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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-02-04
Totem POLES" TELL STORY
re Historical Records, and Not, as
many Supposed, Idols to Be
"orshiped.

An art In sculpture not resembling
other art In the world, unless pos
F"y That OF ancient Mexico. Is found
Envy developed among the aboriginal
yves OF the northwest coast.
ihe'r material Is always wood, and
furnished by huge trees from the
|'"S'' which are carved into the
r'>' fantastic shapes. In this style
H. Srulptupd the so-callcd totem
S'S' which. often Of great size and
f'-"'' aSt0nish the observer by the
''"cF or their workmanship and
weird 'maginativeness Of their
ympleS designs.
curry missionaries In that part Of
\ world mistoOk the totem poles for
as AS Il matter Of fact, they pos.
rs no such significance. being merely
"'n'c columns. Each tribal clan
'@ own traditions and myths,
III" takes the place OF history, and
'se are symbolized by the extraor.
Jury birds and other animals, some
Tvs human faces or figures, carved
the totem poles.
nus the Bear clan will have its
,''c column topped by the sculp-
GU hSure OF bear. The raven
ows up eonspieuousiy as the totem,
resi-, OF the Raven clan the whale
'ne Whale clan, and so on.
=" me IMMERSED totem pole would
40 significance beyond its queer
.. oot 1t Is In reality \ whole story
8FVed In wood.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-02-04
= -,ere Is, perhaps. no other thing

--'ere IS. perhaps. no other thing
::.:ich Is so conducive to ones physical
anu mental comfort, efficiency. happi-
ness and success as calm mind. When
the mind Is unbalanced, by anger, ex-
cltement, worry. fear or nervousness,
the entire body IS thrown out of har-
mony. AK the functions are deranged :;
the man or woman Is not normal, and
is. therefore. whatever the situation.
Mt complete disadvantage. wholly I'M
able to contend with it.-Orison SWEET
Marden in the New Success Magazine
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-02-04
Cow Gives az Tons OF MILK.

A British Friesian COW, owned by An
English farmer. gave more than 1900
gallons Of milk during 1919. and prom
Uses to repent the performance this
year. In the two years her output Of
milk amounted to considerably more
than 1000 gallons and weighs more
than IS tons. In less than six years
Moss Rose has had seven calves and
given more than ~ tons Of milk.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-02-04
Power Of Polsa.

'''o ~ power. The man who In
master Of himself under all ,condi.
cannot feet the assurance, the
w. which Is II" right OF every hu.
"",e To experience. He In never
VI himself, aud the man who IL
"u'e OK himself II never wholly
",e' He Is not even weii-bred. for
breeding implies seif-controi un.
'U circumstances.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-02-04

vas only able 70 drag around. and
Kept getting worse ALI the time. I
only weighed liz pounds. 4 friend
recommended DR.. Piercs'a medicine
to mo 80 took four bottles of the
'Favorite Prescription and now do
all my work and take care OF four
children, and weigh 17S."--MRa.
ETHEL RICHARDS. X. Ed. 1.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-02-04
LOSS OF WEIGHT
Mineral Wells, w. VAT am glad
to have the privilege of recommend

Ing LIT. flerCeR
medicine. l waa
all rundown and
In q very bad con-
dition. Had doc
tored hundreds Of
dollars away ana
never received any
benoAt from tha
doctors. medicine
] also was opsr.
ate&uron for FEM
fntnA <uNnhl~ h,,A
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-02-04
More Trouble.

A firm Of music publishers have pro-
duced what tlc% d". cribe as u three
quarter "nc.step. II will soon be i'm
possible to grt a dance without being
accompanied hV n pr"fcs ,UI,m aritb
ucticlur. i'IGua rpnch.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-08-17
Another Wisconsin Record

Score another record for Wisconsin
A report just issued by the United
States census bureau, figures for 1919
shows that Wisconsin has lower per-
centage of farm tenantry than any
state in the middle west and possibly
in the entire country. OF all the
farms in the United States 1871 per
cent are operated by tenants. In
Wisconsin only 14.4 per cent are ten
ant farmers.
In 1920 the number of farms in
the United States was GAS, 1866, OF
which 3,925,090 were run by owners
68, $50 by managers, and 2,454,7 TAG by
tenants. About two-fifths of the
American farmers thus have no stake
in the land they till.
OF the northern states, Illinois has
most tenants-101, Iceland Nebras-
ka has the highest ratio Of tenants to
all farmers, 42.9 per cent. Wisconsin
has the lowest percentage.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-08-17

Somebody's Asleep at the Switch
Economic conditions are changing
rapidly. The world war upset the
balance. In every industry readjust-
ment is the order of the day.
This is particularly true of our
great food industry. Conditions be-
yond the control of individual manu-
facturers have forced food prices up
and up until the public is in state OF
continued protest.
II has become a period when every
progressive step that spells ultimate
economy to the consumer must be tax
en- by the wise manufacturer. Not
only does public welfare demand IT.
but the future of his business Organl-
cation depends upon degree of alert
ness on his part to meet unprecedent-
ed conditions.
The package is one detail where ex-
cessive cost can be reduced. The
small, costly, fancy package repre-
sents a needless expense both TO manu-
facturer and consumer. Food stuifE
can be sold cheaper if sold IN larger
more permanent, more economical
containers.
The wooden barrel and the wooden
keg are the natural, time-dried CON
tanners to which to turn for solu-
ton of this world wide problem.
The public appetite for the gaudy
wasteful small package, at the drug
price, is about appeased.
1t is time for the smart manufacture
er to capitalize the biggest demand
that has ever existed.
THE DEMAND FOR GOODS IN
BULK AT A SANE PRICEt
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-08-17
IKELLER's BILLS AID FARMER
Wisconsin Representative Scores Sales
/ Tax-Sysfem Must be Reformed

Asserting tina" our foolish and Grim
inal policy of overlooking with taxes
those who make the things we want"
is largely responsible for the existing
financial depression, Representative
Florian Lampert o fthe Sixth Wiscon-
sin district, in the House of Repre-
sentatives last week, advocated the
Keller tax bills as "a program which
will do more to relieve the agricultural
class of the tax load than any other
program ever introducedin Congress. I"
.sIn revising our tax laws said
Representative Lampert, there is one
class above all others whose economic
interest we must not only be careful
to protect, but whose condition we
must earnestly endeavor to improve.
That class is the American farmer
] say this not because / believe in Civ
ing the farmer a special advantage,
but because in all past legislation he
has always been the chief goat of
greed and plumber. Practically every
tax law heretofore enacted seems to
have been drawn with the express pur-
pose of taking out fthe farmers
pocket all that his patient and long
suffering soul could possibly bear.
This, even now, am sorry to say, is
the very object Of those patriotic
gentlemen who are lying awake nights
straining every effort to find some
way to put over general sales or
turnover tax which would relieve the
wealthy to put a still heavier burden
on everything that the common people
of this country eat, drink and wear.
"The time mas come" Representa-
tive Lampert continued, when such
unwise, unjust and un-American me-
thods of raising revenue must be stop
ped. The purchasing power of the
working classes, and of the farmer in
particular, has already fallen to a
point that is dangerous in the extreme
and if it is forced still lower by I'M
fair and injurious methods of taxation
the result will be nothing short of in
dustrial disaster. If we want to con-
time to enjoy the blessings of abund-
ance and peace the present process
will have to be reversed. Taxes will
have to be lowered on the working
farmers of the country, not raised,
and greater share placed on .unearn-
ed incomes on owners of large in
heritances and estates, and especially
on the possessors of the immensely
valuable monoplies and special priv
ileges of our nation"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-08-17
"a Primrose BY a Rivers Brim.

The student of economies must needs
wander far afield if he would keep
pace with causes and effects.
There have been numerous two-col-
umn solutions of the ever growing
problem of soaring living cost.
To date much has dissolved into
thin air, as do most of our present
day superficial solutions.
Strange to say much of the high
living cost had its source in the mis-
cry and want of the city's slums.
"Gimme nickel's worth of sugar"
Perhaps it was the milk of human
kindness which first induced the GRO
ceryman to WELD to the entreaty of
the little pinched face, and sell the
small amount.
At first he resented it. But he SUBJ
consciously made the small purchaser
pay for the time involved. Then he
began to realize there was greater
profit in the small unit.
That was the cue to the small pack
age manufacturer, who has ironed out
the objection of the grocer by pack
aging practically everything which
was formerly sold in bulk in small
units.
He incidentally adds enormously to
the cost to the consumer in the pro-
cess. Lulled to sleep by the anes-
thetic of the sanitary" argument, the
great bulk of the buying public stands
for it. To a large class. perhaps, the
increased cost means little or nothing.
But how about the 35,000,000 work
ers?
The "high cost of living" persists in
every labor controversy, andwill not go
down. Thirty Of the thirty-fve mil
lion workers are unorganized They
struggle on in silence.
And the small unit packing has
created more and graver national
problems. The enormous consunip-
ton of wood pulp for these millions of
tons of waste has put the newspapers
of the country at the mercy of for
eign country for their raw material.
1t has added painfully to the cost OF
the daily paper, the children's school
books, and cut down dangerously on
the volume of wholesome reading.
It's time to get back TO bulk buying
and common sense.
| There are those in American busi-
ness, we regret, to whom tear or 8
smile mean Just so much potential
profit. Just as to the same gentry
the grandeur of Niagara means only
so many kilowatt hours at so much
money.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-08-17
GOING TO SHOOT THE WELL
Engineer KirkhoIfer Here to Enlarge
Flow of Water in New Well

Engineer Kirkhoffer arrived from
Madison today for the purpose of put
ting several "shots" in the new well
The drillers are now down SOC feet
and officials are hopeful that with this
treatment it will not be necessary to
go any deeper.
Shooting a well consists of explod-
ing several charges of dynamite at
the different levels where the water
bearing sands lay. This enlarges the
hole and increases the flow of water
Following this a pump is attached to
see if the flow is sufficient.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-08-17

The Farmers Store is offering a
few very special bargains in ladies'
white shoes and 0xfords.
1t is bound to rain sooner or later
And when it does come we will prob
ably get a lot of it and the roads will
be fierce. Better phone Otto Griffin
if you have any truck hauling to do
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-08-17

Does it pay to take a chance on
wormy poplar hanging poles when you
can get tamarack ones for very lit
lie difference? Worms will not work
in tamarack poles-you can get them
at Nuzum's-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-08-17

A good business
education S a v e S
years of time. II
is a sure path to
a good position.
The cost is small,
the returns big,
the time required
short
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-08-17

Paris Green Arsenate of lead and
Hofstra for potatoes and garden planas
at o. E. Davis.
The place to get the kind Of jew
elry that will please you most is at
Carl c. Goes jewelry store.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-08-17
First publication August 10, 1913
Notice Of application for final settlement


Notice Of application for final settlement
STATE OF scONsIN-coUNTY COURT
FOR VERNON CoUNTY-IN PROBATE
in the matter Of the estate Of Christfns
FladharlmeT deceased.
on reading and fling the application o.
Chris. Eliefson, administrator Of the estate o.
Christina Fladhammer, deceased, representing
among other things that he has fully admins
tered the said estate, and praying that a tins
and place be fixed for examining and allow.
ing his account Of his administration, ant
that the residue Of the said estate be assigned
to such persons as by law entitled 70 the
same and for the determination and adJudl'
catnion Of the inheritance tax, if any payable
in said estate.
u is ordered that said application be heard
before this Court, at a regular term thereof te
be held at the probate office in the City OF
Viroqua, on the 9Th day Of September, 1921,
at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
And il is further ordered. that notice Of
the time and place of examining and allowing
said account, and Of assigning the residue Of
said estate. be given 10 all persons interested,
by publication OF a copy of this order, for
three successive weeks. in the Vernon County
Censor. a newspaper published in sair County
before the day fixed for said hearing.
Dated this 10th day of August. 1921.
BY the court, d. o. MAHoNEY, Co. Judge
Smith and Moen, Attorneys.
Get your Bear Brand overalls and
jackets at Surenson & Thompson.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-08-17
Clifford Pinchot Carries On

"The United States must prepare
to cultivate its own timber, or event
ually go without lumber. We cannot
depend on other countries for timber,
because the shortage is worldwide.
Even if all of Canada's timber were
available to us, it would not meet our
needs for more than twenty years"
These words by Clifford Pinchot, con-
sistent fighter for real forest policy,
before the Forest Policy COMMITTEES of
the United States Chamber of Com
meree, in New York the other day,
are food for the thoughtful.
The significance of this statement
is not concerned alone with the lumber
shortage, housing problems, etc.
One of the itemg of consumption OF
timber, perhaps the most devastating
represents pure waste, and is growing
at the rate of 100 per cent year.
The use of paper cartons and con-
: tainers for food and drugs, takes from
our supply of timber three times the
wood pulp required for the newspa-
pers!
And the average large newspaper
requires the timber from 25 to 81
acres for each days edition!
As we continue to pay ridicuously
high prices for food in the pretty pa
per package, and pay constantly ris
ing rentalsi
Or are we, like the common sens
Americans we used to be, going Il
buy our food in bulk, and release tn,
wood for some of the 500, 900 house:
. desperately needed in this country?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-08-17
STEAM SHOVEL is ON THE JOB
Making Short Work of Tearing Up
Macadam on Main Street

The steam shovel arrived last week
and started Saturday to tear up the
Main street of Viroqua preparatory
to laying of the pavement. 1t has
been the center of attraction since it
commenced operations, and wonder
full machine it is. This particular
machine is baby by the side Of some
of those engaged in work like the dig
ging of the Panama canal for instance
1t weighs twenty ton, and is large
enough for this job. Many of our
people not familiar with steam show
els and their wonderful strength were
doubtful of its ability to dig up the
paving rocks of our street, but after
seeing it tear heavy cement walks to
pieces even the most doubtful are sat
isfed. 1t is estimated that the big
brute will require five weeksl of good
weather to dig out Main street.
The curb and gutter will first be
laid the entire distance; then the road
rolled smooth and hard, and the rein
forced concrete laid.
We under stand that the contractor
comtemplates having work here all
next summer, as property owners on
Jefferson street have applied for paw
ing and some other streets are ex-
pected to follow suit.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-08-17

The booklet, Proof and catalog
tell you all about courses, rates, board
and room. They also contain hun
dreds of letters and photos from our
students who hold positions. Monthly
rates. Write US now.
Use the FULL address.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-08-17
Miss Smith Appreciates What the
'WBU" Has Done in Securing
Her a Good Position

Nh. Leigh Toland, Pres. "WBU,"
Lacrosse, Wis.
Dear Mr.. Toland:-lt is pleasure
to express my appreciation of what
the "WBU'' has done for me. ] have
found the school to be exactly as re-
presented and / certainly recommend
it to any young man or woman who IS
DESTROYS Of getting a thorough bust
ness education.
The instructors and office force are
competent and willing to assist the
student in every way. / am grateful
for the personal interest they gave me.
am sincerely thankful for the posi-
ton the Employment Service secured
for me.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-08-17

DIR. Chase, dentist, office in Ma
tional Bank Building. Phone 80.
--Viroqua-LaCrosse auto line is
your line and asks your patronage.
Clean towels, good workmanship,
shaves 15c, haireuts Csc. Shop loeat-
ed under Bank of Viroqua. John B,
Denning, Proprietor. SLAP
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-08-17
Use the 1uII address:
Wisconsin Business
University
Lacrosse, Wisconsin

Mr.. Farmer, to spray your mich
cows and work horses during the fly
season pays you well. We have it In
gallon cans. o. E. Davis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-08-17
"Rat-Snap Bests the Best Trap Ever
Made" Mrs. Emily Shaw Says.

Ny husband bought g traps.
bought 65 cents box of .RAT-SNAP.
! The trap only caught three rats but
/ RAp-SNAP killed ~ in a week. Pm
never without RAT-SNAP. Reckon |
couldn't raise chickens without it."
/ RAT-SNAP comes In cakes. Three
sizes. Csc, 65e, SIPS. Sold and guar
anteed by o. E. Davis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-08-17
Mr.. Vaughan. Farmer, Tells How He
Lost All His Prize Seed Corn

Some time ago sent away for some
pedigreed seed corn. Put It in gun
ny sack and hung it on a rope sus-
pended from roof. Rats got L ALL
how beats me, but they did because
got five dead whoppers in the morn
ing after trying T-SNAP". Three
sizes, 35c, csc, $1.25. Sold and guar
anteed BY O. E. Davis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-08-17

Course Sterographic High Speed
You can 10 as well as our other stu
dents have done. We give you good
education, then we help you to secure
a position. There is great field for
you if you get this training But act
now. Don't put it off.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-08-17

All KINDS OF ice cream and soft
drinks at our restaurant at all times.
Assortment of brick ice cream always
on hand. Your trade Is appreciated
George Pennell, Viroqua. Wis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-08-17

ID. FERN SMITH, Sparta, Wis.
With-Institutio for Feeble Mind
ed, Grafton, North Dakota.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-08-17

Get your Bear Brand overalls an
jackets at Surenson & Thompson.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-08-17

Use the full address:
Evening star., 1921-08-20
NINTH STREET CLEARED
OF STREET "J0HNNlES"
Police Action Observation-Disclosures
Men Proceed With "White
Way" Plans.

Unexpected success has marked the
crusade against the congregation Of
mashers and loafers on 9Th street be-
tween Pennsylvania and New York
avenues. according to Capt. W. E.
BAown Of the first precinct, who last
niAht made q personal survey of the
thoA oughfare. Capt. Brown pointed
out Nhat the street was crowded. but
that sthe usual assemblies OF curb
stone aTohnnies" and persons of ques-
tienabAA' regulations were not in evil
dence.
No ARRESTS Of mashers were made
on sth sAreet or In the downtown
business Aection last night. This
fact. the pA'lice say, Is indicative of
the success If the, the campaign; am sS 1t was
be virtually A'owerless in trying to
break ND tha crowds Of apparent
loafers on the Astreet, due to the lack
Of stringent a unlawful assembly
statutes in the Alistrict. However, 1t
is said the men And boys who usual.
that they will be arrested, due to the
diligence Of policA men during the
present crusade. and have moved
with the undesirable element Oft
the. thoroughfare. thy Ninth Street
organized, will proceed with its plans
to make the street white way"
comparable only to- New, fork's city
pretentious Broadway. Sidney B.
Lust Of the Leader TheaAer, q char
ter member Of the organ ization, is
proposing that the merehA nts stage
: carnival on the street this tall. This
proposition will be discuss.e& at the
next meeting Of the association in
Sept tembeE
Evening star., 1921-08-20
VETERANS THANK A. FL.

Thanks for the support Of the
American Federation OF Labor In aiA'
ing In the paHage Of the Sweet bin
for RELIEF measures for former service
men were expressed in q letter from
National Adjt. Lemusl Bodies to Presi-
dent Satnlael Gompers. made public last
night.
"ThA American Federation Of Labor
lent its support to the American Le-
sgion In q splendid way during the
long fight for enactment Of such leg
,islative measures rs would make pos
sible Immediate ana adequate relief
OF disabled service men," the letter to
Mr. 0oB1pefH stated.
Another Letter from National COM
mander OF the Legion John 6. Emery
stated: - ~ l..
NOW that the sovsranaent has
tpasss3 lexisiataon for the veterans
thereby piedHipe itself payment Of its
debt Of honor TO the disabled, 1t be-
consa the nrst duty Of the public to
co-oDerate to the fullest extent with
the veterans bureau In order that
the benefits o1 those laws be imms-
diatsly realised" d.