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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-06-09
HARMONY

Hanson Ridge, June 5-Several of
our teachers have now returned home
for their well-earned vacations.
Clara Hage spent Thursday afternoon
with her friend, Mrs. Will Harris. :.
Lillian and Torger Thoreson are hap
py over the arrival of a brand-new
brother whom the stork left at their
home recently a.. A Ford car breezing
down a country road hit pig and
turned turtle. Amt nature wonder
full. :. Stella and Marie Hanson spent
Friday afternoon at A. Hanson.
Mr.and Mrs. Tilman Ramsett and Mrs.
Ole Rudser were Viroqua callers on
Thursday. :. Edwin Peterson and
family and John Matson and family
spent Sunday at Bob Skrede's. :. Sew
eral of the farmers in this vicinity are
planting their corn the second time
the cutworm being the cause of the
extra work. -. Ben Hanson spent Sun
day on Nottingham Ridge with his
sister, Mrs. John Berg. -. We wish
the newly weds, Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Geary, a long and happy life. May
their future be as bright with happi-
ness as their wedding day was with
sunshine, MAPLE LEAF.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-06-09
Said or Written to the Censor

Jas. NJ. Smith: / am just wonder
ing what would happen to the boys
and young men of the present genera
ton were they to face the conditions
we endured here in the early days.
! came here from Ohio at the age of
eighteen, in 1865, worked about on
farms and at whatever l could get to
do, till / apprenticed in my brother
Williams blacksmith shop at Spring
vile land listen you present day young
fellows, at 16 2-3 cents day, and for
the long term of three years at that
magnificent price. And like most
young fellows of that day, saved a
little each week and month from my
earnings, and still had good time.
Then we went to work in the shop at
five o'clock in the morning, and kept
up the hard pound till late at night,
| for that was one of the conditions OF
our apprenticeship. And dear old
Springville, she was a hummer then,
doing more business than any other
village in the county. The over-shot
grist mill, power furnished from the
mammoth spring that rises there, was
big attraction, bringing grists from
all directions. Naturally that brought
trade from the Mississippi towns and
whole surrounding country. / really
believe it would be a good thing if a
majirity of present day people were
Obliged to undergo a season of deprl-
vations and poverty such as the pio-
neers endured for years. 1t would
bring people to the realization of the
| fearfully swift pace they are running
| in all manner of extravaganza.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-06-09
TELLS OF NORTH WISCONSIN
Mrs. Claud Seeley Writes of New Lo-
cation in Chippewa County
Arnold. wis. June 7. 192O


Dear Mr.. Goldsmith: 1t would SIM
ply be impossible TO answer all the
we receive from Vernon county friends
asking about our welfare and how we
like our home in Chippewa county So
II you viii spare me a little space in
the good old home paper / will try to
give some of the people little idea
of our life here.
No one can realize, however, the ex-
tent of the wonderful progress being
made here in this settlement unless
ne is an eye witness. We came here
last August and stayed all winter at
the hotel at Arnold, moving to our
farm in March, and now have nice
large piece of land cleared and plant
ed. The cooperation the settlers are
receiving from the Colonization Com
pany is the thing that is making this
part of northern Wisconsin. We have
all kinds of fine upright men and wo-
men in the settlement, a good many
with money and willing to spend it to
improve their farms and make things
go.
When the big teams owned by the
Colonization Company are at work on
the large logs and immense pine
stumps, it is better than any movie
ever put on the screen. Of course our
women folks don't have much time
for "hen-parties" or bridge-whist, but
we are doing our share. While the
men cut brush, pile logs and blow
stumps we keep the brush piles burn
ing, and we are Just as hayyp as can
be.
We already have a fine community
club hear at Arnold with a member
ship of 80, and still growing. what
man has done, man can do" is our
watch word. Life is real and very
earnest"
The house each settler gets with his
purchase of land from the Chippewa
Valley Colonization Co. is very COM
Portable little cottage. We also have
the pleasure of burning all the nice
clean wood we can possibly use.
THE stately house is achieved,
It's dull and lonely too;
But this little house is full of dreams,
That may some day come true"
/ love good old Vernon county and
her people but there is fascination
about this life which our great-grand-
fathers must have felt. Just think
of starting to school in the morning as
our children often do, and seeing a
beautiful deer and fawn drinking from
the river. One of our neighbors COM
ing home just after dark, short time
ago, met a Mrs. Bear and her young
son in the road. Some excitement!
Our weather is ideal and with a
beautiful river Astounding with all
kinds of fish one can have for the
catching, we surely enjoy ourselves.
With best wishes to all our Vernon
county friends and for the good old
home paper which we receiv- each Sat
nrdaV.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-06-09
Cont Do the Work

It's too much to try to work every
day against a constant, dull backache,
or sudden darting pain in the small OF
the back. Be rid of it. Try Doan's
Kidney Pills. Your neighbors recon-
mend them. Ask your neighbor!
Mrs. E. O. Larson, els S. Rusk Ave.
Viroqua, SAYS: Il can hardly describe
the misery which / endured from back
ache several years ago. | was laid up
for almost week at time with that
terrible pain in the region Of my kid
news and / couldn't do my work at all
when | was troubled this way. Many
nights got out Of bed and walked
the floor all night long. Ny kidneys
acted irregUiarly and my feet bloated
q great deal and had pains IN the top
of MY head. l heard about Deans
Kidney Pills and after using several
boxes which I bought at Davis Drug
Store. they did me a world Of good.
They made me feel ike a diff c~etlt
woman"
Price 6Oe. at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remetly-get
boan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Larson had. Foster-Milburn Co.
Mfrs, Buffalo, \. Y.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-06-09
WRITES OF HIS WESTERN TRIP
c. S. Nuzum Tells of Interesting Ex-
periences and Observations
Yellowstone Nav 31st. Is

Yellowstone May 31st, 1920.
Editor Censor: / am writing this
intending it as letter to my friends
in various parts of the world, because
| am enjoying life so that / want to
tell every body about it.
l entered Yellowstone park May II,
stopped at Mammoth Hot Springs un-
til the 18th, while the gang was break
roads through the snow. Uncle Sam
used tractor of the caterpillar type
to push the snow pillow which was a
grand success up to feet of snow.
This was supplemented whit a shovel
gang, for deeper drifts. This road
was open to Yellowstone Lake on the
18th INST. and on the morning of the
29th we left Mammoth for Yellow
stone Lake III Buick Six, driven by
Fred Stockins.
I'd like to describe everything we
passed but can't here, so will name
some of them. The golden gate is a
very beautiful piece of rough country,
covered by boulders as large as barn
Glass Mountain is chiefly composed of
black glass; Roaring Mountain must
be hot all through as it steams all
over. Then we pass through a gutter
in the snow which was made by the
snow pillow several miles. The drifts
on either side being as high as the
car tops. Then we reach the Yellow
stone river at the head of the canyon.
And / wish to say right here that,
though l have been looking at noun
tain scenery for several years, have
never seen anything so beautiful as
the Cascades and falls in this part of
the Park. We then followed the Vel
lowstone river to beautiful Yellow
stone lake, now full of ice but beauti-
full in her winter dress. This is very
popular camp among tourists and of
course the camping company must
prepare accordingly. They are now
finishing a rustic (log) hotel, .qulp-
ped with a porch on the side facing
the lake, 18x150 feet. A huge FIRE
place in one end of the dining hall
We had quite live snow storm here
today, but no cold There was an I'M
usual amount of snow here last win
ter as well as over the country in gen.
eral. Besides this is about 1000 feet
high and therefore carries more than
most of the country. This year, how
ever, the winter was so severe that
there is a very noticeable decrease in
the amount of game
The 450 buffalos OF course are DO
mesticated but elk and deer, sheep and
goat were fed where htey could be
reached, which means very small
per cent.
For example, this lake country is a
great game range. 1t is 81 miles from
Gardner and 40 miles from Mammoth
and these are the nearest feeding sta
tons Considering the distance and
that the snow was 4 feet deep on the
level over most of that distance, May
18th, you can easily see why the wild
game could not reach the feed grounds.
The government and private indi-
viduals did, however, spend lots OF
money and feed lots of game through
the winter so that when you visit the
park this summer you can see the
Rocky Mountain natives in their ele-
ment and in great numbers.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-06-09
He Was Just Going To

He was just going to help a neigh
Dor when he died.
He was just going to pay note
when it went to protest.
He meant to insure his house, but
it burned before he got around to it.
He was just going to reduce debt
when his creditors "shut down" on him
He was just going to stop driking
and dissipating when his health be-
came wrecked.
He was just going to introduce a
better system into his business when it
went to smash.
He was just going to quit work a
while and take a vacation when ner-
vous prostration came.
He was just going to provide pre-
per protection for his wife and fam
lily when his fortune was swept away.
He was just going to call on GUS
toner to close a deal when he found
his competitor got there first and Sc
cured the order.
He was just going to increase his
business by advertising in the local
paper when the sheriff came and then
it was everlastingly too late. Take
warning
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-06-09
OBITUARY

The funeral of Glen McLees was
held at the Presbyterian church Fri
day afternoon at o'clock, with the
Rev. J. Parker and the Rev. Fred c.
Phelps officiating. The church was
filled to overlooking with sympathiz-
ing friends of the family, who came
to pay their last respects to the young
man. Glen McLees was born at Viro-
qua, Wis, August 10, 1899, and came
to Manhatten with his parents in 1909,
where he had since resided. Besides
the parents, the deceased leaves one
sister, Mrs. Mabel Roth, and three
brothers, Russell, Bernard, and Neil.
The pallbearers were intimate friends.
Interment was in the Meadow View
-Manhatten Paper.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-06-09

Rose Olson, D. C. Chiropractor
Office at Mrs. s. M. Kier's residence,
9th house south Of Christian church.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-06-09
ONLY MILLIoNAIREs' PLACE
DIR. Minshall Says ''Stay Away From
Los Angeles"
Los Angeles, Cal, Nav 90 1870

Los Angeles, CAL, May 30, 1920.
Friend Goldsmith-I'm writing a
short letter to inform people of Viro-
qua and vicinity in regards to condi-
tions here in Los Angeles. My advice
is for people to stay away from here
unless they have money to burn or
can live in a tent. I'm sure if a per-
son wished to live in a tent they could
do so. I've passed Sycamore Grove
Park now for nearly six months every
day and they permit an auto camp
there, and it has been full of tents all
winter. / pay $50 per month for
bungalow the size | had back in Wis
consin. My neighbor pays $50 for a
Groom bungalow and / doubt if either
of them have $500 worth of furniture
pound. Aside from high rents and
as cheap as in Viroqua and many
things much cheaper. Our electric
light bill is SOC per month and we have
II lights, gas and heat for cooking
about SO per month. I'm inclosing
some clippings in regards to cost of
clothing. If a person watches the
sale days on different articles they
can get bargains. One can buy as
cheap in clothing as they care to. /
see suits advertised in show windows
at from 500 up to S125. All depends
where you buy. Was down to Syca-
more Grove Park to see Norwegians
celebrate their 4th of July, May 18th
and it sounded like Westby and of
course homelike. February 18th, we
had the Wisconsin picnic in the park
and / met c. E. Ward, John Bennett,
Ed Ely, 0. c. Stevens and Alva Small.
o. c. Stevens was pounding the bass
drum in Marshal Band. | called out
Hello Oscar" and the old fellow came
over where | was and we had a dandy
visit. We expect to leave here for
Darlington, Wisconsin, July 9th and
will remain in Wisconsin for two or
three months and get back here before
it gets cold They have the climate
here. Also the greatest bunch of real
estate grafters on earth. Some of our
real estate men should come out and
learn the business. Best wishes 10 all
l remain, Very truly,
A. p. MINSHALL.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-06-09
Chamberlain's Collie and DiarrhOea
Remedy

Every family Should Keep this pre-
paration at hand ready for instant use
when needed Severe attacks of collie
and cholera morbus often prove fatal
before medicine can be procured or a
physician summoned. The uniform
success that has attended the use of
this remedy and the prompt cures
which it has effected have made it a
staple article of trade.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-06-09
Why That Headache?

When you know the cause of a dis
ease a cure may often be effected. This
is particularly true of headache.
Headache often results from consti-
patton or a disordered condition of
the stomach which may be corrected
by taking a dose or two of Chamber
lain's Tablets. Try it. These tab
let's are easy to take and mild and
gentle in effect.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-06-09
Now Is The Time to Get Rid of Your
Rheumatism

If you are troubled with chronic or
muscular rheumatism buy a bottle of
Chamberlain's Liniment and massage
the affected parts twice day with it.
You are certain to be very much ben
Gifted by it if not actually cured. Try
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-06-09

The Sauer Hardware Company
has a large stock of Plymouth Stand
ard and Plymouth L binder Irvine. 20-4
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-10
RANK CIEARlNGS
Status of the New York
Stock Exchange

NEW YORK May io-rhe stock mar
ket was apparently stiii affected BY sat
arday's rail-, whom a opened today.
Prices were generally frsetieasiiy higher.
Althe steel was q notable exception. be-
ms OFT y point, on stocks WIRE again
streng. the street resertinx fsserssiy the
ohrcxon victory In the Southern republic.
opelnE prices were Repiogle steel,
sew, NJ IN Texas a Pacific. sss, Nv
Marine pref. san, up y American
he. up y stutebaker. "a aisidsna. see.
up y Rsading. sf>, ~ = TEXAS com
pany, A0h. up = southern Pacific.
ss%. off y United States Steel. ssA.. Off
y Corn rrossiois. ~. up y Pan meri-
can N IS. unchanged MEXICAN retro-
leum. iss. up ~ crucibie. ia. Oft y.
Pan american "A" fot1. up y united
States Rubber, tOoh. up = American
taeonotivs. SEQ up y bethlehem IN. e
ssA. OFF "
Prom, taking at the end Of the first
hour Of tradias caused rve.ssions OF y
point or more In steel stocks and ever n
point 10 Pan. Am.ricaa "a" and IN" w.
aaes Trading eonstuasa brisk.
Trading FOR the firsi tive aud a hat
hour. Was lsss than aBo eoe shares or q
daily turnover % i~ss than 300 .eoe snarea
some trad~r. offered oil stocks down. but
brought out ttti. real liquidation. sin
Chairs March earnings statement she's
iax ts.See.eso before tAxes aud dsprscia.
At1o Srvate1 deflANuiN brttff sentiment
toward that stock. Increase OF ter.sI3
tone IN United States Steel uailied ton
mage fer April came as an agreeable
surprise. for Wall a. has been looking
for a small decresse
selling Increased IN volume the mar
sst vent into the fourth hour. and
United States Stsel was finsliy depressed
below ~. American Woeisn. after MAX
Ing an early nixh At iiss. reacted .
points Mexican rspeisam sold Off )
fr~ prices OF ~. day we're made dur
ING the last half hour, steel cammon
sold Off nearly . points from the hiEh at
ssA. crucihl.. after making an .xrty
high at fts. reacted 7 points. and Bald
win sold off points Royal Dutch acted
contrary 10 the rest OF the list and made
nsw high above te1.
ciosfnF prices wersi United statss
sss@l. s<. off ~ Baidwts, tttt. off
So. pan.Amerlcan e. ieek. oft ~
Ii. ~ stock at So. vac off ~ Read
ine ssa. off y American Wooi~r. max
W ~ United states Rubber. gsA. IN
changed. Texas Company. ssA. off y
H~thish.m n" 8ls. off ~ Assiean
Petroleum. iksh. Oft 81 Royal putch.
t.sa. up - Texas a Pacific. tsA. Oft
ID southern Pacific. $50. Oft y Corn
Products. sSs, esf al studs baker, Tfss
off ~. Aiisntic Out. isss. oft IN
cruethie. tsgeoff
The marxet closed weak.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-10
MOURNS
GIRL SUICIDE
Goes to Funeral; Says He
Failed to Get Letters

Greens. not roses, az she had re-
quested In her last letter. were
placed on the grave al MI. Pleas
ant cemetery Sunday after the fun
erai OF Anna Korva. pretty 2b.year.
old Finnish girl. who ended her life
last week by gas
AZ the services in the Home TN
dcrtakinR paflors the most mourn
ful OF all the mourners was waite
Karvonen. Annals lover, who siu In
tears during the entire ceremony.
II was over Waite. who she had
thought had deserted her nn the
eve Of their expected marriage. that
Anna took her life. She had writ.
ten him letters which he had not
answered
THE letters never came % me"
he sobbed II never got them"
Waite returned 10 Seattle from
Aberdeen the evening of the dny
Annals body was found In a room
she had rented for her deed at 1919
Eighth ave.
That evening he and a young man
friend planned 20 call on Anna and
her girl chum. Selma wartiainen In
their apartment Mt 1902 Terry ave.
when he arrived at the apart
ment Selma told him Anna had
written him many times and had
been told by "A boy friend that he
had gone TO the theatre on his last
night In town with another girl
II was because Anna vas heart
broken that she ended her life.
Selma told him.
Waite denied the boys story and
is said 10 have begged the coroner
for some OF Anna's trinkets that he
might always remember her. but
the hope chest. In which were found
the household linen she had been pre-
pairing for her anticipated wedding.
and In which most OF her belong
ings were kept, was sent 10 her
mother In Finland
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-10

Vessels in Port at
Seattle Today

smith Cove tsrminal--str Eikton. str En-
dicotL
Pier is-str Tynsareus. motor schr Wa.
kenA.
PIER is-str Bergen.
Pier ii--Motor sehr K1rketind.
Great Northern pier--str Tajima Msru.
He'll st. tsfJninai--u n l. ". r. Cedar.
Pier Str Dors.
Pier Str Maaunn
Pier str Henry r. Scott, str Redondo.
Pacific Coast Eaginesrina w0rks--stS
Eastern Cloud
Pier A--Sr city Of Seattle
Union Pacific pier--str Heinau Msru
Hanford st tsrminai-stf Eastern Maid.
str Miikisan Aaru
Spokane st. terminaI-Motor hchr Libby
Maine.
DuthIe yards Str wsn MahwAh
East Waterway tgrminai-str West Jos-
sup. str ArcturuE.
Ames yardn-Str Roosevelt
Alaska Steamship moorinEs--Htr Victoria.
str Santa Ana
Todd drydocks-str Elihu Thomson. str
Agylla.
Puget Sound Bridge a Dredging plant
Str Patterson.
Patterson Macdonald yards--Bktn Phyt-
ils Comyn, str Russell Haylslde.
Skinner a Eddy yards-str Robin Good
fellow.
lake union--H ulla snoqualmic. Brorton.
Leots. Endymion. Fort jackson, Ad-
olson. Boushton. Bo~csmont. bourne
willie. Aiisnhurss, Abiila. AdrIa, Ca
prsria. Eiestra. Oeiwin. Abydos. Area
dsmia. Academia. Pcxuta, Black Wolf.
Bickland. Bastine. Blanford. ARron.
Anthem. Fort Harrison, Fort stnnwlx.
Imufka. kiton. Loot. Dione, CaRaeab,
Cozian. cineyras. Cardia, ELISA, schrs
Henry Wilson, Salvador, Alice, bgea
Corus. Fresno. whaling strs Kodiak.
Tanginak. training ship Vicksburg.
Coiman Crcosotipg piant---str Horace X.
Baxter.
stream--schri Biaatind, str sastern Glen.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-10
Chicago Grain Market

CHICAGO. May fs-Affer q slight afp
At the opening grain futures rapidly
climbed on the Chicago Beard Of Trads
today.
So... psllow corn. cash. sold for 81 %
bushsi- mostly 10 close contracts. bat
there aonis buying by produrss
houses. leading ths trade 20 believe there
an actusi market for corn At the
htwh Figures Europ@an demand for all
grains continued good. A report from
Onto that the wheat crop there -ss 30
rioasfy damaged ~ ffrssian fly ~as an.
other factor The bulge began With ao-
tive buying on the dig. Provisions fol
lowed the grains sp~ard
May corn was tsc sp o-is opsning iafs
at ttsis. and gained thereafter 20
81 s1s July corn op-nsd at fi.Ti y.
down NC. bu; ros~ &c later. s~pts usbsr
corn cas- Ne off % epenfns az tf.soA.
bat advanced sAc suh~s4u@ntiY,
May oats was y down At the opening.
tLests. but later went TO fi.oTs July
oats. down ~. on opening at si &C.
gained s%c thereafter. September oats
opened at 7sc. down Nc. and later vent
10 T5%c
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-10

" ffRAAAANs A0Ass ~ - s3At "
Mica, prices have I1PRovEpl
This may be news to housewives.
but nevertheless. IL g. true. The
United States Bureau of Markets. OF
which George Livingston IL chief.
insists meat prices show improve.
m.nt WHEN THEY GO UP
Tho higher they go the greater the
improvement
BEFORE the first OF March last the
Federal Trade commission was hot
fnrat packers. The commission
urged the enactment or legislation
regulating the packing combine.
Then Attorney General Palmer
stepped in
Palmer declared peace with the
packers. February -. Under the
Palmer agreement the packers prom
iscd TO be good. and Palmer agreed
not 10 press court action against
them. Palmer declared;
1.-THE decree which the Department
~ Justice has brought about by ur-
gent insistcnce ~ designed To restore
freedom Of competition and increase
the opportunities for individual In.
irative in business. which must. In
time. bear good fruit; for the public
welfare"
Here h the good fruit"
The downward trend Of beef
prices during January and February
WAS checked tho first week in March.
and thruout the remainder OF tho
month there wctc slight weekly i'm.
pruvements."
This II the report. Just published
by the United States Bureau of Mar.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-10
MEATS
BOOSTED HERE
Fair Price Committee Re-
port Shows Trend

Among the meats that have adj
vanccd In price during the latter
half Of April rs the lowiy chuck
roast, one o. the cuts featured dur
ing save money on meat week. ac-
eording to a report compiled by Miss
r. NJ Kleemcycr. secretary OF the
fair price committee. Chuck IL now
% cents a pound--within 9 cents Of
the price asked for dressed pork, as
listed In the report
Practically every cut OF meat list
ed has gone up from l 20 cents a
pound retail. This rise is consistent
with that shown In the tabulation
covering the previous two weeks.
Miss Kieemeysr points out
Butter heads the meager list OF
foodstuffs downwardtending with a
drop OF 3 cents. Olympia oysters
hold their own at s125 "A quart.
while sweet potatoes throw eonstcr-
nation into the ranks OF their con
stituency by advancing TO is cents a
pound.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-10
Loans Baby Then
Flees From Farm

AKRON. May i0.--'"The baby's up
stairs with that fat woman that just
moved In. You go get her. Take
good care OF her" This Is the note
Mrs. Hilda Stone left for hubby.
Charles Stone. TO read when she left
him. Charles liked the country and
made a payment on the farm. Chick
ems and cows n everything meant
nothing 10 Hilda and she took the
gate" says Stone.