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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-21
PEOPLE DONATING TO THE
CAUSE
City of Washburn Expects to go Over
The Top in the Drive to Raise
! Funds for the Army Work in the
State.

The drive being conducted through
out Bayfield, county to raise $4,000
as Bayfield, county's quote to the
Salvation Army Fund is on
with the prospects of going over the
top.
Washburn's share of this quote is
$500 and the canvass was started in
the city on Monday of this week and
the solicitors have been meeting
with good success and expect to
succeed in getting the amount re-
quired to make up Washburns share
of the amount asked in the county.
Reports from other sections of the
county are also promising for ex-
ceeding the quote.
The Salvation Army is doing a
wonderful work for humanity and
this year they are extending their
efforts and the funds being raised
in each state in the union will be
used for providing rescue homes for
the unfortunates. The cause is a
good one and if you have not already
donated to it get busy and do so.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-21
THE SAME IN MANY CITIES.

In a Washburn special to The Tele-
gram the other day complaint ap-
peared that the census this year in
dicates a loss of population in that
city during the last ten years, loss
Of 1913 inhabitants. Of course the
people of upper Wisconsin know that
Washburn has grown substantially
and increased in population since
1910. It now has more than twice
as many persons engaged in manu-
featuring than it had in 1910, its
school census shows a large per-
centage of increase, it has a CORES
ponding increase of buildings and of
everything else which would natural
ly appeartin a period of growth.
There are complaints in many ci-
ties about the census figures, and the
majority seem to be well based on
facts. The public everywhere un-
derstands the situation, and no city
is likely to suffer in its reputation for
progress by reason of being short
changed in the census figures. 1t
is worthy Of notice that New York
city, Boston and some other Demo-
cratic cities, have been able to secure
recounts and corrections where need
ed, but we have not noticed that any
Republican city has been similarly
fortunate.
No matter what the census figures
are, we all know that Washburn has
grown and prospered in the past ten
years. So has Superior, although the
census figures do not show it. So
have many other cities and towns
which are in similar plight as to
the census.
But the census is not the only thing
that has gone wrong under the pre-
sent administration Superior Tele-
gram.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-21
AT THE Y. nj. C. A. ON SATURDAY
OF THIS WEEK
To be Community Affair for Farm
ers, Business People. County
Officials and People Visiting the
Fair.

Messres Frank Dilree and Ernest
Tetzner of the Chequamegon Cream
cry Association and Messrs. Elmer
Oistad and Amos M. Hansen, Iof TINS
city compose a committee engaged IN
the work of arranging for big COM
munity chicken dinner to be held at
the Y. M. C. A. on Saturday at noon,
during the time. Of the Grain and
Potato Show.
The dinner is given as a community
affair and city people,, county ofilcers'
farmers of this region and VISITORS
to the fair are invited to attend
The dinner is to be served by the
ladies of the Congregational church
and arrangements have been made
for 800 plates. The price of the
dinner has been placed at IS cents.
The menu for the dinner will con-
sist of chicken, masked potatoes and
other vegetables and good old apple
pie made from Bayfield, county
apples.
The dinner is not being given as a
money making affair, but rather as
community dinner, and if there should
happen to be any funds left over
after paying for the dinner these
funds will be used for the purpose of
furnishing the ladies rest room at
the building of the creamery associa-
ton.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-21
FIRST NUMBER
OF LECTURE COURSE
To be Given in This on Tuesday
Evening, Oct. 26, Under Auspices
of Mems Club of Congregational
Church

The first number of the fallwinter
lecture course under the auspices OF
the Mems Club of the Congregations
al church. will be held at the Con-
gregational church in this city on
Tuesday evening, Oct. 26th, and 1t
gives. promise of being one OF the
best musical numbers ever given IN
this city. The company playing is
the Bostonia Sextette Club, and IS
today the most noted organization
Of the kind nthe country. 1t was
organized in 1898, and since that
time has toured the United States
repeatedly from ocean to ocean and
from gulf to Prince Edwards IS
land.
The Bostonia Sextette Club is
managed by Mr.. Stats, as director,
who has a world wide reputation as
a clarinet virtuoso, and he has as
s6ciated with him artists of the high
est rank.
The entertainment of the evening
will consist of musical numbers,
concerts. songs and solos, and 1t
will be a treat worth turning out to
hear.
Remember the date and place at
the Congregational church.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-21
EQUIPMENT AND BUILDING
DAMAGED
Fire Started in the Upper Rear End
of the Building and Valiant Work
of Department is all that Saved
it From Total Loss.

The building occupied by the Wash
burn News was badly wrecked by
fire and the newspaper equipment of
that paper, together with stock and
materials were badly damaged in a
fire which occurred at about two
o'clock Wednesday morning and as a
result the plant of the News has
been badly crippled.
The fire started in the rear end of
the upper story of the building in
the rooms occupied by Mrs. Nell
Simonds, and was not discovered un-
til it had gained considerable head
way. Mrs. Simonds was awakened
by the smell of smoke and cracking
of the fire and the fire alarm was
Immediately turned in.
The fire department was prompt
in arriving at the scene and for a
time it looked as if the building and
equipment would be total loss,
but due to the faithful work of the
firemen the fire was subdued, after
it mad badly wrecked the upper floor
of the building and damaged the
contests of the News with smoke and
water.
The heaviest loss was suffered by
the News in damaged equipment due
to the drenching of water, but Mrs.
Simonds also lost heavily in furniture
damaged, and two school teachers,
Miss Casey and Miss Cripps, who
were rooming at the Simonds resi-
dence also suffered the loss of many
personal effects.
The equipment of the News was
protected by insurance which will
perhaps cover the loss, and Mrs.
Simonds also had policy covering
her property. but the loss in both
cases will be keenly felt.
There is perhaps no business in
which fire can wreck so much
damage and cause so much incon-
venience as in a newspaper plant
and the Times knows how to SYM
pathies with the owners of the News
and we gladly throw open our Office
to whatever use the News people
can make of it until they have their
plant in running order again..
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-21
BARKSDAlE'S TAX
MONEY is GIVEN
awful CUT

The income tax of the town of
Barksdale for 1920 received from the
du Pont Powder company will
amount to "but drop in the bucket
compared to the tax paid by that
company during the past two years,
according to the official figures which
have been received at the office Of
the County Clerk from the Wiscon-
sin Tax Comm ission.
This year thx du Pont company
will pay as anssihcome tax $3O77 go,
while in 1919 the amount paid was
$82 ,395.18 and in 1913 was $117,-
454.16.
The town of Barksdale will un-
dooubtedly feel this decrease great
" for the town has an elaborate
system of schools and has been en-
gagged in an extensive road building
program.
Other income taxes paid in the
county by the big companies are
Rust-Owen Lumber company, Of
Drummond, $18,3S6.0O, Wachsmuth
Lumber company of Bayfield,, $4452.-
"a, Kenfeld-L -Lannoreaux company
Washburn, $59O.3b.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-21
THE FLORA DEvoss COMING.

j. B. Rotnour, offers his ever popu-
lar Flora DeVoss Co. for a three
night engagement at the Temple
theatre starting Thursday, night
November 4th. The company, is
the largest in history and carries
as added features five vaudeville
people. who have been especially en-
gagged to entertain between acts.
The opening play will be The Wan
derer, a new problem comedy in four
acs, the leading role being an Italian
and being played by a real Italian,
makes it some what interesting.
"Her Unborn Child, is a big royalty
success which will be offered during
the engagement. Mr.. Rotnour, re-
ports the largest business in his
tory of the show. The prices will
be popular here so get your seats
early, you may not get in.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-21
LIGHTS FOR VEHICLES

With the new non-glare auto llgnJs
now in effect and with practically
every car equipped with this new
light it becomes more imperative
that horse drawn vehicles also be
equipped with some sort of light so
that they can be distinguished on
the road. Those who own autos
and do night driving find it difficult
to see a team nthe road when there
is no light <on the vehicles and many
narrow escapes from accidents have
been had.
At the road school held at Madi-
son during the past year hundreds
of accidents were reported, and with
the new auto lense in effect there is
bound to be more unless vehicles are
equipped with lights.
We have been Informed that in
case of accident where the vehicles
are not equipped with lights there
is no opportunity to recover damages
in case of an accident.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-21
STRUCK WASHBURN CAR NEAR
SPOONER
Car Turned Turtle On Passenger and
Crushed Out His Life. Washburn
Boys Take Dying Man to Spoon
er.

Harold Estabrook and Dean Carson
returning from trip down the line
Ion Sunday in the Estabrook Olds
touring car, figured in an accident in
which one man was killed and another
was quite badly injured.
The accident happened between Rice
Lake and Spooner, at about nine
O'Clock at night. The Estabrook car
was coming down a hill and when
about in the middle of the hill car
driven by man named Roberts, who
is in the undertaking business at
Spooner, crashed into them, turned
turtle ,and resulted in Roberts COM
panion being killed and Roberts re-
ceiving bad cuts about the hands and
arms.
According to the Washburn men the
first the knew Of the accident was
when they felt the crash when the
Spoonerf car crashed into them, and
when they could bring their car to
stop they noticed the other car up
side-down at the side of the road.
Roberts had attempted to go by them
and had turned out TO the right side
of the road which is the wrong side
of the road according to driving rules,
and as he did so the front wheel of
his car struck the rear right hind
wheel of the Estabrook car, which
caused the wheels Of the Spooner car
to crumple and resulted in the car
turning turtle.
Estabrook and Carson rushed back
to the scene of the accident to see if
anyone had been hurt and they dis
covered big Buick six with the
wheels nthe air with both men ap-
parently pinned underneath the car.
As they lifted the car to see if any
one had been injured, Roberts, who
was pinned underneath the car, crawl
ed out, and then the three removed
the Car and discovered Roberts COM
panion, who apparently had been Sc
verely injured. The injured man
was placed in The Estabrook car and
taken to Spooner where he died
shortly after arriving in the doctors
office.
The Spooner man absolves the
Washburn men entirely from any
connection with the accident, saying
it was his fault in trying to drive
around them. The Washburn men
did not know that the car was be-
hind them and their first intimation
of the accident was when their car
was hit and the other car went over
the side Of the road with crash.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-21

On Monday of this week Under
sheriff Andy Murray served sub
poenas on Mayor H. HI. Peavey and
Aldermen, Ed Bryan, Nels M. Oscar,
S. E. Swanson, Charles L. Olson,
Frank w. Gray, Hans P. Swanby, Nels
Nelson, Hans j. Thompson, 7. E.
Haugen, Fred Anderson, Peter Ole
and A. P. Johnson, citing them to ap-
pear before Judge Risjord at the
Court House in the city of Ashland on
Saturday the 2Srd day of October, to
show cause why they should not be
adjudged guilty of anh punished for
contempt for misconduct in failing to
obey the order of said court made and
entered requiring the City Coun-
Gil to do the things alleged in
the affidavit and required by said or
der to be done, with reference to the
special assessments of sewer taxes
described in the order of the court.
The case over which the contempt
proceedings have been started by At
torney A. w. Macleod is that of John
Love, etal, plaintiffs, VS.. the City of
Washburn, County of Bayfield,,
Gray Robinson Construction Company
and E. M. Schefow, and mas to do
with the sewers laid on west Bay
field sreet, west Third street and
East 4th street in the city of Wash
burn during 1918.
Suit was brought by the lot owners
to set aside the assessment as made
and upon the trial of the case the
Court ordered that re-assessment
should be made. At meeting held
on the first Tuesday of July Attorney
Macleod appeared before the City
Council and notified them of the en-
tering of the order of the court. On
the 26th day of August, prior to the
September meeting of the council
notice was served upon the City Clerk
of the entry of the order and on
October 9Th a letter was addressed to
the council by Mr.. Macleod in which
it was intimated that contempt pro-
ceedings would be started unless the
order was complied with.
Again the council failed to take ac-
tion and the matter was again laid
over and Attorney Macleod, having
failed in his attempt to get the coun-
Gil to act has applied to the Court
asking that the Mayor and Council
show cause why they should not be
found guilty of contempt.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-21

Bayfield, County's annual show of
grains; potatoes and root crops will
be held at the Y. M. c. A. gymnasium
in this city on Friday and Saturday
of this week, this being the roundup
fair of the community fairs which
have been held throughout the coun-
ty during the past four weeks, and
it gives promise Of being the biggest
and best event of the kind ever held
in this part of Northern Wisconsin.
For some time County Agricultural
Agent v. E. Brubaker has been busy
preparing for this wonderful exhibi-
tion pf grains, potatoes and root
crops, and the showing which will be
made will be far ahead of the annual
fair held year ago.
There is interest throughout Bay
field county in this annual roundup
fair and as there is good deal Of
friendly rivaly between the different
towns of the county to make the best
showing, not only will the best ex-
hibits from the community fairs be
on hand but the towns will make an
effort to improve the exhibits.
Take for instance the exhibit of
field and garden peas. The coun-
ty agent says finer exhibit could
not be found if the entire United
States were covered to obtain an ex-
hibit for the show. The same will
be true of the exhibits of grains, as well
as potatoes and root crops.
There hardly town in the coun-
ty that will not be represented with
an exhibit and the big gymnasium at
the Y. building will be crowded to
overfowing.
Many people from all parts of the
county as well as from adjoining
counties will be here to see the won
derful showing and it is expected that
the Y. will be thronged with visitors
during the two days.
The large gymnasium at the Y. is
being arranged this week. There
will be tables extending through tire
length Of the building and also tables
running lengthwise of the building
to accommodate the showing of grains
and potatoes and root crops, while in
the center will be stand on which
will be displayed the finest flowers
grown in the county.
Bayfield, county has put up $500
for holding this annual grain and
potato show and liberal prizes are
being offered for the best exhibits.
Premium lists have been issued and
have been placed in the hands Of the
farmers of the county and may be had
by addressing the county agent.
Washburn should take a lively in
terest in this annual fair for there
is nothing that means as much to the
city as the rapid growth of the agri-
cultural region about us. Come Fri
day or Saturday and see what kind of
products are being grown in the
county and make it point to get ac-
quainted with the farmers, who are
the real community builders.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-21

Responding to innumerable ques-
tions from all parts of the state, the
Wisconsin Anti-Saloon League to-
day made public the following state
ment regarding the referendum on
the Mulberger prohibition enforce
ment law, and their attitude thereon:
There is much confusion regarding
the Mulberger law. The Wiscon-
sin Anti-Saloon League, which
fought this law, is now supporting
it. The recent decision of the u.
S. Supreme Court in the Manitowoc,
Wis, cases made one-haf OF one
per cent the Mulberger definition of
intoxicating liquor, placing it
squarely in accord with the Volstead
act and catching the brewers in
their own trap. A vote for the
Mulberger law now is vote for one
half of one per cent, and therefore
a vote to instruct Wisconsin con-
gressmen to uphold the Volstead
law.
The Mulberger law started out by
saying that a beverage should not
be considered intoxicating unless it
contained more than 'two and one
half percentum of alcohol by weight
(nearly three and quarter by
volume). 1t then says, 'but if the
Congress of the United States shall
hereafter, by valid act which shall
become the law of the land and be
paramount TO any state laws on the
subject, define the words 'intoxicat-
ing liquor as used in Article Is of
the Constitution of the United
States, then such definition, from
the time such act of Congress be-
comes operative, shall be the defini-
tion thereof under this subdivision. =
Congress did thereafter define in
tQxicating liquor nthe Volstead act
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-21
BUILDING ASHLAND ROADS

For the information of the people
of Bayfield, county and the Ashland
Press we might state tha5 Bayfield,
county has already built and paid for
seven roads leading into the city of
Ashland, while Ashland county only
has three roads leading into Ashland.
Bayfield, county has been mighty
generous in their road building to-
ward the city of Ashland but Ash
land is not satisfied and now ask that
we spend another quarter of mill
lion of dollars to build an additional
route, and their program is to work
up feeling among the county board
members of Bayfield, county, in an
endeavor to make them believe the
city of Washburn is anxious for the
north road and that members from
other sections Of the county should
oppose any change from the route
selected by the State Highway Com
mission. After they stir up dis
sention among Bayfield, county mem
bers with their propaganda they can
sit back and laugh. But Bayfield,
county board members are not fall
ing very fast for the propaganda for
they see Ashland's scheme.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-21
THE GREAT LAKES PROJECT.

For more than twenty-five years
people along the Great Lakes have
been agitating a waterways through
the st, Lawrence to the ocean.
Canada is thoroughly in accord with
the project and has made extensive
developments of the river to per-
nit its use by vessels drawing
twenty-five feet or more of water.
The project has not been very active
in late years though it is the sub
ject of pending legislative in Con-
gress. If opposition is the life of
endeavDr there may be something
doing that will put the waterways
projects in the foreground. A plan
has been worked out for a series of
canals to make the lakes to-ocean
route an exclusively American pro
ject. 1t appears in some quarters
that New York state regards the st.
Lawrence route ass inimical to the
Erie Canal. Other broad-minded
people say that eventually the ST.
Lawrence route and the waterway
through United States territory will
both be developed. From an en-
gipeering standpoint neither scheme
is as difficult as was the building of
the Panama Canal. From the head
of the Great Lakes there are COM
ing stories at this time showing how
easy it would be to transport the
grain crops of the Northwest by
water, if the routes were open to
the Atlantic seaboard. Inasmuch as
there is an admitted lack of trans
portation facilities, this argument is
doubtless having its effect, and may
influence Congress in bringing the
lakes to-ocean project to the front
at the coming session of Congress.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-21
is TRYING TO CREATE THE
IMPRESSION
That Washburn People Want Road
Across the BarrOns Abandoned by
Favoring the Present Snake
Trail.

During the past week the Ashland
Press has been printing articles
almost every day endeavoring to make
it appear that the people Of Wash
burn flavor maintaining the present
"snake trail" across the barrons in
the hope that the road will be en-
tirelv abandoned" and on one oc-
caIon went so far as to give as
the reason that the people of Wash
burn s'want to swipe Iron Rivers
fair"
The people of Washburn do not
favor giving up the idea of road
across the Barrons, and they do not
believe that the Ashland Press or the
people of Ashland should say where
that road should be.
The Bayfield, County Road and
Bridge Committee has suggested
road leading out of the city of Ash
land by way of the "long bridge" on
what is now the combined Routes 10
and 13 of the State Highway to the
town, of Barksdale, thence west along
what is know as the Cherryville road
to what is known as the Moquah cor
ner. and from that point into the
town of Keystone and then either
north on south of the Northern
Pacific tracks into the village of Iron
River, selecting the route through
which the road can be built and COM
pleted at the least cost.
Their reason for this is very ap-
parent. BY coming out of Ashland
via the "long bridge" the hills of the
Fish Creek country will be avoided,
and this route has already been con-
structed. The road in the town of
Barksdale, known as the Cheeryville
road, is also a road of standard
width, of easy grade, and has been
built and surfaced. BY using this
route as far as the Moquah corner at
least twelve miles of road building
will be saved to the people of Bayfield,
county, and it will give Bayfield,
county a road that will satisfy most
people.
After leaving the Moquah corner,
whether the route selected leads
north or south of the Northern
Pacific tracks is a matter in which
Bayfield, county people are not overly
interested, just as long as the best
route is selected and the one that can
be built to standard grade and finish
ed with the least possible money.
And we cannot see why the Ashland
Press should be SO nightly interest
ed in Bayfield, county's roads, for with
either route the road would have to
go, into Ashland. Bayfield, county's
idea is to get the most value for the
money expended when it comes to road
building. We have yet to see the
time when Bayfield, county people
endeavored to "but into" Ashland
county's road building program.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-21

We have farm for you, around
Ashland, any size, any prize, where
clover is our weed, and crop failures
unknown. For further particular
write JOHNSON BROS. CO., Ash
land, Wis. 27-1t
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-21
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
n WY
Rev. d. w. Davis.

Sunday school at 9:45 A. NJ, Mrs.
F. T. Beers, Supt.
The Sunday school will observe
Rally Day Sunday at 10::3O A. M.
by giving a pageant, "The Coming
of Truth"
Epworth League at 6:30.
Mid-week prayer meeting, We'd
nesday evening at 7:3O, j. E. West
gate, leader.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-21

Allen T. Colder, cashier of the
Brule State Bank, and one of the
best boosters the Brule region has,
was in the city tae first of the
week transacting matters of busi-
ness.