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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-21
NEW MATERIAL
FOR CAMP SITE

A committe consisting Of L. H.
Henderson, Ike Berman and w. A..
Robinson visited the plant Of the
DUPONT company on Wednesday of
this week for the purpose of getting
additional equipment for the Mem
orial Park. The visit was very
successful and liberal donations were
received, from. the Dupont company,
JOS. Brenner & Co. and Bosley
Brothers. Bremen & Company
donating enough sheet steel to pro-
vide for slides which are to be
erected along the bay front while
Bosley Brothers doAated enough
lumber for tables, tent floors and for
building the slides. The DUPONT
company offered the services of their
large trucks to. haul the equipment
to the grounds and Mr.. Henderson
will donate his time in putting up
the equipment, SO that the Park
Grounds will receive this additional
equipment without cost to the tax
payers.
There is getting to be great deal
of interest in this park which has
been designated a camp site and
liberal parties about the city have
donated rope for swings. signs, ETC.,
and much Of the work has been done
with out cost.
The camp site is doing more to
advertise Washburn that anything
which the city has had in q long
time and the fame Of this region is
being carried far and wide.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-21
KILLED IN OREGON

The following news item taken
from Candy, Oregon newspaper will
be of interest to Washburn people.
The young man mentioned in the
item was tf,s SON of Mrs. John
Samuelson, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. C. Clausen, residents of this
city twenty-five years ago:
The funeral of Rudolph Samuel
son, 22-year-old Candy youth who
was killed in an automobile accident
near Salem last Saturday night when
seven other persons were injured,
was held Tuesday, July, 5, from the
Methodist church in Candy. In
terment was in the Zion cemetery at
Candy.
Samuelson was born in Iron Noun
tain, Mich, his parents moving to
Oregon and settling at Candy when
he was one year old. The young
man had lived at Candy since that
time until the last few months, when
he was working in Salem. He at
tended school at Candy and gradu-
ated from the Adcx automobile
school in Portland.
The young man is survived by his
father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Samuelson of Candy, and two
brothers and two sisters, all of
whom reside at home. The sisters
and brothers are: Misses Edith and
Ella and Clifford and Lloyd Samuel
son.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-21

TO BE USED BY THE DU
POINT COMPANY
Nitrate Of Soda Again to be
Shipped to This City by Boat
Ard Dock is Being Fixed uT
For This Purpose.

The old Commercial Dock which
was wrecked by the Omaha railway
company last season, is being. fitted
up again by the du Pont company
and a crew of men have been busy
the past few weeks getting this
dock in shape for the handling of
company business.
It is understood that the shipping
of iron pyrites and nitrate of soda
which was discontinued during the
war on account of the scarcity of
ocean vessels, will again be con-
tinued by the du Pont company and
the Omaha dock is again being fitted
up for the handling Of this business.
Nitrate of soda comes from Chill
in South America, and for a number
of years was shipped to this city by
boat, but when war came on vessels
became so scarce and ocean freight
rates became SO high that the ma
terial was shipped to Gulf states
and loaded unto cars end brought to
the Du Pont plant at Barksdale.
It is said that the first three
boats are now ontheir way and will
be here within a week or ten days.
The soda will be loaded from the
boat into box cars and transferred
to the du Pont plant. The material
is highly infamable and great pre-
cautions are taken in the handling
of the soda, no smoking being allow
ed anywhere near the work.
The bringing of this material to
this city by boat and the transferr-
ing of it from here to Barksdale will
keep a crew busy unloading and a
train crew busy hauling the material
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-21
BY y. X. JONES

| their windmills, while we carried
on the affairs Of life content in the
conscious courage that it is tn.
right Of each individual to expect
and to give to others. . square deal
to live uprightly, love mercy, dc
justly, and to walk humbly with
our God, -
The I foundations on which, the
structure of all human lives ARE
reared are laid on the rocks, or or
the sands we choose for life's main
street. My first work on the Main
Street which Supplies the subject
Of my essay was to 'kick" job
press. This same job press is serving
Main Street, butsdt is propelled by
power and has an automatic feeding
device. The old machine is little
grayer, it's joints looser and it may
be more apt to crack in vita spot
than when met it first. But i
has done its job--aways 1t has
marched onward with progress. ]
honor the old machine, and it is .
rare satisfaction to know thai. it has
always b cen true in the .perfor-
nance Of it's tasks, for this inanimate
servant has honestly met its re-
sponsibilities towards society.
There is deeper self satisfaction
in the knowledge that it's first pos
SCISSOR has likewise performed life's
work and kept true to the faith in
the progress OF utilization; and
met the new necessities that have
demanded greater speed and more
intelligent methods In fulfilling our
obligations toward our fellow men.
The old job p ress is not alone in Civ
ing evidence of the wear and tear of
Main Street, and the successive VIC
tories that have kept our colors
flying. There was the old Camp
bell cylinder press that "busted
down" and Father Time gathered It
in, just as 1t has done with lot
of human machinery that helped
carry out the policies and plans Of
Main Street when I knew it well. Il
Main Street never gets far away
in my life, and have had few rer
grets because of ne charred ruins
of some of its old buildings; but
I confess to having experienced
ecstatic thrills at the signs Of pro-
gress in home and community life
among those who walked with me
through the old Main Street; and
particularly pleasing are the hnumer.
able instances of advancement made
by their children, who now are taxi
ing up the responsibilities which
inexorable time sooner or later calls
upon~a new genration to assume. No
community could go, forward and
perform its part in the work of the
world without the direction that
comes from the public schools, and
through the churches and in the
home where the influence Of mother
and father shapes the destinies OF
life. Human beings develop like
sturdy oaks in life's deep forest, and
I have not observed that any of them
are changed because they may at
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-21
MAIN S1FR.EE111T[Np'' Y

some time been niched in the bark
We all know how the German
Zepplins dropped noisy bombs or
Paris and London streets, which
| made little holes but if you woulc
go there now, you would hardly be
able to find the wounds. / learned
on Main Street that it behooves us
all to be tolerant, for in our most
accusing anger We may still be
wrong. How much more important
is it to support the guiding ele-
ments that make up society and the
home in creating a constantly i'm
proved Main Street such as finds
outlet in community uplift in a Y,
M. G. A. building that is worthy of
a town of many times the population
of ours.
A quarter of century does not
seem long, but in retroslection there
is conscious satisfaction in the
knowledge that most of US have done
our best. Some have known how to
do that "best" with more effective
ness than others; but on the scales
of justice where the weights tell
their story, the record-keeper will find
that Main Street has seldom faltered.
We all have successors on Main
Street and in the institution where
| created "policy" that has never
caused me to have regrets, or even
q moment Of remorse, it is satisfying
to find that honest, constructive work
is the requirement that is still in
sisted upon. The newspaper that |
brought TO Main Street still remains
credit to my discovery.
Among the accusations / once
faced was that of optimistic en-
thusiasm about Northern Wisconsin,
when wrote about it month after
month. But / have driven out
from Main Street into the places
that afew years ago were forest
primeval, and / have found along
the highways the farms of my
dreams--my ideals have come true.
Nature, and the industry of human
beings have much to show the re-
turning prodigals to this region, and
the personal satisfaction that has
come to me has been greater than
/ can tell about, because grassland" !"
as we used to call it, is doing a great
er work for the world TIM when /
first found it. 1t has progressed,
even as the old job press, and /.
Dispute the noises on Main Street,
which seem quite as discomfort and
conflicting now as in the days when
the lumberjacks got drunk and went
to Jail, / believe that Main Street
has always been an exceptionally
honest tholoughfare, and the mo-
tives of its population of men and
wmen has always been equal to that
of any other community of like por-
portion and size. 1t is a pround
recollection that have been one of
the human beings who have made
Main Street just little better, and
. credit to that part of the world
which we prodigals always speak Of
as "home"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-21
IT w School Board
Has Been Appointed
8 xsks APPOpTTS EIGHT
, M MEMBERS
Three Members of the City
Council Named on the School
Board. Business Men Not
Represented.

An adjourned meeting of the City
Council vas held at the Office of the
City Clerk on Tuesday evening Of
this week, the meeting having beer
adjourned for the purpose of con
firming the appointments of the
Mayor to School Board positions.
The appointments of the Mayor
were as fc:iaws:
l.ool Board
At F. Bryan, Hans Swan
by, Fred Anderson.
1st ward-John Love
End ward-Mrs. J. r. Mitchell
3rd ward-Mrs. j. D. Manni lg
4th ward-H. d. Steele
5th ward-Mrs. Frank Arseneau
9th ward-D. A. Monroe
Lbrairy Board
M. C. Lincoln and Mrs. A. w
Macleod, both to succeed themselves
All appointments as made We're
confirmed by the Council by a un-
animous vote.
The former school board quit
their posts because of the refusal
of the City Council to provide suffi-
cietn funds with which to operate
the schools. 1t is the hope of
everyone with the new school board
appointed that the Council and
School Board will get together and
figure out ways and means by
which the schools may be run nor-
mally again.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-21
TO RE-INSTALL 4.
CITY BOOKS
STATE TAX COMMISSION
SENDS MAN HERE
Books Set up by, Raglan &
Pearce Do Not Fill the Bill
Says Tax Expert From Com
mission. -

The City of Washburn is going
to have the books of the City Clerk
and City Treasurer re-installed by a
man representing the Wisconsin Tax
Commission, a motion to this effect
having been passed by the City
Council at their adjourned meeting
held on Tuesday evening. SIS
Mr.. E. L. .Gunderson, representing
the Wisconsin Tax Commission is
now in the city for this purpose and
has been given authority by the
Council to go ahead with the work
and have such assistance as will be
necessary at an estimated cost OF
from S1O0 to $500. s
The city went to the expense of
having the books installed during
the past winter, Raglan & Pearce
of Minneapolis, who made the audit,
doing this work, but it appears that,
they were not made to conform to
the Wisconsin Tax Commission me
thods, but rather after the Minnesota
pattern, and were almost useless to
make reports to the Tax Commits
sion form.
When this matter was explained
to the Council motion was passed
giving the expert authority to re-
write and are-install the books ac-
cording to the tax Commission forms
and the Wisconsin laws.
The cost of the audit and instaila-
ton of system as made by Raglan 70
Pearce cost the city upwards OF
$1700.
Alderman Anderson of the 9th ward
incurred of the Council if there was
not some way in which the city could
collect back their money for these
errors, saying "that as usual the city
was made the goat and yhe tax pay
ers footed the bill"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-21


The thoroughfares that ca ! of us
traverse in the journey throrgh life
are countless. but wien in the ma
turity of our years the inventories
of our accomplishments are listed,
we all find that sentiment and mem
ory have plainly recorded the exact
location and stamped in indelible
characters the minute details that
have made particular location, the
"Main Street" for us. Friends of
mine who GO with, me in the daily
walks of life down the broad avenues
lined on either side with great rows
of stone, brick and concrete struc-
lures, in which are housed the ac-
tivities of commerce and govern
ment, may never have heard of my
"Main Street." except as q place that
they indistinctly know belongs in
my old home town. But i do not
resent their lack of knowledge of
geography, or indifferent interest.
because they all have their own
"Main Street." and Sinclair Lewis
is entirely right when he says in
his book, that "Main Street is the
same, whether located at Gopher
Prarie or in New England, Kansas"
or--may Isdd iWashburn. Wiscon-
sin. IA
Those who made the original town
plat that marked particular street,
called it bayfield, Street, but jest as
the rose by any other name smells
the same so equally imperishable is
the engineers work which performed
the physical feat of constructing my
Main Street. This Main Street
which comes into the life of all
of US is principally the creation of
our own individual soul-it isn't
land, nor is it brick, or stone or
concrete. Then what is it, you
ask, but a big spot in life--it is .
monument enshrined in the heart
it is memory, and even more. 1t
is something that sits in the back
ground Of our intelligence where
are cherished the recollections of
associations and friendships, and the
important events that have brought
sunshine and clouds to cur lives. If
Main Street were simply a way that
led US thrugh the town, l should
feel a deep resentment over the fact
that the mudpuddles of my day no
longer exist, because of an energetic
city administration which covered
them over with an. enduring paving
thus adding mute testimony to the
constant progress of Main Street,
due to the dependable worth of sub
stantial resident of the sstreet-and
whose invisible qualities of friend
ship draw its wandering sons and
daughters back to the old familiar
haunts,
On this Main Street our life's
ideals were formed, and it was q
goodly heritage because we learned
how to do honest work, and how to
enjoy honest and wholesome play.
The stern experiences and duties of
life taught us to scorn sycophants and
let the Don Quixotes fight away at
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-21
BOOSTER PICNIC
BIC SUCCESS
MANY ENJOY BEAUTIES
OF MEMORIAL PARK
Men Turned Out in Large Num-
bers and Helped to Clean up
The Brush About the
Grounds.

The booster picnic held last Sum
| day afternoon at Memorial Park,
which has been designated as, a
tourist free camp site, was a grand
success and hundreds of people were
at the Park during the day enjoying
the coolness of the breezes, listening
t othe music rendered by the Amer
lean Legion Band, or taking dip in
the waters Of the bay.
Many of the men Of the city turn
ed out in large numbers with their
axes and hatchets and helped to
clear up the grounds of dead and
down material and to trim up the
lower branches of the pine trees. The
park was cleared up from the bay
t othe Omaha tracks and from 9th
to 7th avenues.
The butcher shops and bake shops
of the city donated lunch for the
band boys and the men engaged in
the work of clearing up the grounds
Ed. Plant acted as chief cook while
Mrs. Plant acted as head waitress,
and they provided an excellent lunch
for the hunger workers and players.
The three hardware stores Of the
city, Moores', Ungrodt's and Berg
mann's donated the rope for the
four swings, the lowest one being
10 feet while the highest is 80 feet
an dthese were put up. Amos NJ.
Hansen and George Cross furnished
the sign designating the Park
while willing workers, headed by L..
H. Henderson, have done much to
add to the beauty of the place.
The camp site is getting to be a
teal populan place. During the
past week Mr.. j. C. Trowbridge and
family and H. A. Beau of Waukesha,
were camping at the Park and they
were great in their praises of the
site, saying that Washburn had the
most wonderful park seen in their
three weeks trip about the state.
H. E. Hendrickson, Jeweler of
Duluth, and family, and H. Bergen,
hardware merchant of Duluth, and
family, have been camping here the
past week, and were pleased with the
camp site and the manner in which
they were treated while in the city.
The intimated that the people of
this city must have been asleep these
many years not to have developed a
park where the present one is now
located and to have the business of
the Northwest coming this way.
A. j. Pleasant and w. E. Klingle
and families, business men of Owa-
towana, Mimi, are camping at the
Park this week, and F.. j. Morgan and
sons of Council Bluffs, Iowa, were
campers at the Park the past week.
Messrs. Pleasant and Klingle had
intended remaining one night at the
Park but liked the place and climate
SO well that they postponed their
visit to cover week.
Among the recent arrival at the
camping grounds this week are Y.
Palmer, st. Paul; Mrs. Herb. Morse,
Ashland; Mrs. Catherine Cutler of
Ashland; Mrs. M. B. Casey and Miss
Casey of Menomonie; Mrs. w. F..
Blaire, Ashland. Others who are
coming are C. L. Grifiths and W..
H. Zuricker of Madison who will
speed week here.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-21

Miss Ivadel Schneider, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Schenider, and Mr.
Asa Wiley, have been receiving con-
gratulations of their many friends
during the past week when it was
learned that this couple had been
married for more than three months
the date of the wedding having been
kept a strict secret by the couple
Both are popular young people anG
have a wide circle of friends who
join in extending congratulations.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-21
STOPPED THE FOUL

County Clerk Jake Yderstad locks
as he had been on the receiving end
of one of Jack Dempsey's right hand
punches and he is wearing as pretty
black eye as has ever graced the
face of man. Jake's many friends
have been asking him about the
trouble and what happened to the
other fellow, but Jake simply smiles
and says he got too interested in 9
ball game and tried to stop a fou
ball with his eye.
Mr.. Yderstad was witnessing s
game between the town of Linc0lI
and Mason teams, played on neutra
ground at Sanborn. The game was
hotly contested and the score stood
4 to and Jake had hollered himself
hoarse for his home team. HI
wanted to see how the balls were
coming over the plate and stepped
behind the catcher when swift fou
flew off the bat and struck Jake il
the right eye, putting him out o.
commission for the rest of the game
He was taken to Ashland where tht
injured eye was taken care of ant
although it is still in bad shape, ye
will come through alright. Jak'
says the worst of it was his nom
team lost the game. If the scor'
had been otherwise the hurt woul,
not have been half bad.
A beautiful young lady will Civ
Lessons in Love to bashful gentle
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-21
BUSINESS men
PICNIC THURSDAY
LOCATION CHANGED TO
- MEMORIAL PARK
Merchants of the City Expect
To Have Fine Time Next
Thursday. Gala Time is
Planned.

The business mems picnic and
annual outing will be held on Thurs
day of next week. After meeting
held during the past week the loca-
tion of the picnic was changed from
the Salmo location to Memorial park,
those in charge believing that the
park will be given boost and the
place will prove more adaptable for
the picnic:
All of the business houses of the
city will close during the day in or
der to give the merchants and their
families opportunity to enjoy the
annual outing.
The committee on arrangements
have provided for cars which will
leave from the Commercial Club
between nine and ten o'clock Thurs
day morning and will take the folks
to the picnic grounds.
The outing will include a big pic
mic dinner at noon with sports dur
ing the afternoon and a general
good time for everyone.
The outing will be in charge of
committees from the Commercial and
Credit Association, but every busi-
ness house in the city is most cor
daily invited to attend.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-21

Miss Lillian Anderson came up
from Minneapolis last Thursday
evening to visit with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. M. S. Anderson Of the
town Of Waahkurn,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-21

Everyone will enjoy "Lessons in
Love" as given by Constance Tai
madge at the YMcA next WedneS-
and Thursday.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-21

Ed. Delaney of Medford, was
visiting in the city during the past
week with old friends.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-21

DR.. Frank Quinn of Chicago, wa
the guest Of Mr., M, E Doyle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-21

A beautiful young lady will give
Lessons in Love to bashful gentle
men. Reply "Connie" at YMCA
next Wednesday and Thursday.
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-01-07
Benton.

j. l.. Andler and family spent
Christmas with his sister, Mrs. Emma
Guthrie, Of Lincoln neighborhood. Mr..
Kansas. and George Bcrr and family
were also prcesnt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wischait returned
to their home on Sunday, Noel and
Norma Andler going with them for a
weeks visit.
Mrs. Waggoner, our teacher, had
a nice program and Christmas t,ce on
Thursday, before Christmas. Quite a
number of parents were present Ev-
cry one seems well pleased with Mrs.
Waggoncr rs teacher.
Our Sunday schoo, at their annual
election of officer, elected Paul En-
erson, president; Lee Field, assistant; (;
Pauline Wright, secretary; Frances
Emerson, organist; Mrs. Bessie Stalcy,
assistant: Cora Wright, Vera Movies
and Wayne Staley, librarians.
The sick, Mrs. Annie Field, Madge
Wright and Miss Ethel Field. have re-
covered.
Mrs. Ira Smith, daughter, Hazel,
and sons, Earl, Ray and Lloyd and
wife, and Ralph Emerson, wife and
baby son spent Christmas ut the Rob-
crt Emerson homo.
Newell Staley spent Christmas
with his grandmother and other rela-
tives in Kansas City. returning home
on Thursday. His grandmother, Mrs.
Ora King, returned with him for a
visit with her daughter and many
friends.
Gale Emerson and family ,pcn,
Christmas at the Charlie Smith home
in Nickell. Grove. l.andun Field and
son., lee and William. also spent the
day there.
Mrs. Annie Field and family spent
Christmas Mt the John Ferguson home.
near Forest City
Donald Emerson and wife spent
Christmas with Mis- Emcrson's father.
Thomas Miles, Of Mound City.
Miss Leila Murray visited her si..
ter, Mrs. Glare Watson. al Forest
City, they coming with her Sunday for
y visit with Mrs. w. parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Murray.
Miss Viola Trimmer. Of Shiloh,
visited several days last week with
her sister, Mr.. Ralph Emerson.
NERlrAS.