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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-06-04

ton Sixteen (16) Township Thirty
five $3.50 North, of Range Eight (S)
West, in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
Terms of sale: Cash.
Dated May %, 1920.
AUGUST V. SIMON, Sheriff
McGill & Williams, Plaintiffs Attys.
First publication May %, 1920. 7-12)
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-16
OUR JUGGERNAUT.

Twelve thousand persons were run down by
motor vehicles in the last ten months. we nave
created F'rankensteln-a powerful, pltlless,
constituencies thing which RACES throughout
our cities failing the life out OF all who get IN
his way. We have built car OF Juggernaut;
but for every self-imlnolated fantlc the wheels
of the old idol we're said to have crushed, our
monster demands thousand mangled, gasplng
victims, flung without warning into eternity.
Had motor vehicle owners, drivers, been COM
pelled from the start to obey the laws and re-
spect the rights of other citizens, the thing
could have been kept in hand. Now it is be-
yond Dubc control even with ordinances OF
the most restrictive kind. 1t is folly any long
er to temporize with evil. We should begin to
do now what we shall have to do later-and all
other cities will be driven to do-and that Is
TO make it a criminal offense for any person IN
der any circumstances to exceed within city
limits speed of ten miles an hour 1t must be
made heavily penalized offense for any driver
even at a reasonable speed to turn a corner
without Indicating by slowing down and CIV
Ing warning by blowing of the horn, his pur-
pose to do so. Who has not stood often at a
corner crossing watching some vehicle BLOCK
or a half block away, rushing towards hl1n at
twenty miles an hour or more? Nothing IN the
driver S speed or action gives any clue 10 MS
intentions; and as he may dash around the cor
ner suddenly and catch the pedestrian IN MD
street. the citizen on foot has to walt until ms
insolcnt mi ghtiness in the car goes by. But II
the law prohibited his turning the corner at
more than five miles an hour and its enforce
ment was not farcial as it is today, the citizen
on foot could use the streets in safety concur
rentlv with the vehicle instead of being ma
rooned on corners as now until some mpuden
boy in a delivery truck, some selfish boor OIL
low-browed sport in pleasure car got through
with the street.
Municipalities must take some new and eff
fective steps at once if the contempt for human
rights and the peril to human life are to b.
checked. The drivers who make our streets u1l
safe divide naturally into four classes-drlver
without Judgment, drivers without decency
the crminally reckless and the con%enltal hog
Against all these society is justified In sell
protection if officers of the law do not do thei
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-16

While it might be idle to talk hopefully TO
q man whose business is depressed, the lacC
remains that no trustworthy signs indicate Ine
coming of anything like disaster In business
lines There are some who preolct are IiihSo
to come in the near future with correspond
| inr suffering and trouble for us all But those
looking at the matter with appropriated NINA
will not find any sound basis for these gloomy
prophecies. -
| We are passing through a period OF re-
adjustment of finance and business from the
tension to which they have been keyed Tor ZIG
purpo1e of war to the tension OF peace time.
Naturally, sucn read ustment is dlttcult. Inc
country and its inhabitants are not like slh-
ole machine that can be readily tuned up to
d certain speed, and then stopped and be Keyed
up to different speed. The people nave
multitude Of interests. These interests vary
in character as in number. All are not III tile
same stage Of development. Indeed, not AL
Of any one class are on the same 1ooIlhS.
Therefore different interests require different
Iperiois OF time and different methods 1of tne
Reimbursement process. The people vary, more
than do the interests, and offer more lnsuper-
able obstacles to readJustlnent Some even
oppose measures to that end. Ii all the people
were persuaded of the need and the ultimate
benefits Of speedy readjustment, it might be
possible to arrange matters beforehand, and set
a day for readjusting things and have the
process over with. The very absurdity OF THIS
illustrates the difficulties in the way.
! AS the readjusting process moves along, 1t
ACQUIRES momentum day by day. To those will
ing to assist in working to peace-time condl-
lions are added those that are forced to do So
We are having some slight depression There
is not single tangible indication that it will
grow appreciably worse, while there are indl,
cations that it will be bettered. How long ii
will continue none may venture to prophecy
But the end does not seem remote. Both these
things make the gloomy forecasts OF some OF
our prophets of evil seem unreliable.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-16

grades and usually eight months of
school. M0ntrose asks the rural
schools to join forces and together
enjoy twelve grade accredited high
school, the rural schools getting four
more grades and her high school boys
and girls are able to spend mornings
and evenings at their own home. 1t
appears the farmer begrudges these
educational advantages to his children
the dearest gifts that God gives to
man.
How many farmers in the Directing
districts send their sons and daughters
to Ames-the finest agricultural col
lege in the middle west?
The writer says "the country people
are required to furnish greater pro-
portion OF the money than their pro-
portion of the benefits received" How
can that statement be true when the
Montrose schools already has eleven
grades and the rural schools only
eight, some only six?
{ l venture the assertion that the
writer never, in all his life, waded
through mud, snow and slush for one
mile or a mile and half going to
school, Most OF the rural mothers
and fathers have done so and sat
with wet feet all day long. Don't you
think it would be a very foolish or
selfish mother who would hesitate
one instant as to which way she would
>Yo.e-to ride or 10 walk?
The writer also boasts that the sew
en- rural schools together cost approx
mately $6,000-or approximately 1851
per year for each one. masnih
cent sum for a prosperous up-to-date
farming community to spend on Its
schools--none higher than the eighth
grade. Surely the high cost of edu
cation has not struck those sever
rural schools The poorest tenemen
child in the city has equal school adj
yantages with the wellto-Go child, ano
much better than the rural child
Many people object to living in the
country because of the miserable pool
school conditions.
The correspondent does not answer
his question that if the country schools
have deteriorated, who is to blame
He certainly could not blame the town
The Directing districts in Jefferson
township receive big corporation tax
es from the Santa Fe and Burlin ct OF
railroad and two big oil lines that pass
through their territory, hence then
extremely low tax. The question
arises. Could their schools be Ihain
tanned if the corporation tax wa:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-16
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
SIGNS.


A holly wreath redribboned hung
On window curtains green anu sd! -
A carol by d choir sung
Through stained glass doors across the way
A crimson sled-a train--a house
Tin soldiers red-a fuzzy mouse
piled in the windows OF shop
Where parents whisper as they stop
l don't believe IN signs-but these
Are signs that never fail
Great heaps of mistletoe for sale
Sweet, fussy dolls piled row on row
A suit to make old Santa hale
And mica manufactured snow.
A GREATNESS crowd all the streets
And babes endowed with brilliant sweets
Cav little trees into town
From off the hillside bare and brown
/ don't believe in signs-but these
Are signs that never fail.
Great bells that ring of peace on earth
prompting in the heart to sing
star that shines upon our rirth
And blesses every festal thing.
laugh for youth-a smile for age
An odor sweet Of thyme and sage
great log in the fireplace,
Meath little socks-a peering face
l don't believe IN signs-but these
Are signs that never fail.
Joseph Andrew Galahad, in Lif
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-16
Condemns the Wells School.

TO the Edltof OF L he Hdte SitS.
We are about to vote on bona
issue for new high school, which /
have no objection to; but we have
a Wells school in this city that has
stood for fifty years and served its
purpose every school day of the ffty
Years, and orr teachers and children
are risking their lives every day in
that old trap.
Some Of our prominent business
men attended school there in their
childhood. How do they like TO have
their children going to the same OLD
trap
The south side is paying the taxes
Just the same as the north si.'e and
should have equal rights. If 1t is Sc
necessary to have an entire ne"
high school. then let US have both
as one is surely as necessary as the
other.
When the last bonds were Issued
for the new school buildings 1t was
promised that the next would be fol
a new Wells school. When will those
promises como true?
? FORMER WELLS SCHOOL PUPIL
Keokuk, Iowa, Dec. IS. 1920.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-16

withdrawn? Surely not unless ~
rate OF taxation was increased ea
AS to the figures quoted repa-a,-
The cost of the consolidated scbool l'
Just few words. Figures Arc
easily juggled by the unknowing o,'
Why not consult Superintendent Irsa
about the cost? Better yet, AL ~
patrons Of soUe of those seven rn,. '
schools how they get along on wa -
proximately $35 per school. y
How true are those words inscrn,,
on Shaw's tomb in Shaws garden !.
st. Louis: Ignorance is the cr,a
of God; knowledge is the wings wha,.
by we fly to heaven"
The writer would have us be,i,,.
the farmer is near ruin. He is No,
He has had a good crop year; mos
OF the farmers are not Obliged to ssl
and his financial condition is NOT
black as painted.
/ say, Educate! Educate.
ANOTHER INTERESTED
PARTY.
Montrose, Iowa, December 10, 1927
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-16
LESSON OF SMALL ECONOMY.

In these days of thrift preaching we are told
mucb of the Importance of small savings. This
is not new thing, as for ages the small economy
has been recognized by great economists as one
of the most important fators in world wealth
The great vogue of efficiency in production has
led businessmen Of all kinds to appreciate the
worth of saving little here and little there
But in the case of many Of the people, espe-
ciallv of that class which the thrift preachers
seek now to convert into savers, preaching IN
general terms is of little avail. Concrete ex-
amplcs are more powerful with them. One such
example is presented us by the railways of the
country.
According to a statement made by julius
Krnttschnitt chairman of the Southern Pa
cifc company. greater movement and heavier
loading of freight cars since March first has
saved the country three billion dollars. He ex-
plains that these two measures made unneces-
sarv the construction Of seven hundred and nifty
thousand cars They would have cost two bill
lion. five hundred thousand dollars to build,
and six thousand miles Of new track would have
been required to Accommodate them This would
have cost two hundred million more. Interest
and maintenance would have amounted to one
million. two hundred and twenty thousand dol
lars q day.
All that was done was to pack the contents OF
these cars little more closely and carefully
and then keep the cars moving. Cars were not
allowed to stand on the tracks for weeks after
being unloaded until someone became tired OF
seeing them there and sent them back empty
More often than not, they were reloaded as soon
as possible and headed back towards their start
inv point But these two simple measures eff
fected saving of sum large enough to point
out an obvious lesson.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-16
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oct Il - .ai oDE>-S q. G.u' t!4-e
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-16

one case in fifty requires internal
treatment. Stop drugsing. Rub
soothing, penetrating "St. Jacobs or
directly into your sore, stiff joints
and muscles and relief comes In
stantly. "St. Jacobs Oif' is a harm
less rheumatism cure which never
disappoints and cannot burn or dis
color the skin
Timber up! Quit complaining!
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-16

duty. What city authorities throughout the
country will do remains to be seem But II thes
DO not do something and do it soon the peo-
ole will know the reason why. The time mas
gone by when cities can be run by ot11cais Win
ont initiative, fat-witted or dead i'll the she'll
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-16
Taxe. and Education.


To the Editor of The Gate City:
In regard to the new high school
to be voted on December 20, do the
taxpayers know just what the 1919
school taxes were and the 1920 are
to be? The 1919 were "a mills and
the 1920 are So mills, which are due
March. 1921.
Then just consider what the school
taxes will be with new high school,
costing over half a million, and heat
ing. lighting, janitor service, ETC..
extra.
On top of all this, three other
schools are all over fifty years Old
They are the Wells. Terrence and
Carey In constructing a building
you begin with the foundation. 1t Is
the same with an education. 1t be
gins in the grade schools. A great
many children never enter high
school, SO they should be CONSIDERED
first. In the cities at the present
time there is movement being asi
tated for separate high schools foi
bows and girls. which would necessi
tate another new high school. AL
of these expenses have to be met bt
taxation The property owners alone
cannot pay them. It will directly o.
indirectly touch everyone in town
For one thing, rents will advance.
| have talked with outsiders who
have said that no factories will locate
here on account Of high taxes. Or
good authority I understand that fo'
a fourth of what the school board is
asking the present building can Dc
remodeled into a modern school.
Wouldn't it be wise TO be as care
full of other peoples money as you
own?
; FAIR PLAY.
! Keokuk, Iowa, Dec. 10, 1920.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-16

At Vassar college, in New YORK
there is a registration of 900 pros
pective students for future years,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-16

With the poison more or less extracted from
article ten Of the covenant Of the league Of ma
tons, the nprejudiced bystanders may now
proceed to uncover some of the other objection
able features of that product Of academic Wis
dom in a highly practical world.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-16

While the ministers of grace and the COLLINS,
ETC.. are arguing over the value Of rappings and
writings from the realms of the departed, the
ordinary man and woman continue mainly to
be Interested in the walking of the ghost regu-
larlv once a week.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-16

Poets run ahead of nearly every process
sion leading uphill into the wide open,
reaching out to God.-Bishop William A.
Quayle.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-16
VOICE. or HE PEOPLE

be used for both the high school ana
the Washington school.
The expense of this improvement
will be about 100000 and the work
can be commenced early so that we
can get the much needed room at
once instead OF waiting several years.
We must not forget that for years
we have had crying need for new
Wells school; also that the condi-
ti3n OF the Carey and Terrence
schools is not good and these build
ings will have to be replaced soon.
1t is a known fact that the moral
conditions in the high schools in the
United States and all over the coun.
try is such thai there is a strong
movement on foot to segregate the
pupils when they enter the high
schools, having one high school for
the boys and another for the girls.
Now as to taxes: How many Of the
people know that the school tax that
you paid in your last taxes was 81
mills and that the increase you will
pay the next time you pay them will
be 10 mills or a levy of SO mills
This is without any new schools.
Every man or woman who rents a
home must know that they are the
ones who pay the increase, as line
landlord must raise the rent to take
care Of the higher taxes, the mer
chant will have to pay additions
rent and the consumer will have tc
pay it in increased prices for mer
chandise, so that the ultimate con
suDer pays the hill
We want to build up the town anc
must have good schools. We also
need factories, and one OF the frs
things that a new factory asks is re
garding the taxes. This is time fo:
economy and will be for yeas t.
come. Vote no on the bond issue.
TAX PAYERS COMMiTTI'
keokuk, Iowa, Dec. Is, 49,.
Consolidated School Question Again
To the Editor of The Gate City:
The article in Saturdays Gate City
concerning the consolidated schoo,
contains much truth in its generaliza
ton in the first half, but | beg tc
disagree with the statments in the
latter half
The writer admits that good schools
with good equipment, good teachers
ETC., prepares the youth for the rea
duties of life. He says truly thai
mo school will prosper unless tht
patrons Of that school are general!
interested" l can truly affirm tina
in one of the rural schools named
that there is never a farmer or hi.
wife, or member of the board tina
visits the school one afternoon, o.
even for an hour or two in the entiN
school year. At the school cleo
ton there are usually from four t.
six voters. At a meeting called t.
consider the question of taxes thu
house is packed, standing room only
The writer makes wrong state
ment when he says or intimates tina
Montrose wants the rural schools t.
build a school for her. Mcntrose ha
eleven grades and nine months Q
, school. The rural school has eigh
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-16

Remember that little bit Of 'chow' hung
out for the birds won't hurt them at this season
Of the year.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-16

[Under this head The. Daily Gate
City will publish communications on
any and all subjects OF interest to the
people generally, reserving the right
to reject INV orthy articles or those
inspired by personal luminosity or
malice. All communications must be
accompanied by the names OF the
writer's. The Gate City does not as
sumo responsibility for opinions or
sentiments expressed in any CON.
muuication.1
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-16
Gas Plant Called a Nuisance.
the Editor Of The Gate City:

| To the Editor or Inc 1ate Slty-
! A few years ago an article ap'
peared in The Gate City saying that
the gas company was going to build
a new plant at the south end OF Ninth
street, where they own the ground
for it and where they can have rail
road switch run right into their plant.
The plant where they are now manu-.
! featuring gas is located on one OF
! the highest points OF the city, ana
extra power must be used to force
the gas through the mains. This
plant is more than fifty years old and
is an old pile of junk. Constant re-
pairs are being made to keep it in
running condition.
The clouds of heavy, black smoke
from the slack coal and the gas from
the crude oil which they use pollute
and poison the air for blocks around,
and the explosions which occur daily
keep the neighhorhood in terror and
cause the putty to fall off the win
dOws in the houses near the gas
plant
The plant is an e-esore to the city,
p nuisance and unhealthy, and should
DO condemned.
So long as we pay high price for
the gas they will not build a new
plant
With a new plant located at the
foot OF Ninth street they can make
gas at about half tho present price
it is costing them now, as they would
not have the large repairing expense
and the enormous expense for dray-
. age which they have now, as ali the
coal and oil is hauled out with
wagons.
A CITIZEN.
Nenkuk Iowa Dec Is 1917
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-16
Neokuk, Iowa, Dec. IS. 1920.
Build Addition to High School.

Build Addition TO fiiSh Schooi.
To the Editor Of The Gate City:
At meeting OF citizens and tax
payers from all wards OF the city,
the high school bond issue was dis
cussed and gone over. 1t is found
that it is possible to build an addi-
ton to the present high school by
vacating the alley, which can be
done. and building on the ground on
the Concert street side. a building
could be built there that would take
care of the needs Of the present
crowded conditions and leave plenty
of room for the future.
It has been suggested that sepa-
rate building be erected there to be
used for the pupils taking the last
two years course, and the present
building be remodeled and made up
to-date, and be used for the lower
grades of the high school these two
buildings to be connected by nails,
as is done by colleges which find it
necessary to build wings to their
| buildings,
| Another suggestion is that the new
wing be used for the entire assembly
room with the domestic science and
manual training in the basement OF
| first story, which will all be above
ground, and that one heating plant