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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-12-31
Operation of Microphons.

The microphone is applied to the
detection of fire damp in mines. This
is its principle: If sound waves from
two pipes of equal pitch impinge ON
microphOnes connected in series with
a telephone, a clear note is heard, but
if one Of the pipes emits slightly
different note beats will be heard in
the telephone. Here is the applica.
ton: One pipe is placed in the mine,
the other above the ground, and they
are blown simultaneously. If the air
in the mine is charged with fire damp
it will produce a different note from
that produced by clear air, owing to
the difference of density, and, in con-
sequence, a series of beats in the tele-
phone gives warning of the presence
of fire damp. The same apparatus is
very sensitive to the presence of coal
gaS.-New York Sun and Herald.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-12-31
Gardens of Ashes.

The town of Sheepshead Bay some
years ago entered into an arrange
ment with the borough of Brooklyn
whereby the contents of all the Brook
Ign ash barrels were delivered for the
filling in of great swamp.
The refuse. reaching Sheepshead
Bay in large metal tanks, was carried
out into the swamp by specially con-
structed trolleys and dumped. In this
way some hundreds of acres were con-
verified into dry land.
The refuse contained SO much vege-
table and animal matter that almost
Immediately grass and sunfowers be-
gan to grow on the surface of the ma
terial. and by the end of the second
year thrifty Italians had planted most
of the area with cabbage and other
vegetables The ash dump became a
truck garden.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-12-31
REAL ORIGIN OF CHARlvARl
In Medieval! Times 1t Was an EXPIRES
sion of CisapprovaI of Too
Domneering Wife.

The unpleasant ceremony known in
America as the charivari, in medieval
times was the ceremony that went with
the public disapproval of weak
kneed husband and strong minded or
strong armed wife.
When a wife was known to be the
head of the house and not averse to
applying the family club to her hus-
bands back, the men of the village,
holding that such a precedent might
come into unpleasant popularity,
waited for a dark night, and then at
tackled the house of the ill-assorted
couple. The wife was dragged from
her bed, and in whatever scant attire
she might be found, was tied to the
back of a donkey, her face to the rear,
while the husband was tied by the
hands to the donkey's tail. They were
then paraded through the streets I'M
der the glare of torches, while the en-
tire population turned out to beat pans
and blow horns and yell jibes and in
suits at the pair. AS the years passed
the ceremony was widened to include
widows or wdowers who had remar-
ried too soon after their mates death,
or those persons whose wide difference
In age met with public disapproval.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-12-31
Beethoven BrutaIIy Frank.

Probably there never lived man
more thoroughly brutal in his honesty
than Ludwig van Beethoven. When he
planned to do so he could play the part
of the diplOmat-as his letters to his
publishers and to the royal personages
to whom he dedicated his works often
show. But when taken unawares
Beethoven spoke his mind without
thought of whom he might offend or
how he might offend them. A historic
instance is that connected with the
composer, Paer, whose opera, eide
lio," Beethoven went to hear. 1t is
said that Paer approached Beethoven
after the performance and naturally
invited criticism, whereupon Beethov-
en- blurted out, II like your opera very
much-I will set it to music" This to
the sensitive Paer, who had written
many musical successes, was tanta-
mount to saying, II like your wife very
much will marry her!"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-12-31
Are Women the Stronger

That American women have the true
sporting spirit and are learning to ask
no lvors in the game of life is shown
by the comments made by several of
them in regard to the recent demand
of the women of Paris for separate
cars in the subways. One woman, and
this a dancer by profession, says that
she has never had seat in subway
in New York city, where she lives.
and that she really enjoys standing up,
as it gives her feeling of superiority
and of being able to stand on her own
feet and fight her own battles in
the world.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-12-31
Running Water Soothes Babies.

In the hill stations of India one may
often come across native babies lying
asleep in the open, with a continuous
stream of water flowing over their
heads, this being obtained by damn
ing up some little stream and insert
ing length of bamboo piping. The
cold water tends to drive the blood
away from the brain, says writer in
the Wide World magazine, and so in
duces sleep. Infants are frequently
left alone in this way quite safely for
from eight to ten hours, while the
mother earns her living cutting grass
on the hillsides.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-12-31
Not Safe Any More.

Harrr came home about five O'Clock,
and his hands and face we're very
clean, and his hair stood on end. His
mother took one look and exclaimed:
Harry, told you not to go swimmin'
with Bob Ross"
sHow do you know that have been
swimmin'?" asked Harry.
"Never mind who told me. but /
know that you have been swimmin',"
replied his mother.
After while Harry said: sTl just
bet you anything that Mrs. Ross was
over here this afternoon and you and
Mrs Ross had that ouija board out"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-12-31
WHEAT MEN PLAN
To DICTATE: PRICE
Growers in Campaign to Name
1921 Grain Quotations.
ASSOCIATION GAINS MEMBERS
Many Flour Mills Now Idle and Eleva-
tors Nearly Empty-The Organiza-
cation Members Feel Conf
dent of Success.

Wichita, Kan, Dec. 27.-The Wheat
Growers Association of America ex-
poets to have the campaign to induce
growers to withhold their wheat from
the market SO we'll organized within
the next six months that the growers
will be able to control the price paid
for the 1921 wheat crop, according to
W. FL. McGreevy. secretary and treas
urer.
The association now has a member
ship of approximately 100000 in the
states of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas
and Nebraska, according to Mr.. Nc
Greevy, and it will be extended to Min
nesota, North Dakota and South Da-
kOta.
The purpose of the association is
to control the distribution and m9f-
ketfng of wheat through financial and
selling agencies of it's own selection
at a price based upon cost, plus fair
and reasonable profit" said Secretary
McGreevy.
Feel Encouraged"
"NOt only the wheat growers of our
association, but wheat growers in gen.
eral, are refusing to sell at present
prices except In cases where financial
conditions force the sale. With large
number of flour mills idle and the
local and terminal elevators nearly
empty. the wheat grower feels he has
practically accomplished what seemed
at first impossible, and is now encour-
aged to continue Withholding from
market in order that a price which is
fair and just shall be paid him for his
labor and money invested.
"Our growers are not striking as
Is commonly meant by the term" he
said. "We are still sowing and at
tending to the many arduous duties of
the farm"
Started in Oklahoma.
The organization was formed about
a year and half ago in southern
Kansas and northern Oklahoma A.
Slaughter of Manchester, Okla, was
the originator. It's growth the last
few months has been rapid.
The four states now organized in
which membership of 100000 is
claimed, have 220.8O6 wheat growers,
according to Kansas statistics, and
therefore As per cent of the growers
are members Of the association. The
four states produced this year 232,-
955,00O bushels out of the total for the
United States of 75O,64S,OOO bushels.
The addition of Minnesota. North
Dakota and South Dakota would bring
the production up to 359,OO3, 600 BUSH
els, or slightly less than one-half that
of the entire United States.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-12-31
JAPAN WlTHDRAWS PROTEST
Government Abandons Its Fight on
California Antialien Law, State
Department Told.

Washington, Dec. 24.-The Japanese
government has advised the State de-
partment of its withdrawal of obiec-
lions to the enactment of the Cali
fornia antialien land laws, which were
expressly directed against the Japa-
nese. The meaning of this new move
by the Japanese government is not
known to the California members of
congress, and no further light has been
thrown on the subject from any other
quarter.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-12-31
PAYING for EN- NoAx.

What has become OF the Old-fash-
Toned man who thought gown was
eomething to sleep in?LDallas News
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-12-31
Timber From Dead Trees.

! Some prejudice exists against the
use of timber cut from dead trees,
SAYS the American Forestry Maya
zine. AS matter of fact when sound
dead trees are sawed into lumber, and
the weathered or charred outside is
cut away, there is no method known
to the forest products laboratory by
which the lumber can be distinguished
from that cut from live trees, except
that the lumber from dead trees may
be partly seasoned when sawed.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-12-31
RED WAVE is ROLLING WEST
Predicted That Within Three Months
BoIshevik Rule Will Include
ReVaI and koVno.

Paris, Dec. 27.-The prediction that
within three months the soviet feder-
alton will include >Reval, Riga and
Kovno, with the Baltic sea once more
the western boundary of Russia. is
made in an information about the Bal
tic situation just received from a. we'll
informed authority on the spot.
Such events would raise serious
problems not only for France and
Great Britain, but for the United
States.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-12-31
COST HIM LITTLE TO LIVE
Roger Grab, Eccentric Eneishman,
Subsisted for Many Years on
Roots, Weeds anG Grass.

People today might with profit take
a leaf from that rare pamphlet writ
ten by Roger Crab, 1.-THE English Her
mite: or, Wonders of This Age
There have been three men Of this
name who were more or less cele-.
brated in literature, ALL however.
spelling their patronymics differently
Roger Crab, who died Sept. IL, 1850:
was a hermit, and 1641 he began re-
stricting himself to vegetarian diet,
avoiding even butter and cheese. From
roots he got to regimen OF broth
thickened with bran, and pudding
made of bran and turnip leaves; and
finally resorted to dock-leayes and
grass. He drank nothing but water,
and said his views came to him by
illumination while digging in his gar
den. His publications were coarse at
times, but shrewd.
Speaking of himself, he said: In
stead of strong drinks and wines,
give the old man a cup of water. :.
The law of the old man in my
ffeshy members rebelled against the
law of the mind, and had shrewd
skirmish; but, the mind being well en-
lightened, held it SO that the old man
became sick and weak with the fiux,
like to fall to the dust, but the won
derful love of God, being we'll pleased
with the battle, raised him full OF
love, peace and contentment of mind,
and he is now becoming more humble,
for now he will eat dOck-leaveS, mai
lows or grass. Chicago Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-12-31
HAMBURG SEXES CUBAN SHIP
Former German Steamer Constantia
Held in Dispute Over Payment
of Port Charges.

Hamburg, Dec. 29.-The Cuban
steamer Maxine Gomez, which arrived
here from Galveston, Tex, December
II, has been seized by the authorities
as a consequence of dispute regard
ing payment of the port charges. She
formerly was the German steamer
COnStantia.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-12-31
An Electric Washer. Mavbe.

AS rule when your wife has some
thing she wants to talk to you about
she wants to talk to you about some
thing she doesn't shave.-Cineinnati
Enquirer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-12-31
TENNESSEE HAS EARTHQUAKE
Temblor of Considerable Violence and
Noise Like Thunder in and
Around lockwood.

lockwood, Tenn, Dec. 25.-An
earthquake of considerable violence.
accompanied by rumble as OF thun-
der Yves Ct ho~e and at other fowns
Hs - ~t.', Spring Civ
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-12-31
Be Firm In Purnose.

The man who is just and resolute
will not be moved from his settled pur-
pose, either by the misdirected rage
of his fellow citizens or by the threats
- an Importers trrant.-H0race,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-12-31

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The daily morning oasis., 1920-07-18
lEDlIORIAIS.
WHAT is "RADlCALiSNI?"-

So much is being said these days about radical
ism" and Conservatism, and tie term "radicalism''
is applied so frequently to those are not really
radical, that it seems that the public mind has lost
the proper perspective in many directions TIE two
terms have been banded and miSappned so much that
the reflective mind is driven to BELIEF that to mary
any tenet is branded as radical which not con-
form to SNUG complacency with regard to existing
conditions, matter what may be tin. Foundation
OF the opinion of dissent, whence it derives it's
authority.
Nowhere is the hidebound and myopic DISPOSE
ton described, shown any more than in the so-caed
christian" church toward those within It's own fold
who interpret logically the doctrines pronounded by
its founder for which PRONUNCIATION of "perniciorls
doctrine. He was crucified as common felon
nearly two thousand years ago In fact
one of The most forcibe sarcasns is that should
Jesus Christ appear upon Earth again today teach
ing the same doctrines He taught in 1oysae Of DID,
among the first to cry"Away with Him cruelty Him.
give unto lis Barabbas" would b. thousands who now
raise their voices in His praise with loud and hypo-
critical JUNCTION. In fact the so-caled Cuisines
r'anare,nent # churches church schools and othe,
church activities seems to have fallen to a great
extent into the hands of that Glass;
One Of the most recent instances that has come
Under tho light OF publicity ha beer the case of the
Berkeley Divinity School at fiiddIetown Conrecti-
cNt. It is small institution with faculty of but
siv members: but it fills sptcia1 noeition among
divinity schools Of the Protestant Fnscora1 Church
in the United States More explicitly norhars than
any other school it has adiusta its teacbincs TO the
idea +:at ~hre+ian clerrvoan woods TO 1c6orq+orc
modern social and industrial nrohov'e and thoF the
Christian RELIGION r'ooti"allv arr1ind ro1doe c7n
tn their solution The Door, IF ITO school Pow w
p add and Of nact orc IF Tho "'- ,,,or,ohn,e
cf thn Ch',rch Tnnnr1n fo~ Tndrst"a1 Dc7noorn"v
c~~nni7atior conSictin~ o+irnu f F,icorc1io', r'+
:+~~1r
urlose object IS "+c ;r,,;+o for ord 1o
thaeA within orr chch lo ,olio-,o - cc~o,,+ial
part Of the church function tc axe Justice and love
The daily morning oasis., 1920-07-18
MAKING A HIT

A friend whose name do not mention had tried
for years to gain renown he tried all ways to win at
tention, and set folks talking in the town. But all
the chances seemed against him. noneyielded to his
smile of lure; the pent-up Uticas, then fenced him,
and kept him painfully obscure He wrote fine odes
and none would read them, only laughed to see
him soar; he made high talks and none would heed
them, and people voted him b,re. And when he'd
failed in projects twenty, and was to humble waks
resigned, fame came his way ard came plenty and
now he's in the Public Mind He is the pride Of
every voter, and men discuss him ano far-the
nan who does not own motor, the guy who has no
choo-eheo car When strangers visit in our city, we
show the pesthose and the Jail editor so wise md
wittv the banker with his bunch of kale- We view
the local legislature the courthouse with its doors
aar and then produce that freak Of nature, the
who doesn't own a car.
copyright By George Matthews Adams)
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-27
MANY CHANGES
IN BEEF PRICE
A Series of Unavoidable
Events Said to Have Made
Fluctuations.

Washington, July 27.-Unusual
fluctuations in the price of dressed
beef occurred during the first six
months Of this year. says a report OF
the United States bureau Of markets.
Starting with a top price OF $21 for
good grade beef in January, sharp
and erratic price changes marked
the low top price of SIT recorded dur
ing the last week in May and the high
point, 81, made on Jun %. IN in
e Of $14 a hundred pounds in 80
days.
A series Of unavoidable events. most
of them resulting from abnormal con-
ditions produced by the war, con-
tributed to the phenomenal price
trends, the report says. Among the
principal disturbing influences de-
scribed are periodical releases by the
war department of surplus stocks of
beef in an effort to reduce living costs,
higher stocker and feeder markets,
high priced feeds. fruition of produce
ers' efforts to increase cattle produce
tfon for war needs n anticipated
foreign demands, labor troubles, de-
.bargoes, unsettled foreign credit and
exchange conditions, decrease in beef
exports, financial credit restrictions,
declines in prices Of hides, tallow and
other animal ~by-products and de-
creased or spasmodic consumption Of
meat.
In fact, the report says. every pos
sfble economic factor incidental to a
period Of reconstruction and capable
Of disturbing market conditions for
these products of the farm and range
had free and almost unlimited action.
Prices Of live stock in the .Chicago
market and those paid for dressed
c~arcasses as taken from New York
quotations for 10 days to two weeks
after the live cattle transactions also
showed wide fluctuations, the report
asserts. The difference of $2.25 per
100 pounds between prices for good
beef steers and the corresponding
grade Of dressed in January
was widened until it stood at $14.60
during the closing days Of June. For
the same period the difference be-
tween the low price Of medium steers
on the hoof and in the carcass had
advanced from s6.25 to $12.75.
and prices on relative grades Of
dressed meats on January 2 and June
80 this year with those Of correspond
ing dates last year shows the top
price for good beef steers at the be-
ginning of this year at $18.75 and at
the end Of June as $16.50 with the
opening price on dressed beef from
such steers as $21 and at the close at
$31. On January 2, 1919. live prices
for the same grade were up to $17.75
and al the end Of six months the top
stood at $14.60, a decline Of 1915.
Good dressed beef on January 2. last
year, registered a top Of $27 and on
June 80 had declined So to . top
NJ RIO
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-27

$l75,O0O IN
!, INCOME TAX
500 Paid Under Protest
while Others Forked Over
( to State without Comment

Bismarck, N. D.. July 27.-Rail-
roads operating in North Dakota have
paid approximately $4,000 income
tax under the state law. Payments
I1gere received yesterday, the last day
Before q delinquency under the law.
The payment of the tax, it is said,
marks the first case Of the payment
Of large sums of taxes imposed by the
legislature of 1919, which have been
paid without a lawsuit.
The 500 lines, it is understood, paid
theb income tax Under protest, while
the Northern Pacific. Great Northern
and Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
lines paid the tax without protest.
The amount paid by the Northern
Pacific is understood to have been
the largest amount. slightly exceeding
that of the Great Northern.
From 1919 Vintage.
The legislature in 1919 enacted an
income tax law which provided an in
come .tax to be paid by individuals,
and in addition a.tax of 8 per cent on
the net income of corporations, firms
or joint stock companies. The law,
unlike the federal income tax law,
does not exempt the individual from
payment of tax on dividends received
from corporations which pay the tax.
1t is said the legislature will be ask
60 next winter TO exempt individual
incomes in such cases.
- 1t is considered doubtful If the
railroads will make a fight In the
courts against the tax, since the rail-
ROAD income now is guaranteed under
the Esch-Cummins bill and the tax
will be added in the railroad expenses,
and paid in the end by the people
July rs Was Limit Date.
The law Provided that the income
tax should be paid by July rs. In ad-
dition to the railroads. the Standard
Oil company, the Pullman company
and the Ford Motor company, which
has a branch at Fargo, were among
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-27
LIGHTNING CAUSES
$4,000 FIRE LOSS
AT THIEF RIVER

Thief River Falls. Mimi. July 27.-
Lightning entered the plant owe the
power wires of the Northern Wood
work company last night during a
heavy electrical storm, causing an So
900 fire loss to the building and con-
tents, with $4,000 insurance on the
building alone. %
Over half Of the roof was destroy
ed while the east wall fell put under
heat pressure. The same wall had
caved when the building was nearly
completed this spring. A strong west
wind threatened the Nortz Lumber
company yards across the alley to the
east, but the heavy rain and excellent
work by the fire department confined
the flames to the brick building where
the fire started. The dry kiln adjoin-
ing suffered no loss.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-27
Montana Man Helped
Capture Jefferson
Davis; Received So

Great Falls, Mont, July 27.-
William L.. Bailey, one OF the
Civil wal veterans of this city.
has made public an account of
the part he took in the capture
Of jefferson Davis after the close
of the Civil war. MIR. Bailey,
who came to Montana in 1870 as
q driver and frcighter, has been
noncOmmittal on his war record
most of his life, but a he grows
Older he loves to tell Of his earlier
experiences. 1t was while cx.
pressing his belief that the oiti-
zenship of the United States was
such that tho country would al
ways be saved from both external
and internal enemies that he re-
lated tho incident Of Davis cap
ture.
The honor Of capturing Jcffer-
son Davis belongs to the Fourth
Michigan Cavalry with which
regiment Bailey fought during his
two years. service in the war.
When the confederate president
was captured he had with him
100000 in gold. and in the divi-
sion OF this Bailey got a $50 gold
piece which he says was his legi-
innate share. A reward of $780,
600 was offered for Davis cap
ture by the federal government,
and this also went to the Fourth
Michigan cavalry, = y