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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-09-30
School Children Underweight.

Miss Martha Smart, the community
nurse, has completed the survey OF the
children in the grades and the girls OF
the high school as to their weight. The
results are startling, and the deduc-
lions from them may give parents and
teachers some food for thought.
Measured by government standard OF
weights of children of normal develop
ment, representing 100 per cent, the
weights recorded for the children of
Edgerton so far weighed, IS per cent
are below the government standard, or
in other words, under weight. Forty
five per cent of the 65 per cent are 10
per cent more under weight.
By grades the underweight percent
age runs as follows:
kindergarten Is per cent, first grade
IS per cent, second grade 70 per cent,
third grade SO per cent, fourth grade
TAI per cent, fifth grade SO per cent,
sixth grade Sc per cent, seventh grade
70 per cent, eighth grade "a per cent
of the children are under weight.
In the high school only the girls have
been weighed to date. The results are:
Freshmen 55 per cent, sophomores 3S
per cent, and seniors % per cent of the
girls are under weight.
The normal underweight for all chill
dren is estimated at 20 per cent through
out the land.
While an analysis of these figures has
not yet been made, the facts so far OBJ
tanned are of great Importance. The
relative underweight of rural and city
children has not yet been tabulated,
nor the relative underweight of boys
compared with girls in the grades, nor
has the weight of high school boys been
taken.
The deductions to be made from the
figures will have reference to amount
of food, nature of food, amount OF
work, nature of work, sleep, recrea-
ton, pleasure, habits, and constitu-
IlOuhI IdCLOISs 1ucIS nUSt
be some reason for the large percent.
age of underweights. Generally oui
children have plenty food. Have they
the proper kind of food? have they
enough sleep, or do they keep too late
hours? What is the nature of Their
pleasures? These and many more ques
tions press themselves upon US at ;
mere glance a1 these weight tables.
The Reporter will give information
on this very important matter as ths
material is gathered and analysed b.
the superintendent. Here is field o
service where the community nurs,
may be of the greatest aid in making
school life and community life NOR,
wholesome. By finding the true condi
tions and establishing the defects, tn
remedies can be more easily deter
mined.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-09-30
Measuring Earth.s Circumference.

Erastothenes, who lived between 275
and 195 B. O., probably was the first
to measure the earth's circumference
and adopted the same method that is
employed at present. He found that
the distance between Syene and Alex
andria was one-fftieth of great cir
cle-about seven degrees 13 minutes
and on this basis computed the circum-
ference of the earth to be $4,000
stadia. The exact length of the sta
dunn he used is not known and it is
not possible to compute the degree
of error in his calculations.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-09-30
League of Wisconsin Municipalities
Convention


The annual convention of the
League of Wisconsin Municipalities
is this year held at GAINESVILLE and
Edgerton October II, 13, and IA.
Edgerton will entertain the conven
ton Thursday afternoon the 18th.
The estimated attendance is about
500, mayors, councilmen, engineers,
attorneys and other officials connect
ed with municipal government in the
Wisconsin cities represented in the
league.
The convention takes up for dis
cussion matters Of Importance to the
management, regulation, taxation,
housing and other problems vital to
to the welfare of cities and their in
habitants. In way it is clearing
house of the problems of urban life,
ideas of municipal government under
conditions of today, and plans for
greater efficiency, economy and ser
vice in the handling of modern cities.
Mayor Leary, Aldermen Brown,
and Nelson, and city engineer Reic-
hardt did effective work in the con-
vention of last year at Lacrosse in
securing the convention for James
vile and Edgerton, distinction high
ly coveted by every city in the state.
Our city council is cooperating with
the city of GAINESVILLE in the enter
tainment of the convention, the Edg-
erton chamber of commerce is taking
charge of the entertainment here of
the convention Thursday afternoon
October Is.
At a meeting of the members of
the chamber of commerce and other
interested citizens last Wednesday
evening committees were appointed
and move started to finance the
affair. It was decided to give con-
vention members a hearty welcome,
, show it's members visiting the city
the place and the activeties going on
here, and finally give them a banquet
All this entertainment to be free to
the guests of the city. The banquet
will be held in the high school GYM
. nasium, and the catering done under
the supervision of Miss Anna Hoen
and the domestic science department
of which she is the head.
/ The following committees We're
appointed:
! Executive-B. C. Wilson, Fred
! Young, VIM. Mcintosh, E. L. Moor
man, P. Biederman, FL. c. Schmeling.
! Music-Fred Maves.
Autos-T. B. Earle.
Publicity-Ristad, Gle, Menhall.
/ Observation-Disclosures City Council
L. H. Towne, G. A. Hoen, Heads of
| all organizations in city.
Finance-A. C. Anderson, A. III.
Jensen, T. B. Earle.
Ladies reception Geo. Far
man, she to appoint assistants.
Decorations, VIM. Bardeen, Stewart
and Blakesley.
Roads-Geo. Doty, Mccarthy, Robt.
Bruhn and James Arthur.
Edgerton wants to put her best
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-09-30

We have carloads of potatoes on
track all the time. Information call
300 Red. Nathan Swerdloff. 46tf
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-09-30
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 80. 1921.

Entered as Second-class Mail Matter at
the Postoffice in Edgerton, Wisconsin.
Deming graphic., 1921-04-12
VOCATIONAL TRAINING

Miss Anna Magee. In charge Of the
home economics of the Deming High
School, reports that the girls OF her
classes are greatly interested In home
project work and all Of che pupils have
signed up aud have begun home wark.
The related science is given by Miss
Josephine Hendricks. and the art by
Miss Gladys Amber The home ccono-
mices classes have done some valuable
work In the community activities In
testing the milk and meat supplied
through daries and markets and other
food and sources OF food.
The board OF education Is planning
to employ an instructor of vocational
agriculture for next year ON n part
time plan, 10 give half time to the class
and half II his time to the county.
Vocational Training.
Deming graphic., 1921-04-12
KANSAS CITY MARKET

Kansas CITY Stock Yards, April 4
Though cattle receipts We're fairly lib
eral for the first Monday In April. d.
mand was active with prices strong
to - cents higher than last weeks :
close. The advance late last week
and todays gain wiped out the break
reported Monday aud Tuesday last
week. Hog prices We're irregular most
ly steady 10 10 cents higher than Fri
day. with demand quiet. Sheep were
about steady. but lambs were weak.
TOdays Receipts
Receipts today were l2,On cattle
1900 hogs and 10000 sheep. compared
with 10000 cattle 1900 cattle, l5.WN
hogs. and II 900 sheep asweek ago and
$50 cattle. 1880 hogs, and hSoU
sheep n year ago.
Deming graphic., 1921-04-12

When one Of the Transports wen,
over last spring the chaplain, finding
group Of men sitting together on
the deck with nothing 10 do. began 70
tell them stories. He did not say they
we're Bible stories. lie just told them
FOR their brilliant value az tales And
he told the story OF Paurs shlpwreck
and those II Gays In typhoon when
he was making his famous voyage 70
Rome. When ne had finished a man
called out 10 him:
"WhO was that guy7"
"The story teller replied that II was
man named Paul. The soldier went
below and aroused his bunkie "The
chaplain was telling US story up on
deck about a fellow named Paul, and
he was some man"
Deming graphic., 1921-04-12
SERVICE MEN ARE ACCUSED

DESPITE the many stories Of crimes
by former service men aud the Mt
cmpt to fasten the spread of crime
In this country on the hoys who wore
The uniform during The world war. the
present wave OF lawlessness T. not due
to the veterans" saId George l.. VII
muth Of Atlanta. "Too many men.
caught in some minor offcnse. attempt
20 ESCAPE consequences OF thler acts
Wy declaring themselves to be- former
prvlcc men
Newspapers all over the United
States print stories almost every week
about crimes committed by former SER
vice men, and this tends to spread the
idea that former soldiers are respon-
sihle for most Of the crimes committed.
This IMPRESSION should he corrected.
The legislatures should pass laws max
ing il felony 10 represent oneself Ms
n soldler when the culprit has never
donned the uniform, and the American
Iecion should take steps TO have all
such men adequately punished. There
Is a law against wearing a soldiers
uniform unless In the service. The
puhlic should Withhold Judgment unit,
they find that former soldiers are real
perpetrators of the crime
Deming graphic., 1921-04-12
SPANISH CLASS

At the solicitation OF few friends |
nave started u class In Spanish. There
Is room for a few more students and
any one desiring to join the class
please phone 2i7 or call on the under
signed at 20i 5. Copper Avenue. our
next meeting will be held at the resi-
dence of Mr.. c. +. Sage. 3Oi $. Granite
Avenue, Wednesday evening at 1850.
Price per lesson soc. Class meets once
week I. NJ. HAtNWID.
Rice second sheets are best for dupli-
eating. This can be had at n rcasona'
ole price at the Graphic office.
Deming graphic., 1921-04-12

fairly strong position. The hest steers
here. not prime. sold up 20 S0.2a and
most OF the native steers sold at $S.25
to $a.OO. Colorado steers brought $500
To $9.15. Cows and heifers were strong
To - cents higher. Prime COWS sold
up 20 $3.50. and hclfers up 10 $Ss25.
Veal calves were strong tn 30 cents
higher.
Stockers and Feeders.
A large percent of the offerings was
thin cattle today than week ago and
country demand had chance 10 ex-
pand. Trade WAS active at strong
prices. A good many southwest stock
ers were offered. Demand was mostly
on grazing accounts Some fleshy
feeders brought 5000.
Hogs
Hog prices averaged steady TO lc
cents higher than last weeks close
though there were some spots thai
looked lower ON rough heavy grade
The top price was 500, aud bulk of
the offerings sold at $50 to $3.50
Very few choice light weight hogs werc
offered. Stock pigs sold at $1,000 to
S11 90
Sheep and lambs
lambs were quoted weak and sheer
steady. Declines elsewhere tended tC
10 restrict trade here. Fat lambs sold
ut S7T5 10 500. ewes $500 90 500
ana wetherS $500 To $3.50. Clipped
lambs brought $3.50 TO $50
Horses and Mules
I Trade I'm the better classes OF horses
and mules was active at STEADY prices
/ Plain and ordinary kinds sold slowly.
CHARLES N. PIPklN.
Market Correspondent
Deming graphic., 1921-04-12
PARTY At ARMORy-

Mr.. and Mrs, G. A. Gibson gave a
most elaborate bridge party at the
Arm0ry Friday night There were
more than eighty guests present. The
attractive prizes for high score were
won by Miss ErhcS ana T. \. Burdick
and Mrs. T. A. Sanders and r. ID. Mar
tin won prizes for second highest
score. Al midnight q delicious >uppcs
was served In the dining room. The
table which extended along two sides
II the dining room WIS decorated with
baskets uf sweet peas. ana other
spring flowers The Misses MeaSday
wandru Pollard. Mary Clark. Lucille
Gibson. christine Gibson and Nell Gib
son assisted Mrs Gibson IN serving
Butter cartons and butter paper at
] the Graphic office
Deming graphic., 1921-04-12
FOR RENT

FOR RENT Broom modern furnished
house. COS W Spruce street. 2Stfc.
Deming graphic., 1921-04-12
New Position on Team.

Nelghbor-They tell me your son is
sn the college football team. Do you
know what position he plays7
Prond Mother-rm not sure. but ]
Ihlnk he's one OF the drawbacks
Deming graphic., 1921-04-12

'rhe Clerk Carrier examination,
scheduled To he held on April > for the
needs Of the local post office, was post
poncd two Weeks, and will be held next
saturday morning, April 10, at the
High School building
Deming graphic., 1921-04-12

Try some OF the Graphic's typewriter
naper cut TO suit every purpose ana al
prices 10 be had at the Graphic OFFICE.
Deming graphic., 1921-04-12
TOdays Receipts
Beef Cattle

A better tone prevailed in demand
for fat cattle. AMI with prices strong
to higher las; weeks early decline was
wiped out. The market appears In Il
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-01
: : FARM ! :
! LAND VALUES
ZOO. IN ACRE


Deused nm la1ds = 1eck r.
II ! county k1so On aSegaee value
= $50 IN acrA according 70
C H. G. CAMPBELL. county crop
= oepondent, whose February ~
~ u largely givea oves - land
Vo[1ntions. Values raneo from
IN IN acrs for poor pl0w lands
IN 80 for good lands. UuimDrov-
~ farm ;aAds have IN svefage
49, Of @175.
nantals average 31S a acrs .
yon4y according TO the crop expee1
~ estimates the average fa5W
tDs1 ocluds ~ screA Plow Aelds
r1It for 80 . year o. IN average
vq1uAtion Of 800.
iarge quantities Of last yoar's
cft1b ramain On the farm. Seventy
~ csat Of the oats, - PER csnt Of
~ barley. IS per cent Of the wheat
aa1 IS per cent Of the corn crops
~ still on the farms. Shipments
a. crops. already made or sched-
ulo1 to be made will take 20 per
cenf Of the corn, 50 per cent Of tho
vaoet and 20 per cent Of the bar
loy outside the county.
Hrm prices arr reported in the
aGhodule - follows: corn. IS cents;
vboat. $3.50: oats, 50 cents: bar
4 ~, 20 cents: rye. $40; white
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-01
FIRE LEADS TO
LOSS Of CARGO

Baltimore. Nd. narcn Lire
which broke out on the shipping
board steamer East Chicago today
badly damaged the vessel, and it,
general cargo, valued 1t $3.50, 900,
was esjd to have been virtually
rui1sd By water.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-01
HEAD COLDS STARTED IT

HEAD COLDS STARTED TT
We all know persons now suffer-
ing from . constitutional disorder
which had its start from a cold in
thu head. It 10 not wise to let a
cold continue In the hopes that it
WIN wear itself out A little simple
medication taken at the proper time
10 better.
The simplest form OF such medi-
cation is q small tablet which may
be easily swallowed without incon-
veniencing anyone. We recommend
Rsxali Laxative Aspirin u. D. co.,
Cold Tablets; they contain Aspirin
u. D. Coz Actanilide. Aloin and
Capsicum.
These ingredients are most val
uabls in allaying pain, reducing
fever, drying up coryza, lessening
Inflammation, eliminating poison
Gus secretions, warming up the
stomach and shortening the dura-
ton Of the disease.
II cold is not treated when the
1irst symptoms show themselves. It
will frequently develop into moro
serious complications.
Get Of us box Of these Cold
Tablets today. Take them accord
ing TO directions the moment the
first symptoms appear and you will |
obtain real relief.
Ne guarantee them.
ScAlcgel's Rexall Drug Store. Ind
ave.ne and 18th stssst. Rock Is
Ind Il-(Adyl
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-01

Mrs. August Larson spent ~,
and aSturday at the Claua fes
home.
Mr.. Charles Blcombers 49,
several days the last week a =.
John Holtz home, near Sherr,,s
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-01

held here from the home Of her
parents to the Lutheran church.
Rev. Carl Benander officiating. In
torment was in the Lutheran Gene
terry.
Rev. and Mrs. Carl Benander and
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-01

daughter Marie attended the ladies'
Aid society at the homo Of Mrs. G.
N. johnson, near Sherrard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Stromquist
OF Rock Island. spent Sunday at the
Ira Guidensof home.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-01

(Sp0cIM CUtIeSpunuenC0.J
Miss Amanda Blcomquist passed
away 4 the home Of her sister, near
Orion, last Friday. The funeral was
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-01
The
Romance of
Silk

There 10 hardly On sceasion
where silk il not Appropriate
afternoon. evening. morning. for
NAL wear, sports wesr aud Of
course weddings and all personal
and family ceremonies which re-
quire formal dress
Silk h light IN weight In pro-
portion to the comfort and the
warmth or coolness it affords the
wearer.
Should eas have the epportun-
ity Of viewing the manufacture Of
silks, 1t would surely open your
eyes and make you wonder how
it is humanity possible to make
such fne fabrics TO sell At such 4
normal cost to the Yfrchaser.
Most women know uilke sd their
wearing qualities: and ssf these
who don't-come in and let as ex-
plain all those little things that
will make you doubIy appreciate
the value Of this wonderful ms.
terial.
The labor world., 1921-09-03

During his campaign for election
five years ago Senator kellogg made
a campaign among workingmen on
the strength of complimentary letters
of endorsement given by officers of the
railroad brotherhoods for some service
he had rendered during the adminis-
tration Of President Roosevelt
His friendship for the railroad
brotherhoods evidently ceased upon
his election to the senate. A holder
of railroad securities he voted for the
Cummins bill, and recently engin-
eered a coup by which l.. E. Sheppard,
president of the Order of Railroad
Conductors, and w. H. Johnston, pres
ident of the International Association
Of Machinists', were refused the pri-
vilege of appearing before the senate
committee on Interstate Commerce to
voice the protest Of railroad employees
against the passage of the bill to loan
the road a half billion dollars.
Senator kellogg will no doubt hear
from the railroad men Of Minnesota
during the next campaign, and he will
lie called upon to give his reason for
refusing to permit the railroad men
to be heard on such a matter of vital
concern to them.
The labor world., 1921-09-03
Break Union Arrogance.

these conditions to help break union
arrogance isfreely admitted; although
one prominent employer put it per-
haps a trifle bluntly when said the
other day: The union man is not
S. cocky as he was just before the
election. In a little while he will be
eating out of mis- employers hand"
The unions are weakened as a fight
ing force by their jurisdictional divi-
sions their conservatism and preoccu-
patton with petty politics. 1t is plain
moreover, that at present public SYM
pathy does not turn to organized labor.
Accusations of labor profiteering
largely unjuslified-and revelations,
such as those lately made in New York,
of the corruption of individual labor
leaders have hurt the workers cause
in the public mind.
With the generous assistance Of the
political party in power in Washington
the employers have some reason to
feel hopeful. Certain factors, how
ever. may modify the outcome of their
drive If the period of depression
turns out, as wiser men than Harding
believe, to be a short one, the labor
situation will change.
Revival Is Due.
The Federal Reserve monthly bull
letin, the Annalist. the current report
of the Harvard committee on economic
research, the monthly review of Ma
tional City Bank, all agree in gen.
eral expectation that a revival is due.
II they are correct, it is obvious that
the employers Of the country cannot
work their will upon even the weaker
unions.
Even breads lines and unemploy-
ment and the vast pamphleteering
campaign Of organized business can 10
no more Titan defeat individual unions
in weak industries and they may have
the salutary effect of forcing the rank
and file to think in other and more
constructive terms. Meanwhile the
poor public victimized like the labor
unions by the literary deluge sent out
by the employers. should keep firmly
in mind the true meaning Of the open
shop:-The Painter.
The labor world., 1921-09-03
THE OLD MANAGER SPEAKS
BY BertOn, Braley.

I've handled a pick and a shovel,
I've sat at a bench in my time,
I've done heavy work in the heat
and the murk,
I've known all the sweat and the
CRIME;
And so, when some frosty-eyed ex-
Talks Labor" as if it was coal,
"A commodity Just choke
for a spell
Before I regain my control.
Plague take all this dope economic
That plans human toll in it's
charts,
I tell you that "Labor's" your friends
and your neighbors,
It's Folks that have bodies and
hearts,
It's fathers and brothers and hus-
bands
With mothers and sweethearts
and wives,
Who love and who hate and who
dream and who wait;
It's real people living their lives.
Now maybe I'm mo oss-backed and
rusty,
But here's how it lines up to me;
Statistics will aid in the plans you
have made,
They're useful to quite a degree,
But all of your lore scientific
Will fall down again and again,
Unless in your brain this one fact
you retain
That "Labor' means flesh-and
blood Men.
In brief. it's a problem that's Human,
No soulless Commodity stuff,
And the very best plan I have hap
pened to scan
Is just to be human enough;
And when it is finally settled
Q fear I won't be here by them
1t won't be by art of a book or
chart,
But by Men dealing fairly with
Men.
GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.
A tightwad had just lost a ducat
From the pocket in which he had
stucat;
I'll bet you my life,"
He grumbled, my wife
Has found out had it and tucat."
The labor world., 1921-09-03
THE RECORD.

HoWell.-"Last night was the hot
test night in the year."
PoWell.-"Not for me: the hottest
night for me was when my wife dis
covered thaat my pay had been raised
and I hadn't told her of it."-New
York Sun.
The labor world., 1921-09-03
THE UNION MANS CREED
I'll be as fair as I know how-to
the people I serve, to the people
work for, to the people I work with.
With this creed l feel the rest is
in hands Of Providence.
ANCIENT (?) HISTORY

Jack.-"Your headache must be
due to all that home brew you drank
at Jonesy's party last night
Mac.-"No. no. not at ALL attri-
butte it to the fact that I went to
sleep this morning without remov-
ing Jonesy's goldfish bowl was wear
ing for a met"-New York Sun.
The labor world., 1921-09-03

The employer who takes labor bv
the hand rather than the throat, will
fare best in the long run.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-06-30
CELEBRITIES
AT RINGSIDE
Greatest Assemblage of
Notables Ever to Attend
Pugilistic Encounter
ATTORNEY GENERAL
DAUGHERTY IS ONE
j ?. Morgan, Henry Ford,
Gov. Edwards Of New
Jersey And So On

New York, June 30.---When Jack
Dempsey and Georges Carpenter face
each other for the worlds heavy.
| weight boxing championship in Jersey
City Saturday afternoon there will be
present a greater assemblage Of ma
tional and international dignitaries
than ever before attended a pugilistic
contest in the history of the sport.
France, England, Canada, Australia,
Africa and even China and Japan have
contributed their quotas in the crowds
of fight fans already here.
Attorney General Dougherty will be
at the ringside. Innumerable dipio-
mats and political leaders have made
their reservations.
Among the well known business men
and financiers who will attend are j. P.
Morgan, Henry Ford Harry Payne
Whitney, S. w. Baruch, Harry f. Gug-
genheim, Percy Rockefeller, Vincent
Aston, Russell G. Colt aand others of
equal prominence.
Governor Edward l. Edwards of New
Jersey and Miss Anne Morgan will
be in boxes.
Hundreds of celebrities in the must
cal, Theatrical and moving picture
worlds have engaged seats. Among
them are David Belasco, John McCor-
mack, Morris Gest, William Farnum,
and "Eddi Leonard" Douglas Fair
banks, accompanied by party of 200
notables from the California moving
picture studios, will arrive tomorrow
and special train bringing 1000 Chi
cago business men win reach here
Friday morning. 4
James j. Jeffries with his wife and
will be at the ringside, Jim
Croffroth, the San Francisco promoter,
has purchased his ticket.
Other prominent names on the list
include James j. Corbett, Rex Beach, |
William A. Brady, George AIDE, Sam
Harris, Big Bill" Edwards, William J.
Flynn, chief of the United States secret
service; George NJ. Cohen. A. j. Drexel
Biddle and George w. Loft.