOICE HOLSTEINS FOR
STRATFORD

Marathon county's second big Hol-
stein sale will be held at Stratford,
commencing at 10 a. m. Forty pure
breds and high grades constitute the
offering. This is strictly a select Of
ferings. Most of the pure breds have
strong A. r. o. backing on account
of their pedigree. A majority of the
milch cows have A. r. o. records.
Those due to freshen are bred to
choice siros and many of the grades
have been tuberculin tested. All of
the grades and few of the pure
breds are from herds owned in the
vicinity of Stratford. The balance of
the pure breds were selected by a
committee from the association in the
southern part of the state. From the
standpoint of breeding and individual
ity, this is suitable foundation stock
Purchasers have the assurance that
the matter of pedigree and transfers
Will be properly taken care of. Col.
w. H. Krause Of Watertown will be in
the box.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-04

The Oriental musical play "Katch-
Koo" which was to have been given at
the Grand Opera house, May IS, under
the auspices of the Young Ladies' So
dality of St. James church, has been
cancelled
The Ladies' Aid society of the First
Universalist church will meet at
eleven o'clock Wednesday morning
Mesdames Wheeler, Bethschy, w. B.
Scholfield and Miss Manson will be
the entertainers.
Frank P. Regner of this city and
Miss Antoinette Kreklan of Chicago
will be united in marriage tomorrow
morning, Wednesday, May 5, at Chi
cago. The Rev. Father Dennison will
perform the ceremony.
The auxiliary of the Y. NJ. c. A. met
at the home of Mrs. Walter Alexander
this afternoon at three o'clock. The
election of officers for the ensuing
year was held.
st. Paul's society will be entertained
at the home of Mrs. Albert Schmidt
on First street, Wednesday afternoon
The Young Ladies' Sodality will
meet this evening at the home of Miss
Marguerite Graham.
The Fifth annual concert of the
Presbyterian church choir will be held
this month.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-04
FOR SALE
One of the Finest and Best
Located Farms in Mara
thon County
200 ACRES
l6i Acres Under the PlOw
IS Acres of Pasture
and Wood Lot

The farm is located on the
bank of the Wisconsin river,
with a mile and a half of river
frontage and a view of beauty
that cannot be surpassed. No
part has ever been Overf0wed,
and it has never been known to
have a crop failure.
1t is three-quarters of a mile
from the post Office, and the
same distance from the depot of
the C. NJ. & st. Paul R'y Co., at
KnOwltOn, Wis; from two gen.
eral stores, two large potato
warehouses, one picking station
and pea canning factory; ~
miles from a $1,000 graded
school house; ~ miles from a
creamery and cheese factory.
The necessary farm machin-
cry, stock, ETC., will so with the
farm.
For further particulars ad-
dress
cHAS. Z. GUENTHER,
"a 19-tf K1owlton, Wis.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-04
GIRL IN BORDERLAND

Mary is a tall, spindle shanked
child Of thirteen with somewhat round
shoulders and a hollow chest. She
stands well up toward the head Of her
class at school, reads great deal out
of school hours, and now wants to
| take music lessons.
Mary's mother is somewhat anxious
about the child's health but proud
withal, of her daughters delicate, SEN
sitive nature. Mary's father, on the
other hand, would be happier were
she a bit more of a tomboy. He
baked absolutely on the music les
sons. Finally he and his wife agreed
to put the decision up to the family
physician as referee.
The doctor has just completed his
examination. Mary is about 10 per
cent underweight for her height and
age. Nothing really wrong has been
found in her lungs and heart or any
of her other vital organs, and yet the
doctor feels that Mary's constitution
is of the type which would be fine soil
for tuberculosis or some other debil-
itating disease.
"NOw see here, Mrs. JONES'" he is
arguing, what real difference will it
make whether Mary is at the head of
her 1lass in school or not? She needs
moss red blood and vigor. A child
of her age ought to be more like a
colt or puppy and less like a sober,
orderly old grandmother.
Take her out of school now! The
two or three remaining months of this
years school work can readily be
made up. Slam the brakes on her
brain and take them off her body
Get her outdoors more into the fresh
spring air and sunshine. 1t won't
hurt you any to join her. This sum-
mer have her taught to swim and
handle a boat If she must study
something, let it be botany or natural
history. A knowledge of these sub
jects is just as much culture for a girl
as is a knowledge of music
Mary is the type of girl who will
eventually be married. She should be
prepared for motherhood. That means
that she should have a good physical
equipment. Quite as much it means
that she should have a good healthy
out-of-dOoI type of mind and an abun-
dance Of animal spirits. If so she will
be better mother for her boys be-
cause she will be better prepared to
understand and properly direct these
young savages at the age when they
drive the ordinary mother nearly
crazy. Take care of her body and
her brain will take for itself"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-04
INTERESTING STATISTICS

The State Department sends the
Pilot the following from Madison:
Some highly interesting statistics
concerning Marathon County have
just been compiled for the State De-
partment of Agriculture by ]. A.
Becker. joint crop Statistician for the
State and Federal Departments. These
statistics cover farm labor supply
| daily milk production per COW. price
received for milk and total value OF
milk product. From these IL appears
that the present supply of farm la
bOr in the county of Marathon is 50
per cent of normal: that the present
demand for farm labor is 116 per cent
| of normal. The cows of the county in
| 1919 were milked an average OF 29s
days each and their average daily
yield was 1911 pounds. for which an
average price Of $275 per cwt., was re.
| ceived. The total value of the mills
product for the year was S7.1SS,167.0 90
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-04
Tuesday Sept. as, 1885


A. L. Telling has just completed a
single harness for P. Delaney and a
double harness for Otto Kickbusch
which are about as fine as anything
ever seen in that line in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Thayer will
occupy their new home on East hill
/ this week.
The new residence of S. G. Knox is
up and enclosed. When completed ii
will be among the hendsomest in Wau-
sau.
Travel was slightly interrupted on
Third street last Friday and Saturday
by the laying of the pipes to carry
away the water from the fountain.
Peter Berg was at Hurley last week.
R. Goodrich went to Chicago yes
terday.
Mark Bells went to New London
last Saturday to take hand in a game
Of ball.
Val. Ringle, P. Delaney, Otto Kick
busch, Anton Mohr, Rob. Kickbusch,
Ely Wright, Henry Neuman and others
from this city were in attendance at
the Lincoln county fair last Thursday
and Friday.
Z. B. Stoddard is installed as clerk
at the hotel Northern. Ed. is just the
man for the position, always courteous
and obIiging and ever ready to cater
to the wants of the weary traveller.
The youngest child of DR.. and Mrs.
Win Wylie was taken very sick on
Sunday afternoon last, and a goodly
part of the time was in convulsions.
BY close watching and tender care the
little one is fast recovering.
Last Thursday, two box cars filled
With lumber, were thrown from the
track into the river, near Kckbusch's
Touring mills. The accident was
caused by the switch being slightly
out of place. Thomas Moran, conduc-
tor of the st. Paul yard, in this city
and also the foreman of Plumer's
lumber ward, jumped from the cars.
Both were injured by the jump, the
former quite severely.
The Universalist society are build
ing church on the corner of 9Th and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-04
COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS
StratfOrd Items

Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Arlington were
Wausau business callers Wednesday.
Mrs. Frank Kowalsky and son
Frankee, and Mrs. Charlie Lueck were
Wausau callers Monday.
Miss Marie Zuelke, who has been
here visiting her parents and friends
returned to Wausau Tuesday where
she is employed.
Miss Bertha Polster and Mrs. A
Pearson returned to their home al
Wausau Tuesday after visiting a few
days with friends.
Mrs. Fred Lillge arrived home last
Thursday from the st. Mary's hospi-
tai at Wausau where she has beer
for an operation.
Miss Verna Cook who is attending
school at Wausau and Francis and AL
phonse Habit who have been spend.
ing a few days at Unity with home
folks, returned to Wausau Monday.
Marathon Items
The Misses Elsie and Loretta Ryar
visited at Wausau Tuesday, as did al
SO Miss T. Stieber.
The good bird the stork visited oul
town Wednesday and left a little
daughter at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Conrad Lang.
John Dahlke passed away Monda!
afternoon at his home north of the
Rib river bridge death being caused
by general debility due to old age, be
ing eighty-four years old at the timt
of his death.
A pretty marriage ceremony tool
place Saturday afternoon in the towr
of Berlin, when Paul Wilde of the
town of Rib Falls was united in th'
matrimonial fetters to Miss Erna Lod
holz, Rev. A. J. Koepp officiating, thu
ceremony taking place at the home O
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
Lodholz.
The play "a Case of Suspension
given at st. Joseph's school hall b.
some young people of St. Mary's con
gregation of Wausau was a good sue
cess in every way. The attendanc,
was very good and so was the way il
which each member of the club played
his part. The play itself was familiar
to many people here as it was givel
here at the Village hall few year.
ago. Nevertheless the entertainment
was enjoyed very much by the Mara
thonites.
Manager r. l. Baumann and hi
crew of carpenters and helpers wer
busy during the past week raising tn
new building of the Dawley Lumbe
company in their new location soutl
! of the depot. The finishing of tn
building will be pushed along to tn
utmost in order to enable the compan
to store therein its large stock of lum
Der and building supplies. The ney
building has floor space of 150x54
1t is built in very substantial wa
and when finished will be as fine
building of this kind as can be foun
in Wisconsin.