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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-09-28
Animal Pests
Worry Farmers

other trees. These animals are all
easy 20 trap. the main difficulty be-
ing that they frequently occur In great
numbers.
Habits Of Mice.
House mice have habit OF follow
ing the walls Of a room as they run
about. and trap placed behind
table leg or small object where mice
naturally run need not be baited.
House rats are sometimes wary and
difficult 20 catch in traps set in the
ordinary way. A small steel trap set
In a pan OF bran or oats aud care
fully covered viii usually catch the
shyest Of rats. IL Is well to scatter
small pieces OF meat or bread over
the bran. Wild rats and mice may
be trapped readily at the entrance 10
their burrows or In their runways.
the traps and the manner OF setting
them being the same as employed
in catching house rats and mice.
Prairie dogs. ground squirrels and
wo0dchucls are usually caught In
steel traps set at the entrance - their
burrows. Sometimes Il Is not nee
essary 20 cover the traps. but as a
rule Il Is advisable 10 press them well
into the earth and cover them lightly
with grass or leaves or whatever may
be az hand.
''POrcuplnes may be caught by
means OF an apple or carrot or a bit
Of green corn placed IN a crevlce be-
hind No. = or No. 3 uncovered steel
trap. as these animals are quite I'M
wary. They may also be caught In
traps set NJ the entrances OF their
dens. which are often located In cliffs.
Cottontail rabbits are frequently de-
structive 10 young fruit trees and gar
den truck. They may be caught In
box traps baited with sweet apple.
carrot or pumpkin. Where rabbits are
abundant. shelter traps are occupied
By them more or less regularly dur
ing the day. A dog trained 20 hunt
rabbits will give warning when one
is inside a trap. To prevent the quar-
rvs escape a stick with a disk at the
end OF Il may be thrust into the en-
trance. after which the top Of the
trap may be opened and the animal
caught In the hand. The skins and
flesh OF trapped rabbits are superior
10 those OF rabbits which have been
shot
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-09-28
Lightning Flash Picks
Setting Hens Bones

Winchester, Na.-A marvellous
freak OF lightning was reported
by Mrs. Coleman Lyme of Jeffer-
son county. West Virginia, who
declared that after lightning had
struck a small pear tree near
her chicken yard she went out
10 look after n hen whose eggs
were soon to hatch. She found
the lightning had run down the
fence "A short distance TO the
nest, and there was the skele-
ton OF the hen In the exact posi-
ton In which she had set upon
the nest.
The bones were as clean as
II they had been scraped, and
the meat and feathers lay near
by not even scorched. None of
the eggs had been cracked. but
on close inspection a small hole
was found In the end of each,
and the inside OF the shell
burned out as clean as a new
pin.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-09-28
Exact Copy Of Wrapper.
considerabIe AGITATION.

EITHER my eyes are acting funny or
else there's something powerful wrong
with yOre house." said an acqualnt-
ance who had halted in the big road 10
stare at the Johnson domicile. i
reckon II must be my eyesight, but the
lOggone house pears TO be shaking
ana shiverlng like II was going TO
tumble down.
Jaw. l reckon likely my fourteen
children happen 10 have took a notion
te scratch their chiggers NJ the same
p'tu!-same time" replied Gap John
son OF Rumpus Ridge. who was hang
ing over his own front fence, hooked
on by the elbOws.-Kansas City Star.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-09-28
strss Hard to Tell Which
Are Useful and Which
Are NuiSanceS.
EIIlRS FROM THEIR FURS
.~ -s-rs Which Must 6e ESter'
--ss Nay &c Trapped, Is Told
B.mstr of Biological Sur
sst-Rats and Mice Worst

--..-.-practicaliy every farm
Hrr-- a times by pests OF one
Ana 90 an#.er. Farmers. therefore.
r.e 1.rs-.ry to xiii such pests IN
r- tr prevent them from mturing
49, rrr.rE ur crops. Some he de-
s--, Hr -H-.u; others he eliminates
-.Ea- traps
"a E--.er-e " the traits and
s.F ... animals" says Ned Dear
tr r . bulletin Of he bureau Of
survey. -and Of proved
Hr-urlug them Is iInpor-
arur l.-leE Is To combat them
Er-s BESIDES such out-and-out
rs SIS rats. mice sud pocket
g-. - other animals are Oc-
uaIess. but. having valu-
ere sr- and being classed as fur
ilE-. a1. -sveu special cOnsidera-
1-
on lively demand for all kinds OF
irr-s ... the pockets OF American
---es millions IL dollars a year.
rt. r rle harvest. has not cost
l.- single effort. Moreover. sew
E Hr r furry tenants Of the farmer
tr calls .r. uut pests but are useful
F.-E l.E.. Foxes. for example. de-
EE many rabbits and mice. both OF
r-.L -u abundant. are very de-
E--.Ee -H fruit trees and crops.
S-zs ore exceedingly beneficial, for
-sy tat almost entirely on MICE
rlsl -rrs. CrIckeis, white grubs
El Elr farm pests. II is only In
EEr- .-9I cases that either foxes or
h--ss stack poultry; Il is far better
1srr poultry in suitable Enclosures
rn kT ODE Individual animal which
.a-- damage than % adopt a policy
q suri persecution toward the
res o. which the few offenders be-
Ez
Excellent Mousers.
I-R tH habits o. other fur bear
~ are Usually % less importance.
.slss .He excellent m0users; minks
~ r t- -s fish. mice and other small
E-s while uacc0ons and OpOs-
t-s ta- .r addition 90 a wide vari-
q y harmful small animals. many
as 70 Vegetable food 81 little or no
tst F-.-H 60 man. Muskrats and
e .Ea Du wild products OF
l-,-#s end woodlands. and only In
q -s.-ees are their burrows or
aus rl1unhIe.
- srr Speaking generally. fur
-s tarSfsrm uncultlvated and
t.e, rerarilis into valuable peltrles.
t sETeuse OF attention on our
- -.y are doing this through
y " country. when the corn Is In
II 1s end the landscape has been
-r frost. farm lads take down
r--s with happy expectation AMI
t t1 satheg unearned incre-
H-'s 20 Ger
- destructive group ~ pests
- includes the small EflaM-
.Euwn as rodents. Among
... lSe rats and mice which
"r0l-ht 20 this country from
World. and several kinds Of
r's meadow mice. pine mice,
.i mice and pocket mice.
49,. rreIs u several kinds are
49, HE-hUut the western states
p many Localities are very de-
fse .a forage and grain. Prairie
ne plains rcgicn. related to
- rns's. also destroy n great
t'.a-l in tie vicinity az their
N"F aud there woodchucks.
rs. also related 20 ground
are Instructive 20 field and
"S In mountainous and
. 1-.ens porcupines are more
-Wctive 10 orchard and
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-09-28
w.u Now that's settled.

Fldorado. Kas.-The old question Of
how many kernels of corn a rooster
VIII eat after II has not been fed for
twenty-four hours has been answered
70 the satisfaction OF residents CT the
Leon community. near here.
A general merchandise store at Leon
offered a prize of pair Of shoes to the
person guessing the correct number.
Mrs. Y :. Matthews Of Leon won. Her
guess was 23s grains. The rooster con-
sumed 2f0
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-09-28
Babies In sunches.

The prediction Is made by Prof.
Charles Kirschoff. foreign savant.
that during the next - years twins,
triplets and even bankruptcies will be
commonly experienced. He says that
the birth of a single will he a rarity.
He sees all thin In the position OF
some planets.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-09-28
Ry Way Of Explanation.

"Ahl" sighed the presiding elder,
''why do SO few parents nowadays
sing 10 their ChlldrenF"
zone reason I don't" replied Cap
Johnson OF Rumpus Ridge, us that
the last time I tried il they ganged
me till their nav haf % fling hot
water ON 'em TO make 'em turn loose
Kansas City Star.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-09-28
Some More Truths.

WOULD you steam shovel pebble? Certainly Implements
are built according to the work they have to do
Would you ownus remedy for your babs ills? Certainly not
Remedies prepared according the work THEY have to do
AL this preliminary reminding that Fethers COa sought
out found and prepared solely remedy for Infants and Children And let
this be warning against Substitutes COters and the JusgO stuff that
be all right for you all strength but dangerous for the little babe
All the mOheOve that lies within your heart cries you: Be
Baby And being Baby you will keep the house remedies specially
prepared for babies you would bys food hau toothbrush sponge
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-09-28
Saved Up.

Nickelpinch-If you spend so much
time at golf. you won't have any
thing laid aside for a rainy day.
Stymie-won't. Ell? My desk Is
crowded with work that I've put aside
for a rainy day.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-09-28

This is n "Rooster-Tom," and Is the
property and pride OF DIR. Thomas
Ross OF Portland. Ore. who has about
forty queer hybrid fowl The rOOs,
,er-rorn's mother was a turkey ana
his father a rooster. His call starts
IKE 4 cocks crow and tapers on into
q LIQUID gobble-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-09-28
The Pocket Gopher.

I'm many OF the western states the
rodent most destructive and most diff
cult 10 capture is the pocket gopher
which spends most OF its life under
ground. Owing 10 it's subterranean
habits II has been found expedient to
devise special kinds OF gopher traps.
IN making its burrows. the gopher
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-09-28
DO yOu discriminate at the dining
fable-or are you MonghfleSs?

an older person, but In
many cases the nervous
system and allied bodily
functions will become
weakened. The surest
way 70 avoid such pos
sibilitfes is to quit coffee
entirely and drink Postum
instead. The change per-
miSs you TO get sound,
restful sleep.
Postum is the well
known, meal-time bever-
age. Like thousands of
others you will like it be-
cause, in flavor, it is
much like a high-grade
coffee.
Do away With the dis
tinction at the table.
Serve delicious Postum,
piping hot, TO all the fam
ily. One weeks trial and
it is likelythat you'll never
return TO tea and coffee.
Postum comes In two
forms: Instant Postum Tin tins)
made instantly in the cup By
the addition Of boiling water.
Postum Cereal IN packages Of
larger bulk, for those who pre-
fer TO make the drink while tho
meal Is being prepared) made
by boiling for 20 minutes
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-09-28

In thousandsof homes,
a Zine" is drawn at the
breakfast table. Tea or
coffee is served for
"grown-ups" and Postum
for children. But some
parents do not discrimin-
ate. Caffeine and tannin,
the injurious contents of
coffee and tea, seriously
retard the development Of
the delicate nerve tissues
IN children.
Consequently, instead
ofrich, satisfying Postum,
children arc over stiTnu-
lated by the drugs in tea
and coffee; and so may
grow up irritable and
nervous. Any doctor can
tell you that this is a
great evil and should be
corrected.
Although some par
ents feel a certain justih-
cation for the personal
indulgence in coffee, yet
the harm to them may
be equally serious. 1t
may take a little while
longer for the drugs in
coffee and tea TO affect
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-09-28

Gatun lake. a part Of the Panama
canal system. IS the largest man-maos
body Of fresh water In tia world
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-09-28

Convict-"I'm here for having five
wives" Visitor-"HOw are you en-
loving your liborty?"
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-08
DELEGATION TO ASK
TROOPS Be REMOVED
Head of Local Mine Workers
Union To Appeal To
Shoup

Denver. Dec. John T. McLcnnan,
president of district 10 United Mine
Workers OF America. will head the
committee which will appeal to Gov
ernor Shoup tomorrow for removal of
troops and end of martial law in Hucr-
fano county where a strike of miners
in coal properties of ,ne Colorado Fuel
and Iron company has Iocn in prog
rcss since Nov. IS.
liver II. Daley of La Neta. who first
planned such n hearing on the grounds
that the maintenance of martial law
was an unnecessary expense said to-
night the committee viii discuss tho
situation with the governor ana IL a
decision can be reached operators will
be asked to scnd Representatives to
the conference with an idea OF bringing
n settlement in the strike situation.
Mr.. Daley declared that he believed
the strike would be settled within Il
short time.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-08
WOMAN HELO IN EAST
N PROBE OF Staying.
Husband First Tipped Police
Over Deaths of Taxi
Drivers.

Santa Fc. y. NJ. Dec. Alice
katonka. wanted in Mckinley county
in connection with the deaths of SAM
uel Grey and William Kelly. believed
to have been murdered. was arrested
today at Pittsburs. Penn. according to
word received by George r. Cr.ig.
United States district attorney.
Suspicion that tho two men had ret
with foul play was first aroused when
the sheriff of Mckinley county re-
ccivcd letter about "a month ago
signed i. katonka, saying the woman
had killed one OF the men and forced
him to kill the other. She then COM
PEELED him. according to the letter. to
throw their bodies under the 1rroya
bridge opposite Shiprock. n. NJ.
Search of tho river bed at tho point
Indicated failed to reveal any trnco CT
the bodies. II they were buried there
authorities stated they would Prob
ably be washed miles down the stream
by this time.
Gray and i>eiiy werc taxi drivers
at Gallup. N, NJ, who disappeared "n
August 1, last.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-08
MANY REPORTED
DEAD AS STORM
LASHES COAST
Eighteen Lose Lives As
Two Schooners
Go Down

st. Johns, N. f., Dec. T.
A northwest hurricane yester-
day brought death and disaster
to this coast. Reports today
brought word of a large loss of
life at Conception Bay, includ-
ing nine men, a woman and Il
child who went down with the
schooner Passport at Bay
Verde. A score of schooners
carrying supplies to northern
settlements were wrecked.
Five fishing vessels were
broken up, the ship Jean and
Mary is missing and the tug,
ID. p. Ingraham is a wreck at
Penguin Island.
Later advices were that the
Jean and Mary also was
wrecked on Penguin Island
with a loss of seven men.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-08
REVOLT IN GUATEMALA.
PUT THRU IN 5 HOURS
Efforts Made to Constitute
Legal Congress" To
Officiate.

Washington. d. c.. Dec. 7.-Efforts
are being made to constitute "a legal
congress- to carry on the government
in Guatemala, following the over
throw of the regime OF President Car
los Herrera. according to adviccs from
Guatemala city received by T.. :. La
tour, formerly national treasurer of
Guatemala and representing In Amer
lea OF the Liberty party which nc-
complishcd the revolt
Tho dispa atches stated that President
Herrera had resigned in favor OF tho
present provisional government in
order that there might he no break
in the continuity of government.
Tho Guatcmaloan capital. which
was the center of the revolution, the
dispatch said, was calm. Three per-
sons were said to have been killed.
The dispatches added that the revolt
was carried out In about five hours
and that Herrera was being held a
prisoner In his residence and his cab
met members in a military prison.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-08
LEGAL ACTION
IS SOUGHT IN
PACKER STRIKE
Several Shot As Chicago
Police Battle Mobs
Near Plants

Chicago, ILL.,. Dec. 7.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press)--Legal proceedings to re-
strain striking packing house workers
from interfering with the operation OF
packing plants by pickcting or molest-
ing employees were either pending or In
effect in five cities in the middle west
tonight. As the third day of the strike
came to close quiet prevailed at most
packing house centcrs but in Chicago
the first serious disorders occurred
tonight when several persons were
shot and slugged IN clashes between
strike sympathi1ers, stock yard work
ers and police at the stock yards.
Chief of Police Fitzmorris ordered
all saloons near the stock yards closed
Seven mon are known to have been
shot and n score of r,-n and one wom-
an were injured here tonight in clashes
between workers, strike sympa thizcrs
and policemen patrolling thl stock
yards district. The trouble occurred
when strike syfnpathizcrs accosted
workmen as they lef, the plants.
Misales were thrown and policemen
used their clubs and guns during dis
orders when they attempted to dis
pcrse the crowds before the trouble
ended
Three Of the wounded wcre reported
TO be union workers, two We're strike
sympathizcrs and another employed in
a packing plant and the seventh was
Adlu 10 DC stTlht ~ efh
member of another union. All viii re-
cover II was thought by doctors.
Four policeman were among those
injured. They were struck by mis-
silcs. The woman who was hurt was
hit by "A brick. Women and children
participated In the disorders and
tainted the policemen when thty
charged on the crowds.
Officials of tho Anialgsmated Meat
Cutters and Butcher Norlner which
called the strike agreed With spoker-
yaeu fQr. big --oyey Jackets thai
tffvte W2s ifftfc change In the situation
Union officials asserted workers in al.
lied crafts in th. packing PLANTS had
walked out >Xhile The packers said new
workmen werc being employed that
strikers were asking to be reinstated
and that plants here were operating
from IS to.ioo per ccnt normal
II was admitted By the packers that
their plants in other cities were harder
hit and a number OF independent plants
here were either virtuany at stand
stiii or handicapped.
The independent plants and Swift
and company today requested m In
Junction restraining the union and 81,
officers and officials from interfering
with the operation of :: plants thru
pickctIuK.
At south st. Paul 500 national
guardsnen pn,roilcd III. packing plants
today after the unions refused TO dis
continue picke,ing.
Following tho -hcotinxs of two per-
sons and the beating OF n third at
Fort Worth yesterday an Injunction
restraining pickcting OF the plants was
granted today while Mt pmahs an
opinion was rendered by the city at
torney that tho anii-pick.tirE law
passed by the last Nebraska lcEis-
lsturc was imperative. At Kansas
City strike sympathizers We're re-
strained from pickcting plarts by the
threat that troops would be called out
II the practice continued
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-08
LORENz TO STAY IN
US. THO KEENLy HURT

New York, Dec. I.-tltho keenly hurt
by the cold shoulder which he said the
medical profession OF America had
turned toward him, Or. Adolf Lorenz.
famous Austrian. indicated tonight he
would probably carry on his free clinics
for cripples here. He had announced
earlier that he would return to Vienna.
"I'll stay II they don't throw me out
he said.
pr. t.oreng attributed the feeling
against him to snimosities bred by the
war. The people az = whole tho had
been wonderful beyond description In
their reception OF his work. he said.
whether 80 home to Vienna, or
stay. Is entirely up to the health COM
missioner of New York. he declared.
Health Commissioner Copeland said
no would see to IL tomorrow that DR..
l.orenz remained. lie said he would
call together n group of orthopedic sur
geons and map out a channel for the
Austrian visitors activities that would
shield him from exploitation and In
cure warm and proper co-oporat.>u.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-08
UNION MAN CHARGES HEAVY PROFITS
OF C. F. 81. KEEP UP PRICE OF COAL

ers' wages. are keeping UP the price
of coal to the consumer. Frank Hef-
fcrly. national organizer of the United
Mino Workers OF America. declared in
statement horo today.
The company can make a profit of
$3.50 on each ton OF coal mined with
out cutting the miners wages n cent"
declared Mr.. Iefferly. Miners wages
arc not in any way responsible for
the high price of coal. Tho company
recently announced cut OF 81 a ton
on some grades OF coal. That stiIl
leaves the company a profit OF $1.5o on
each ton of coal mined. without cut
ting tho miners' wages at ALL
Company statements that the mines
at Morley. Sopris and Frederick were
idle because of inability of the COM
pany to get cars, was declared untrue
by tho organizer.
The men In these mines simply can
not make living wages and had de-
cided TO walk out" Mr.. Hefferly said
The company knew this and closed
the mines instead and charged the clos
ing to "a lack of cars
Green men who have company in
to the mines in Hucrfano county,"
continued MIR. Hcffrriy, have come TO
us to say they were leaving the mines
because they could not make living
wages. Some OF these inexperienced
miners have been injured in tho prop.
critics. Th. company is producing little
or no coal from these mines. We un-
dcrs;and what coal the company IL
getting out is costing s25 n ton to mine
with the type of employees being used"
MIR. ltcffcrly also declared the Colo
rado Fuel and Iron company had not
carried out its promise to the men that
IT they accepted the reduction i'm
wages at the mines. the Pueblo steel
plant OF the company. would be re-
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-08
CONTINUED on Page Two)
0R|ENTAlS. OPTIMISTIC
on FAR EAST PUZZLE
Denials Are Made Concerning
More Chinese Delegation
designations

Washington. d. c.. Dec. 1.-tBy the
Associated Press.)-Optimism prevailed
in Japanese and Chinese circles tonight
over the prospect Of satisfactory
solution of Far Eastern questions as a
result of meetings today at which many
involved problems were discussed. Inn
por;ant developments included:
Adoption OF a resolution involving
preservation of the territorial integrity
of China. giving her control over all
foreign wireless stations in China.
Adoption of rcsoluuun providing
for tho neutrality OF China in future
wars to which china Is not a party.
Agreement by the Japanese, subject
in part to approval by Toxic. that all
public property in tho kiao-Chow lease
hold OF the ShantunS province be
transferred to China.
A tentative agreement by the Japan
csc TO delay no longer than Saturday
further discussion OF control of the
kiso Chow-Tsinanfu railway in shan
tung.
made were assertions ana dcnials OF
further designations and dissensions in
tho Chinese delegations.
DR.. Alfred SIC. Chinese minister to
Washington and delegate. denied
there has been any resignation Of high
officials other than that OF Philip X.
g. Tyau as general secretary which
II cannot emphosd sdse too strongly
he said. that the three Chinese dele
gates are pulling together. There Is
10 lissensioo. Ther: have been points
on which We have not always agreed
as TO procedure. but We have confer
red together always with the view of
harmoniziuE them and this W. have
done
lie said the designations thru dis
salts sfaction with the program must
not he confused with possible depar-
TIRES of Chinese officials thru the need
of cutting down the size OF the dele
CATION because OF insufficient funds.
In other Chinese sources however IL
was insisted. Admiral Tsaio Chow
Tsu -Che and General Huang-Fu, su-
perior advisor had resigned thru dis
pleasure with the manner in which the
Shsntung controversy was being
treated.