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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-09-22

Fire laddies at Racine helped save
the town of Corliss where the mach
inc shops burned in recent fire
Ole Burger, Eau Claire blacksmith
died Of exhaustion five houres after
he had marched in a Labor Day
parade.
Ferdinand Krall, Marshfield, at
tempted to adjust a belt and caught
his right hand. Amputation may be
necessary
The Farmers Creamery at Ontario
was destroyed by fire at noon while
the help were at dinner. A big ice
house was also destroyed.
Leland Yorke and H. G. Stiles
Racine movie magnates, were killed
when their motor car came into CO.
llision with an interurban.
Mrs. Lydia Hubert, Delton, cele-
brated her Goth birthday last week
Her children with their families were
present for the happy event.
Norman Roever, Is, died from burns
at West Bend, caused by a fire in a
shed owned by a paint concern. Two
| other boys were also badly burned
Kenosha police have been searching
for three boys who entered the ware
house Of the Wisconsin Bedding COM
pany and set fire that caused a loss
of $4,000
Alden Porter, an Evansville farmer
was killed when he attempted to jump
on a moving tobacco truck. He lost
his footing and fell under the mach
inc and was crushed
A hornet flew into the sedan car of
Henry Warner, Blooomer farmer, and
while Horner was trying to fight the
insect away he ran the car into a
ditch. The machine turned over but
the family escaped injury.
Deputy Prohibition Commissioners
PaysOn and Parkinson destroyed a
| lively distilling industry in Clark
county Frank and Herman Dagen and
Albert Roesow were arrested and
three copper stills, IL gallons of mash,
II gallens of whisky, Is gallons of
raisin mash and SO pounds of raisins
cOntiscated. The men were we'll armed
but made no resistance.
Harry Miller, Sturgeon Bay fisher
man, caught 10 pound sturgeon at
Whitefish Bay. The fish was return
ed to the water as it is unlawful to
catch sturgeon. In years gone by the
lake waters abOunded in sturgeon and
the fish were caught and piled along
the bank like cordwood In those
days they were regarded as of no
value The largest sturgeon ever
caught in the upper lakes weighed 276
pounds. Today the fish is regarded as
a delicacy.
Arno Griem, %, New Holstein,
went violently insane CT the home of
A. G. Koehler where he was visiting.
Griem attacked his friends lodger and
hauled him into the yard. He then
picked up knife but dropped it and
Mrs. Koehler who was next in line,
escaped. Griem visited a drug store
and tore up the signs. He went to a
private house and ordered the family
out. The man of the house tried 30
defend himself with hoe but was
bested by the crazy Ll2n. The latter
took the hoe and called on clothing
store where he ordered new outfit.
He was finally captured and commit
ed to a sanitarium.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-09-22

The Galena Iron Works Corpor-
alton recently purchased all the mine
properties of the old Pittsburg mine
on the Brown land five miles south
east of Galena and dismantled the
machinery which was sent to the
Roanoke, Va.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-09-22
BENTON POSTMASTER DEAD.

Postmaster Swift of Benton died
very suddenly Sunday night of last
week. The funeral was held last
Tuesday. A successor has not as yet
been appointed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-09-22

AL you men folks who have tired Of cigarettes that
lack snap and gocgarettes that are like fiat tires on
the road to smoke>enjoyment-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-10
Dissecting Plague
Infected Rats in Order
to Learn How They.
Disseminate the
Disease.

Paris. Day and night they marched along
the country roads. determined, implacable,
bent on reaching one goal only-Paris. In
habitants Of towns on the way tried to
fight them, but as they were so fierce and
determined, and as they were passing on
elsewhere. the people decided that 1t was
best to let them alone.
So at last all the superhuous trench rats
moved to Paris There they are now.
firmly established in its sewers. its cellars
and wherever there is shelter and food
for a rat.
They swarm in every part Of the great
Cathedral Of Notre Dame, from the crypts
to the roof. The bones of saints and
heroes. dead thousand years. have helped
to feed these hideous creatures. 1t has
been found necessary to stop visits to the
roof of the Cathedral, always much appre-
ciated by tourists. because the rats have
made the roof a favorite nesting place,
and visitors were in danger of being driven
into the street below.
At night they swarm so thickly on the
boulevards that passersby are forced to
kick them Off the pavement, while autos
constantly run over them on the roadway.
Bubonic plague, that dreadful scourge of
the East, which is known to be dissent.
mated by rats. broke out In Paris two weeks
ago. While 1t has been controlled by strin.
gent medical precautions, the tremendous
danger Of an epidemic is recognized, and
the rulers Of Paris have ordered a war
upon rats.
The Paris Municipal Council has voted
100000 francs to assist the war. For every
dead rat the Minister Of Hygiene is paying
twenty-five centimes reward. Payment
was at first made upon presentation of q
dead rats tail. Then certain ingenious
Parisans succeeded in making artificial
tails out Of string and collecting the re-
ward upon these. Now It is announced
that the whole rats body must be pre-.
sented.
The Minister OF Hygiene has issued
proclamations calling upon all patriotic
Parisians to spend their nights hunting
rats instead OF INDUCING in their tradi-
tional amusements.
Poison gas and other military measures
have been employed In the war on rats,
but as yet without brilliant success.
1t Is estimated that there are now
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-10
PARIS, Sept. %, 1920.

PARIS. Sept. %. 1920.
@ URING the past Summer Paris has
been attacked by such plague OF
rats as tho civilized world has prob
ably never seen before. Rats, huge. furry,
fierce and hungry. have driven people out
OF chambers, out Of their homes. out OF
restaurants, out of theatres, and even out
OF hospitals.
No ordinary man, not protected by spe.
cial armor. can withstand the assault Of
these fearful "super.rats." His only re-
source is to run out into the middle of
some open space and. in certain desperate
cases, hard-pressed Parisians have been
forced to mount the steel-built Eifcl Tower
in order to escape from their sharp-fanged
pursuers.
Everybody knows that rats became an
unspeakable affliction to the soldiers in
the trenches on the western front during
the war. 1t Is the descendants OF these
trench rats who are now tormenting the
people OF Paris
In the trenches they multiplied as they
had never done before. because ordinary
sanitation and precautions against them
could not be taken. They killed sick SOL
diers, and frequently manned the living.
They grew huge and daring, owing to the
unusual supply OF nourishment. They fat.
tened on the immense military stores OF
food that were kept near the lines. They
even fed on the dead, who were scattered
everywhere.
When tho war came to an end the rats
soon found that food was not as abundant
as 1t had been. At first there was a
terrible plague of rats In the towns near
tho former front. but these places were
poor and partly depopulated and the
hungry animals did not find a good living
there.
Then began an amazing migration of rats
to Paris, the country's great centre Of
population. wealth, luxury and high living.
These animals admittedly possess an in.
teligence that Is quite uncanny and
touches upon the human. 1t is believed
that they have methods OF conveying de-
tailed information to one another, and that
those who first went to Paris sent word
to the others that this was the ideal rat
paradise.
For months there was a colossal, terrify.
Ing migration Of rats from tho front to
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-10

100000 rats in the city, or about four to
every inhabitant. They are multiplying
with their well-known fertility and the
measures taken against them have proved
totally inadequate to prevent their in
crease.
No warm blooded animal breeds as
rapidly as the rat The female is ready
to breed when four months old, and at
that age and thereafter she produces from
six to ten filters year. with an average
or ten to litter. At the six litter rate a
pair breeding uninterreuptedly and with.
out deaths would at tho end Of three
years have 359.709,482 descendants.
public functionary, NJ LIE Marchand,
has been appointed to direct the work OF
exterminating the pests. His efforts have
not been attended with very marked re-
suits, and war Of words has arisen over
his appointment. After some very sharp
criticism by prominent business men, he
made solemn statement in which he said:
Have patience. 1 am Turing them to
thelr destruction. Tomorrow will witness
grand massacre"
Some trusting Parisians expected that
there would be q spectacular destruction
OF rats, such as happened to the mice in
The Pied Piper legend. Nothing re-
markable happened and a general chorus
OF laughter over LIE Marchand's pretensions
arose. One critic suggested that he should
employ Marshal Joffres famous "nbbling
tactics" to which another replied that the
rats were original nibblers, and that they
would certainly beat Le Marchand at this
sort Of game.
The depredations Of the rats have led
to serious study OF their habits and capa.
bilities by French scientists. They have
decided that the rat Is the worst enemy
OF man on earth, and the cleYerest In the
use OF Its destructive powers.
CO.. Ioao, International Feature Service. Inc
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-10
Inoculating Rat With Disease Germs a
Method of Destroying Rats in the Paris
Sewers, Which Has Failed to Relieve
the City of the Pest

So well developed IS its intellect that
Professor P. Chavigny, the French scien-
tlst. and some other scientists Of note have
declared that rats must possess means Of
communicating information to one another
this being suggested by tho fact that
any particular means OF trapping or other
wise destroying them Is liable soon to be-
come ineffective.
Other scientists say that the rats sus.
picion Of poisons and avoidance Of traps
are attributable merely to a hIghlyedu-
area: Britain Rights Reserved.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-10

very poor success; and 1t is shown tina.
this was due to q lack of knowledge Of
the natural history Of the animals con-
cerned
AS ordinary brown and black rats will
not breed in captivity, most Of our knowl-
edge as to their rate OF reproduction is
derived from observations on the albino
variety, which breeds readily in captivity.
Ihe period OF CESSATION Is twenty-one days.
and the minimum time between two litters
from the Same female is sixty.two days.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-10

Gated G q n n ! n &.
When proper meth
DDS are adopted
the creatures may
be d destroyed on a
wholesale 8 scale
without much diff
Guilty. 1t Is just O
matter Of proper
bait, suitable traps,
we'll camounaged,
and wisely used
poisons - strych.
nine b cling best
when not danger
Gus to human be-
ings or domestic
animals.
There exists be-
tween rat and man
u rivalry as to
which shall enjoy
the fruit Of the
bounthul cart h.
Man lows and, to
a large extent, the
rat reaps. Which
shall win7 1t Is a
ont es I between
brains and cunning.
We claim to be
wise, but the rat
has a wisdom OF its
own. which, for
practical purposes.
seems to surpass
that of any other
animal. So far the
rat has been able
to match his braint
With the best brains
of mankind.
The tail OF a rat
is prehensile, like
that of q monkey.
1t is in effect a
third hand. BY It's
help the rodent is
able TO crawl along
q narrow ledge or
other difficult pas
sage, using 1t for
balancing and to
gain a hold. 1t Is
even employed as
a spring. by which
the animal can leap
to heights Which
otherwise would be
inaccessible.
Professor Cha
vigny, In his report
on his study OF
rats. says:
as Don after
trench warfare be-
gan the trenches
were invaded by
immense numbers
OF rats, w hi C h
caused great dam
ago and almost in
tolerable annoy
ance at nj 6 h t.
Various measures,
such rs the use Of
poisons, infective
Virus, traps, ter
riers, ETC., were
taken to destroy
fha rofc h,% n,l{1,
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1920-02-06
H. M. Strathern Dead.

II. M. Stfathern, wei known Post
Falls sawmill man and TO many years
a prominent and exemplary citizen "
Kootenai county, died WEDNESDAY
morning at St. Luke's hospithl 10
Spokane, after long Illness WIN
Brights disease. The funeral Will he
held in Spokane at o'clock TINS
afternoon.
Mr.. StrAthern was &C years OF age
He was born 10 Semiuetun, Ayrshire
Scotland, Jan. %, 1854, and came to
the United States in 1882 lie
located in Spokane in 1881 engaging
in the sawnill and sash and door
business, also operating sawmill at
Post Falls, Later Mr. Stralhern
organized the Post FAILS Lumber "
Manufacturing company, OF when ne
was president at the time of his
death. BY bard work, thrift ard
strict attention 10 business he
acquired modest competency
Besides his mill business he had an
interest In and was president Of the
Union Park bank of Spokane. lie
was a member of the PreS6y terrain
church at Post Falls where for years
he was much in demand because OF
his vocal attachments.
Mr. Strathern is survived by his
widow, a daughter, twn brothers and
three sisters.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1920-02-06
FARMERS, WAKE UP.

II you desire to take a long time loan
TO improve your ranch or lift short
time loan, don't fail to inquire Of
Geo. w. Jones, Secy Treas. Lake
National Farm Loan Association,
Athol. Ida, Route /; or the following
directors: G. W. Rerrier, pres't; R E..
Butler, V. Pres't; r. w. Bubb, o. Q.
Dupuis, all of Athol, Route /, and S.
NJ. Dennis, Rathdrum. Route 2. All
inquiries will be promptly answered.
adv. fma
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1920-02-06
THE SCHOOL COLUMN.
School Notes.
FROM THE SCHOOL

The average attendance for
January, in the entire school, was
o5.I4 per cent as compared with
9I.99 per cent for December.
This week there has been a falling
off again. Yesterday we had an
attendance of only 81 per cent.
The greatest absence this week
occurs in the high school. zig
have been enrolled in our schools
this year.
The following are the. relative
spelling records in the high school
this week:
Senior-84H per cent.
Junior-88 per cent.
Sophomore-82 per cent.
Freshman-77 per cent.
Today at 2:I5 o'clock the Grades
will have one of their by-weekly
programs.
The following challanpe has been
received and accepted by the high
school:
Rathdrum, Idaho, Jan. 20, 1920
The citizens of Rathdrum and
vicinity, outside of school, challenge
the pupils Of the Rathdrums High
school to an old fashioned spelling
contest to take place in the high
school gymnasium on Friday evening,
Feb. ID. The book TO be used is the
spelling book now in use in the
Rathdrum High school.
Further, let it be understood thar,
If the hour is not too late when OF e
side or the other is spelled down, tie
winning side spell against the
teachers of the grades aul the teach
ers of the high school in secor d
contest. So"
Signed: G e. James,J. r. NJ. cu'r,
f. G. Hart, W. j Sheffield, James A.
Shatrer.
The high school students expect
to feature some other attraction i'll
connection with the staging" of
this contest in the gymnasium. and
we. look for a lively interest on the
tpart of the public. -s.r
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1920-02-06

of the horrors of Turkish massacres
and deportations. Saved by an Amer.
can woman, she has come to this coun.
try and entered Oberlin College.
With her came fourteen other Arme-
MAN girls in charge of Miss Adelaide
S. Dwight, Near East Relief worker,
who has been Instrumental In helping
to save hundreds of thousands of their
people from death by starvation Miss
Dwight, who is not given to eXagger.
alton and has seen conditions at first
hand, says more than million people
are facing death by starvation in Ar.
menia and will perish unless America
aids.
Herself an eyewitness to the slaugh.
ter of hundreds of helpless women
and children by the Turks and vic.
tim of the deportations, Miss Dake.
sian, an unusually pretty girl, says
there is untold suffering in Armenia
and Syria. She praises the efforts of
the Near East Relief, formerly the
American Committee for Armenian and
Syrian Relief, to save as many of
these people as possible. At Erivan
the capital of the Armenian republic,
one hot meal is given out daily, and by
this relief alone the city's death rate
mas been cut from thousand daily to
an average of twenty. At Alexandra,
pol where, the refugees from Turkish
armenia were driven by thousands. the
situation is appalling, Miss Dakesian
says. 1t is to avert these wholesale
deaths that Near East Relief is making
nationwide appeal for funds.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1920-02-06

SOME writer's are observing
with considerable assurance
that until the government, IT.
self, takes the lead in rcduc-
ing expenditures and ellml-
mating waste, the cost OF hv-
ing will continue to mount.
That the need of retrench-
ment is beginning to be sensed
in congress may be noticed in
the anxiety Of reclamation
boosters who fear that the
vast sums they are asking tor
may be curtailed. 1t has been
said the government started
the lavish spending and now
the assertion is based on that
premise that, while urging
the people to produce and
practice thrift, the govern
ment should stop every item
of waste in national finances.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1920-02-06
100000 STAND
IN Bread Line
More Than 100000 Face
Death Is Message Brought by
Miss DakeSian.

Imagine a bread line of 10000 fam
ished people waiting for twenty-four
hours a. day for the dole of food that
is the sole barrier between them and
death from starvation. That is the
situation in Alexandropol, city in
Russian Armenia, according to Miss
Hermine Dakesian, pretty Armenian
girl, one of the survivors of four years
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1920-02-06

THOSE appropriations by
the last legislature, noticed at
taxpaying time, are about to
become a political issue. This
we infer from the article from
the state capital which seeks
to inform the public where the
responsibility lies.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1920-02-06
Periodic Bilious Attacks

Persons subject TO periodic hil,oo.
attacks VIII observe that mi,
appetite fails them just before 4
attack. That is, they do not rps,y
crave food but eat because it ID ,tnss,
time. If they will eat only a llpbt
meal and 20 meat. then take two !,
Chamberlaln's Tablets the attaeL
may be avoided.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1920-02-06

No matter what may be
done concerning the north
and south highway, there is
little probability that any con
siderable part of the coast
bound auto tourist travel will
be diverted from the national
highway thru Rathdrum.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1920-02-06
State OF Ohio. City of Toledo.
T.MCaa County aa

Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm of F. ].
Cheney & Co., doing business in the City
of Toledo, County and State aforesaid.
and that said firm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use OF HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK J.. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9Th day of December.
A. d. 1886. A. w. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken In.
ternally and acts through the. Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces OF the System. Send
for testimonials. free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1920-02-06
THE NEW WEST MAGAzINR

Established l910-For the development :,
Western industries, agriculture, mining. oil .nS
scenic attractions. OF interest TO the Western
investor, farmer and sightseer Printed on bvS
grade paper with copper half-tone illustration
Year. 81; copy. zoe. Sample. Toe. back nun
bers for 26c. Send now. The New West MAYA.
zine 1911 Walker Bank Bldg. Salt Lake civ
Utah; 1904 White Bldg, Seattle, Wash: ~
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est office, or place your subscription through
this newspaper.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1920-02-06

Butter wrappers printed at The
Tribune office, 500 for So. 25 1000 for
So. %. Smaller quantities at reasona-
BILE prices. adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-19
Vaults Containing Plates From Which Money
Of Country Is Made Most Scientifically
Built And Thoroughly Protected In The World

be crude and ineffective. There is a
method Of accurately measuring its
hardness without so much as scratch
ing it
The device which does this work
is a glass tube some two feet long,
upon which is etched a scale Of inches
like that Of a ruler. At the top Of
this tube Is held a little weight in the
form Of a cartridge It is about the
size OF the cartridge Of a p rifle.
This little metal cartridge has a
diamond at its tip. This tube with
its cartridge is placed upright over
the steel plate the hardness Of which
is to be tested. A spring is touched
which releases the little cartridge
which drops upon its diamond nose
upon the steel plate. When this hits
the steel Il rebounds The distance It
viii leap back up the tube accurately
measures the hardness Of the steel
Upon striking the hardest Of the
plates that are manufactured here
the cartridge viii jump four times as
high as Il viii when striking the
soft plates that are just from the en-
graver- The quick eye OF the tester
watches the little cartridge 70 see
how high Il climbs and instantly
knows the degree Of hardness OF his
plate. Unless It is just right for the
delicate task Of printing the nations
money II is sent back 70 the furnace
rooms where Il IS heated and tenn
pered and retempered until its con-
sistency is what it should be-
Must Check Duplicates
From the master plate il is neces-
sarv to make considerable numbers
OF printing plates. which are soon
worn out in the printing Of money.
These duplicate plates must be
checked in and out with infinite care,
so that It is impossible for anyone 70
spirit one Of them away for the pur-
pose Of counterfeitlng. When these
duplicates show any degrees OF wear
they are loaded on a truck and carried
across town 20 the navy yard under
heavy guard. There they are put in
retort and melted down. Two hundred
thousand pounds OF these plates are
melted every year.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-19
US. Government To Cooperate With States,
UnderLawRecentLyE Enacted, LrRecLaiming
For Usefulness Men Disabled In Industry

The federal board for vocational
education is the administrative fed
eral agency. A federal appropriation
Of $3.50. 000 is made for the fiscal year
ending June 90, 1921, and Of $1,000
600 annually for three years follow
ing These appropriations are to be
allotted to the states in proportion TO
their population. and every federal
dollar spent By the states in training
disabled men and women must be
matched by an equal amount Of
money provided in the states
May Use Private Finds.
Il is 20 be noted that the federal
act does not provide that money made
available in the states TO match the
federal appropriation shall be raised
by taxation in the state In other
words, private funds may be made
available for matching federal money
in any state It is provided only
that money expended under the fed
eral act snail be expended under the
immediate administrative direction
and control Of the state board for vc-
cational education in each state
Each state board Is required to sub
nit 10. the federal board for voca-
tioual education, for approval, the
state plans for carrying out the pro-
visions OF the federal act within the
state. specifying the kinds OF voca-
tional rehabilitation to be provided,
and the proposed schemes Of place
meut after training, courses OF study,
methods Of instruction. qualifica-