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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-01-19
Eastern Star InstaIls

ficers last evening. Following were
installed: Mate Stoll, worthy matron;
F. M. Minshall, worthy patron; Tina
Williams, associate matron; Mary Ady
secretary; Winnifred Baldwin, treas
urer; Grace Shirks, conductres; Edith
Smith, assistant conductress; Edith
Lake, chaplain; Flo Rogers, marshal
Myrtle Buchanan, organist; Jesse Jas
person, Adah; Clara Sanwick, Ruth
Jesse Fawcett, Esther; Matte Jack
son, Martha; Mable McLees, Electa.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-01-19
w R C InstaJls

Alex Lowrie w. r. C. No. 10 install
ed the following officers last Saturday
afternoon:
President-Emma Cunningham
S. V. ress-Mary Spellum
j. V. Pres1Addie Chase
Secretary-Lotus Wise.
Treasurer-Ella Brye
Chaplain-Ella Cox
Conductor-Lulu Anderson
| Asst. Conductor-Grace Olson
Patriotic Instructor-Stella Weavil
Press Cor.-Mary L. Brown.
Guard-Greta Beaver
Asst. Guard-Hazel Olson
Musician-Edith Smith
Color Bearers-Sarah Hanson, En-
ma Cox, Jessie Sehoonover, Della
Crook.
Edna Beaver acted as installing Of
ficer and Goldie Akin as conductor.
On behalf of the Corps Mary d.
Brown spoke in regard to the efficiency
of past officers and our appreciation of
the good work accomplished. Due EN-
phasis was given to the faithfulness
of Mary L. Brown during her year as
president. Though her efforts finances
were steadily augmented while SO
much relief was extended to our boys
at the front.
For the past two years Edith Smith
has presided continuing to promote
the welfare Of the order, which is in
Icreasing membership, with a kindly
bearing to all including the old veter-
ans fthe G.. A. r.
Cut glass candy dishes were pre-
scented to Mesdames Brown and Smith,
gifts Of appreciation from the corps.
More than sixty persons were pres
ent and partook of dainty supper
served by the refreshment committee.
Previous to installation Mesdames
Frances and Minnie Bowman were in
itiated.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-01-19
Blue Lodge InstaIIs Oficers

held installation Of officers last We'd
nesday evening. J. o. Anderson, wor-
shipful master; Leland Nuzum, senior
warden; Amund Tuhus, junior warden;
Henry Davis, senior deacon; DeVerne
Slack, junior deacon; VIM. F. Linde-
mann, treasurer; August Smith, Sec
Rotary; Selmer Neprud, senior stew
art; DR.. A. Fortney junior stewart;
Neil Nelson, tyler.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-01-19
BANK OF READSTOWN

REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
Readstown Bank located ct Readstown. State
Of Wisconsin. at the close Of business on the
10Th day of December. 1920. pursuant 70 call
5y the commissioner of banking.
RESOIIRCEQ
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-01-19

Miss Louise E. Tate, second daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. F. f. Tate, for
merly of Viroqua, was united in mar,
riage to Mr.. Edwin Porter Hample, at
the First Episcopal church of Spokane
Washington, just as the New Year
came in. Their honeymoon will be
spent in California.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-01-19

/, H. p. Davis. Cashier Of the above named
bank. do soienanly swear, that the foregoing
statement is true TO the best Of my knowledge
and belief III. p. DAVIS. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
10th day of January 1921.
JOHN y. M. DAWSON. Notary Public.
Ny commission expires July 20. 1928:
Correct Attest: T. o. MORK, L. n.
THOMPSON Directors
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-01-19
Cashiers check. OUTSTANDING 80.

Cashiers checks outstanding ...... I.oa2 81
STATE OF WISCONSIN,
County of Vernon
I. L N. Knutson. cashier of the above named
bank. do solemniy swear. that the foregoing
statement 10 true to the best Of my knowledge
and belief. l. N. KNUTS0N, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me this
9th day of January, 1921.
MINNIE KNUTsON. Notary Pcs,'.
Ny commission expires August -, tszA
Correct. Attest: C. F. BRITkMANN
FRANK SCHAFER, Directors.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-01-19

I. A. II. Ward, cashier of the above named
| k.rL a. srIa..ni. .v,..- sL.t a. Fa-----:-S-
| statement is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief. A. H. WARD, Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
10th day of January. 1921.
MAY YrTRI. Notary Public
Correct. Attest: p. r. PERSON J.
O'LEARY, Directors.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-01-19
THE FARMERS BANK

REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
Farmers Bank, located at Viroqua. State Of
Wisconsin. at the close Of business on the
29th day of December 1920 pursuant TO call
by the commissioner Of banking.
RESOURCES
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-01-19
BANK OF STODDARD

Farmers and Merchants State Bank located
1t Stoddard. State of Wisconsin. at the close
II business on the Goth day of December. 1920.
pursuant 10 call by the Commissioner of Bank
ing
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-01-19
BANK on CHASEBuRG

REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
Chaseburs State Bank. located at Chaseburg.
State of Wisconsin, at the close Of business
on the 2eth day Of Dec. 1920. pursuant TO call
by the Commissioner Of Banking.
REqnIfRCEc
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-01-19
MONEY TO LOAN

On real estate, rates reasonable
All business confidential. Lewis Real
y Company, State Bank Bldg, La
Crosse, Wis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-01-19
BANK OF COON VALLEY

REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
Coon Valley State Bank. located at Coon VAL
ley. State OF Wisconsin. at the close of business
on the 29th day of December, 1920 pursuant
TO call by the Commissioner of Banking.
REC0IIRCES
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-01-19

You can get New York or brick
ice cream every day at Geo. Pencils
restaurant. 42-tf
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-01-19
BANK OF OErARIO

REPOR- OF TffE CONDITION OF THE
Bank Of ontario. located, ct Ontario. State of
WiseonsiA. ut the elese of business on the
2sth day Of December. 1920. pursuant 10 cali
By the eeEnmissiener Of banking.
HESOyRCkeq
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-01-19

1. ]. w. Lowe, Cashier of the above named
bank, do solemniy swear. that the foregoing
| statement is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief. j. w. LOWE. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
Sth day of January. 1921.
Geo. A. Hosmer, Notary Public.
| My commission expires April 8. 1924
! Correct. Attest: G. B. GARDNER, c. b.
BRUDLOS. Directors.
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
Mountain People Of the South and Their Future

understand the standards of other men, ami
it will certainly take him long time t.
understand loly the only place for a still is
in a museum. I wanted to take back the
pleasant picture of at least one honey cabin,
but did not find it. caught myself shifting
the air for whiffs of fried chicken, corn pone,
fried apples or something, but there
neither the picturesqueness of the negro
cabin nor the delectable smells of cooking
that usually issue therefrom--nothing of
romance or beauty, although in the midst of
wondrous beauty. Only sordid poverty, de-
lection and hopelessness, apparently; no
evidence OF any effort to create an atmos-
phere of home. AS far as creature comforts
are concerned they are where Moses was
when the light went out
Some of the poorer classes in the noun
tains live in cabins o. shacks with not even
a window. They have never had windows,
and they are not necessary to them. Their
china" is tin; boxes or blocks serve for
chairs, while their beds are bags of straw.
Life is one long struggle to keep soul and
body together, and they do not know how to
better their condition.
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
Many millionaire War Babies,
But Native Sons Got Nothing

AS a matter OF fact the war left so many
milionaires in the bituminous coal region
that the best people are still little bit
sensitive about it. There were just as many
war babies in the wilds as ever cried in Wall
Street.
Just plain onery!"
/ stood and looked at the pathetic little
corn patches clutching the steep hillsides
looking for all the world like pictures on
wall, wondering how the seeds ever stuck In
one place long enough to take root. Who
wouldn't be just plain onery If he had an
Everyday scrabble to. hold on like the little
!corn patches on the hillsides?
Think of all that fabulous wealth under
meath and the poor native sons of the soil
still trying to scratch living out of the
surfaced 1t did sound sort of hopeless and
final.
Until the Eighteenth Amendment made
moonshinng heinous crime. the moon
sinner and his moonshine were accepted as
part of the scenery in the South, and local
authorities were not greatly agitated over
his small traffic. In the old days " was gen.
orally accepted that the mountaineer sold
red eye" because II was easier to carry
Juice In bottles than to tote corn TO market
in bags on his shoulders through the steep
hills, and, anyway, II was his business.
Moonshine whiskey made in the ald way
was pure whiskey, though too new to ap-
peal to the connoisseur; but since prohibition
it is an entirely different matter. He meas
ures his corn crop by the gallon, and that
while the market price of corn is about
couple of dollars, with no demand he trans
forms his corn into commodity for which
there is an overwhelming demand, thereby
deriving a profit of 500-maybe 1000 per
centi
That didn't sound like any hill billie to
me, I'll tell the world. 1t sounded like the
performance of an up to date 100 per cent
American!
Perhaps 1t is not fair to measure him by
the standards of other men. He does not
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
Always HospitabIe to Strangers,
With No Apology for Poverty

To the stranger they are frank and
friendly, and always hospitable. No apology
for their poverty but welcome, stranger. to
what we got" Is the almost invariable greet
ing.
1t is characteristic of the mountaineer that
he is rawboned.
"They are that hard and wiry they looks
though they had been raised on gravel" one
old man described them, and certain it Is
that not much surplus tissue is wasted
among them, neither men nor women.
Hits climbin' and totem what keeps 'em
skinny" the lantern jawed individual who
keeps crossroads store told me, as he eyed
me in friendly way.
1t is certainly case of "climbn' and
totem" for even If wagon road were pos
sble not many of the mountain people would
have anything but ''Shanks mare" to
travel it. and a wagon is only for the well
to do.
Whether a few more hundred years would
find the mountain people in fur and feathers
may be out of the question, but IL is certain
they have not progressed an inch the last
hundred or so years.
There are many schools, colleges and hos
pitals working ceaselessly for the betterment
of the mountain boys and girls. and the
effort is ever in the direction of practical
training which will not change too much
their natural characteristics. They are
taught not to despise their poor cabins bu,
to make better ones, and when enough o.
boys and girls are taught to make better
homes, better farms and better forests they
will have come into their own and the
mountaineer will no longer be problem but
asset
The New York herald., 1921-10-02

nate travellers in the tide Of emigration
through the mountains to the west who for
one reason or another were stranded. Many
hopeful pioneer may have been sidetracked
in the wilderness on account of a broken
axle. Once halted in the hills with broken
axle or dead horse it was often difficult
ever again to resume the journey, and after
a while the solitude engulfed them and
generation after generation has seen the
sun rise and set on the same horizon.
This Is not fiction. 1t is the truth.
The greater portion of the mountaineers
are still scarcely more than squatters. In
keeping without the range of things and
in evading rent and taxes the mountaineer
put himself entirely out of the stream of
progress and out Of reach of all the benefits
and bounties of his Government and rank
outsiders have carried off the treasure chest
which he held so lightly.
The New York herald., 1921-10-02

ever. we discovered scientific fact. 1t is
that when water Is confined in vessel it
remains stationary when the vessel is
moved. In other words, coffee cup may
be turned around several times without
moving the coffee at all. We discovered
this one morning when a coffee grain was
on top of the liquid. We found that we
The New York herald., 1921-10-02

drink of coffee since, and our mind is fully
made up to give up this habit, which was
formed in our early childhood and which we
continued until our friend set is the example
at his dinner party.
We have now qualified for the position of
secretary of the new national association
which ought to be formed for the purpose of
The New York herald., 1921-10-02

having adopted twentieth amendment to
the Constitution of the United States for
bidding persons from drinking coffee
If any thinks there is struggle
connected with stopping this habit let him
try it.
Before we stopped drinking coffee. how
The New York herald., 1921-10-02

w THEN the smoke or battle clears
\A/ away and the excitement over
strikes and feuds dies down on the
Appalachian Plateau there will still remain
the mountaineers. The mountaineer as he
is to-day may be lacking in many things.
but in his life of freedom and independence
he is an American with many of the char
acteristics of pioneer days and he has given
a good account of himself in history.
1t has always taken some violent upheaval
to jostle him out of his hills and hollows.
The civil war brought out staIwart sup
porters on both sides, but after the chaos
of reconstruction the sons Of the hills were
apparently forgotten and lapsed into more
complete Isolation than ever.
Now that local conditions have once more
directed the spotlight of publicity on him,
revealing him in all his pathetic grandeur,
it may prove the permanent turning of the
tide in his favor.
"They are just plain onery," was about
the most complimentary comment that
could be had from the lowlanders in West
Virginia regarding their mountain neigh
bors. The lowlanders are not given to SEN
timentalizing over their mountain nelghbor
and his hard luck, and are not deeply i'm
pressed when 1t is suggested that maybe the
poor things haven't had a chance.
Little Sympathy for Them
From Their LowIand Neighbors
/ refused TO accept the theory that they
are altogether "onery," as they say in the
South, meaning good for nothing
These poor people have evidently been
left behind in the march of civilization" I
ventured
'Yes, they got left behind because they
SO II Is evident that not much sympathy or
interest is expended on the poor whites by
their neighbors, either as they were or as
they are.
1t would certainly be about as easy to
draw up a general Characterization of the
throngs who hourly pass Herald Square as
u Is to visit any point in the Southern
mountains and attempt TO characterize the
mountaineers. We might say that all the
girls who pass Herald Square have ankles.
but very few have pretty ones and we might
say that all the mountaineers live in the
mountains but very few are feudists or gun
men.
The Appalachian Plateau. or what Is
sometimes described as the mountainous
backwards Of the Southern States. extends
from the Ohio River to Birmingham. Ala.
q wide area. beautiful and fertile, but much
of IL entirely isolated. These isolated hills
have been the birthplace of men like Lin
coin, Boone and Jackson, sturdy race in
deed but now a sturdy race deteriorated for
the lack Of opportunity. They arc inde-
The New York herald., 1921-10-02

60. as we were saying we decided to stop
drinking, and having reached this de-
termination we began the reform early
the next morning. We did without our Gus
tomary early morning drink. We refused II
definitely when it was offered to us at the
breakfast table. So far as we can Judge
its absence made little difference in orr an
petite during the first meal of the day.
During the morning, however, we began
to miss very distinctly the drink we had
been accustomed to. Before the noon hour
one of those dun headaches (the kind that
make one wish for more severe ache) had
appeared and by early afternoon we were
stretched out on the day bed, indulging in
mean thoughts about the neighbors. saying
cross things to the children and admitting
that we had the nature OF bear and did
not caro-
Saturday night we slept very little because
OF the aches and pains that annoyed us
We knew that one drink would straighten us
out, but we had started the struggle AMI
determined to go through with IT,
Our experience on Sunday WAS about the
same, although on the afternoon OF this day
we did cheat little by going to soda
fountain and calling for a soft drink which
we knew had a bite in IL.
OF course we are very proud OF the
struggle we made. and Il Is only natural to
boast about the fact that we conquered. but
we will admit that perhaps we are personally
interested in our own sufferings more than
are others. and therefore we will not give
detailed account Of what we suffered We
will be content with saying that on Tuesday
we felt normal again. We have not had
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
Sturdy Pioneer Stock Is There,
But Also Descendants of Criminals

There were two classes of early settlers.
Most of them were the fine old pioneer stock.
seeking the freedom and independence and
the great opportunities the rich, new coun-
try offered but there came also many unde-
sirables, criminals who were dumped on our
shores.
Information regarding the origin Of the
feudist element is meagre indeed, but in all
probability they descended from the early
undesirables as well as the degenerate fringe
of society known as the poor whites"
Backed into an eddy, with no traditions or
ideals to guide them, IL is small wonder the
mountain whites arc just what they are to-
day
They are not all objects of sympathy and
concern, however, but they are all Amer
leans and they are proud and free even in
their isolation and poverty and while they
rather resent the Lady Bountful attitude
toward them they are frankly interested in
'furriners."
The wonder ever will be that Americans
of whatever origin or color should have
remained stationary for 200 years in any
circumstances, especially in such privation
as characterizes their lives in the wilderness.
There must have been some good reason,
not mere chance which originally led any
considerable group of human beings TO take
up their abode In such wilderness. There
must have been some lure in the wild noun
tains which the lowlands could not offer,
and il not sanctuary, what? In the noun
tains were safety from pursuit, exemption
from all duty to country and State. and a
living could be eked out, and the question
win ever arise--what manner of man would
deliberately take himself off from the marts
of men and isolate himself in inaccessible
mountains infested with savage beasts and
rattlesnakes for the mountains must have
teemed with wild creatures in those days
and there are plenty Of them there yet.
Then of course there were the unfortu-
The New York herald., 1921-10-02

pendent, these mountainers, free and coura-
geous, very courageous, even in their handi-
capped situation, a trait which is charac-
teristic of mountain people the world over.
Not so much is known of the origin of the
mountaineer or how he got left behind in
the wilderness, but his future, because of
the sturdiness, is matter of optimistic
speculation.
There is not just little scattering of
these people, either sufficient to lend pictur-
esque local color, but there are some three
millions of them all told, and until the rail-
roads burrowed in to them they were
scarcely better off than the animals of the
forests and hardly less wild. The little chill
dren would scamper into the woods at the
approach of 'furriners," as they call any
one not living in the mountains, and real
foreigners by the way, they call the "out-
landish," which is literal after all
The New York herald., 1921-10-02

PVd Days With Mnhine
nfor Washington
With Jazz Band Also Remembered With Its Amusing Climax
The New York herald., 1921-10-02

counter. He gulped 1t down. He passed
few words with the bartender.
Another one. please" he said cheerfully.
The second one was produced Again he
gulped 1t down. He talked some more
II believe / will have another one," he
remarked
Probably you WILL but you owe for two
now" said the bartender.
Yes. know it."
We'll, where is the money. I'll take two
dollars, please"
"Oh, haven't any money. You see it is
illegal for you to sell whiskey, so / am as
sisting You in obeying the law by not
paying YOU"
You may think you will get away with
that, but you will not.." answered the bar
tender. He reached into a drawer for
pistol, which he placed on the counter.
That pistol will not do particle of good"
said the stranger. You see, in the first place
l haven't got the money, and in the second
place, If you were to create a disturbance,
and particularly If you were to shoot me,
you would get into an awful amount Of
trouble"
The pistol was replaced in the drawer,
while the bartender glared at the man.
II tell you what l will do" said the
stranger. IF you win give me that third
drink l viii tell you how to avoid things
like this in the future"
"Well, just on account of the nerve of
you I'll do It," answered the bartender, and
he produced the drink The man drank 1t
with very evident relish
Now, I'll tell you what to do" he said
confidentally. Throw away that pistol
which you can't use any more, and buy
stomach pump. which may come in handy
some time"
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
BY DOROTHY STEELE.

w YHEN the smoke of battle clears
M/ away and the excitement over
strikes and feuds dies down on the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-12
Girl, Talks
Constantly
forOneW Week

wAuRECAN. IN. Feb. H.
Physicians here were puzzled To-
day over the case OF Miriam Ru.
bind. s.year-oid daughter OF a
wealthy department store owner
here. who has talked constantly
for one week.
During that time rhe has not
aieps. II was said. except for two
hours Monday night. During her
alecp she continued 10 talk.
The Riri IN said 10 realize her
condition. but IN not worried. Her
conversation ls rational for that Of
child. She talks constantly
about dolls. dolls clothes. school
and dancing.
Physicians have ordered the
child TO remain In bed in the hope
that she might drop off 10 sleep
and stop talking. But she con.
tinucs 90 remain wide awake and
laughs when something amuses
her fancy.
Doctors say the child Is In good
health and are unable to explain
her condition. One theory advanc-
ed was that tho talking spell is "A
forcrunncr to sleeping sickness.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-12
TRAIL TRAGEDY
IS DISCOVERED
Bones Of Man, Six Dogs
Found in North

DURANGO. Colo. Feb. 1s.-A
tragedy OF the Dawson trail has been
revealed here with the receipt OF in
formation by friends of Jack Parr.
former Durango resident. that the
bones OF man and six dogs were re.
ported found $50 miles from White
Horse. Yukon territory.
In the mans clothes was found n
letter addressed 10 Parr and written
by his fiancec, Miss Mary Macse. san
Elizario. Tex.
Parr and Alex Strong left Haincs.
Alaska. for Fairbanks, $50 miles. No
vember 20. 1920, against the advice
Of friends. Indians reported finding
the bones last month. Nothing is
known OF the fate OF Strong. 1t is
believed the men were victims Of a
wolf pack.
Parr served overseas with the goth
engineers.