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The New York herald., 1921-04-10
Reviewed by GEORGE KENT.

T HE apples which figure in the earliest
records and of the days before his
= tory were crabs-small knotty crabs.
The Graces of Mount Olympus scratched
each others faces on account of golden
crab. and Adam went forth from Eden be-
cause of an Illicit bite The only apple
Indigenous to this continent is the prairie
crab, which botanists declare in the days of
old was an Asiatic.
The red checked. juicy apple that we
know was first developed in Europe. and in
New York State there is an interesting
legend to the effect that this apple preceded
the white man in the penetration and con-
quest of the wild regions of the State
The legend tells that apple seeds fell into
the hands of Seneca and Cayuga Indians.
who sowed them-a story which is confirmed
by Gen. Sullivan, who In 1873 reported find
The New York herald., 1921-04-10
Forget the Past,
Live the Present"

AMERICAS DUTY: AS SHOWN BY OUR
MILITARY HISTORY BY Major r-General
Leonard Wood, U. S A. Chicago: Reilly
& Lee.
Before the United States entered the war
Gen. Wood seemed to many OF us Cassan
dra He has now emerged into tho II told
you so" class. His efforts on behalf Of pre-
not however say too much about the past
He knows that II Is not in keeping with our
national temperament to look backward
We want to live in the present as much as
possible.
I'm our country peace societies arc not
new idea The New York Peace Society was
founded in 1915, and as long ago as 1927
there were many peace societies in tho
United States. The effort has passed
through many stages: the pacidsts OF to-
day must not flatter themselves that they
have discovered that is brutal. Cicero
emphasized II In his day Seneca charac-
terized war as plain insanity 1f II could
be stopped by pointing out that II Is brutal
and gives pain It would have been stopped
long ago"
Gen Wood delivers himself throughout with
much common sense lie believes that tho
solution for our L. * Of preparedness is uni
versal training. lie argues for this on a
democratic basis. He corrects some msin-
terpretation OF the Swiss military system.
1t does not consist in shooting holes through
Swiss cheeses to ventilate them. in contra
distinction to the customs In the duchy OF
Limburg II is really method Of equipping
a national army which deserves our serious
consideration.
The New York herald., 1921-04-10

dox Greek Church-minged in common re-
joicing Never" writes the Count. did l
pray with more fire than at that moment.
We were all welded by the heat of an en-
thusiasm for the great principle, Thou
shalt not kill"
In limited space 1t is not possible to give
any adequate idea of the detailed and illum-
inating description of the Russian court, mil
itary and bureaucratic circles during the
seven years following the Portsmouth con-
ference To many Americans these pages
may seem the rehearsal of vanished exist
ence But to students of Russia's last years
under the Car the record will seem "the
background of a great nations tragedy,
painted by its greatest statesman"
The New York herald., 1921-04-10
BOOK REVIEWS
Imperial Russia Feared Publication
Of Book by Czar's Greatest Minister

THE MEMOIRS OF COUNT wITTE. Trans
lated from the Original Russian manuscript
and edited by Abraham Yarmolinsky. Dou-
bleday. Page Co.
BRIEF memorandum may give the
~ reader more compact view of TINS
remarkable man. Sergius Witte
was Premier under Nicholas H.. and the
man who reorganized Russia's finances at
time when it still possible to maintain
any stable financial system at all At the
end of the Japanese war, as he implies In
the chapter about the Peace of Portsmouth.
Russia's finances had fairly "gone glimmer-
ing" Witte was the principal author of the
first constitution ever granted by the Car,
and the chief builder of Russian railways.
He is generally recognized as the ablest
statesman Russia ever produced and one OF
the leading statesmen in all Europe. His
narrative, of extraordinary frankness. gives
as nearly complete a statement OF the con-
dtions in Russia which precipitated the
revolution as the general American reader
is capable of receiving.
Countess Witte contributes a brief ex-
planatory preface to her distinguished hus-
bands memoirs. In it she gives the key to
the spirit and principles which actuated
Count Witte during the whole period of his
public life, and which underie the fasci-
nating-and at times almost startling-sim-
plicity and frankness of the present chron-
icle of Russian affairs he saw them and
was part of them
diplomatist writing for publication af-
ter the generation in which he lived shall
have left the world, usually permits him
self degree, or at least a semblance, of
open speech and critical opinion Of those
who were his contemporaries. But in these
memoirs their author has made such an ex-
position of his beliefs and contact with the
great figures and influences in the Russian
court and Government as boy might make
in his journal. if he kept one, of his expert
ences in school where he found himself
almost constantly in fights, lesser and
greater with other boys.
The New York herald., 1921-04-10
THE PEACE OF PORTSMOUTH

RURAL PROBLEMS IN THE UNITED
STATES. BY James f. Boyle. Chicago A.
C. McClurg & Co.
The New York herald., 1921-04-10
Compared With Europe, Witte Said,
people Ate Very Poorly in America


tiary, Komura. committed a grand bunder
He rather avoided the press. and
took advantage of his tactlessness to stir
up the press against him and his cause.
Ny personal behavior may also
partly account for the transformation Of
American public opinion | took care to
treat all the Americans with whom l came
in contact with the utmost simplicity of
manner. This behavior was
heavy strain on me, as all acting is to the
unaccustomed but 1t surely worth the
trouble
Il paid Tisit to President Roosevelt at
Oyster Bay, within one hours ride from the
city Baron Rosen accompanied me. Roose-
velt occupied a small house OF his own, in
which he still lives, being retired into pri-
vate life. 1t looked like an ordinary summer
house Of burgher with small means All
the servants at the house were black. Roose-
welt has been a lifelong advocate of full
equality OF negroes and whites. l
had a long business talk with the President.
He was displeased with my attitude.
We had luncheon. at which, besides the host
and the two guests, were the Presidents
wife his daughter by his first wife and her
husband. The luncheon was more than sim
pie and for a European almost indigestible.
There was no tablecloth, and Ice water in
stead of wine. little wine was, served to
Baron Rosen as an exception. ] noticed
that. generally speaking, people ate very
poorly In America.
Count Witte got away from his secret
service men In New York and went to the
Ghetto to talk with Russian Jews, whom he
found very friendly, in spite of police infor-
nation that some of them would try to Kill
him. He also talked with Russian Jews at
Cambridge, where he had luncheon with the
president of Harvard. He says he found the
same attitude among the Russian Jews at
Portsmouth.
At Portsmouth. Of course. things went
pretty badly for Russia, for the Japanese
we're nsstent, and Wtte knew he had to
make terms, yet without indemnity or
cession OF land" Things looked very black
indeed. His notation of the crisis shows
more emotion than is usual in his cool
rative:
ION the eve Of the last day Of the confer
ence | had been stll in the dark as to
whether the treaty would be signed by the
Japanese My sleep was obsessed with
nightmares and interrupted by intervals Of
praying and weeping. My mind was a house
divided against itself. | was aware that the
conclusion of peace was imperative. Other
wise felt we were threatened with COM
pete debacle, involving the overthrow of the
dynasty, to which I was and am devoted
with all my heart and soul / knew | did
not bear the slightest particle OF guilt for
this terrible war. On the contrary, did all
I could TO oppose 1t. Yet II fell to my lot to
be instrumental in concluding this treaty,
The New York herald., 1921-04-10

The COMMERCIAL APPLE INDUSTRY OF
NORTH AMERICA. BY j. G. Folger and
s. NJ Thomson. The Macmillan Company
The New York herald., 1921-04-10
Health Is an Issue
of National Economy

GREAT AMERICAN ISSUES. BY John Hays
Hammond and jeremiah w. jerks Charles
Scribners Sons
The New York herald., 1921-04-10

THE MEMOIRS OF COUNT WITTE. Trans
lated from the Original Russian manuscript
and edited by Abraham Yarmolinsky. Dou-
beday, Page & Co.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09
I'll L.rsterfolk

Lyster holder man for tiden paa
at fannie ind penge til en- gamIehlem,
som man faar kobe tomt og Jord til
paa Harums Eiendom, straX udenfor
| Grindateigen. ca. maal med Strand
| linje og ypperleg Tomt til Baadnaust.
/ vi har famlet ind omtrent 1000 kron-
| err her Lyster or driver fremdeles paa
Sssd indsamlingen. Heimen kommer
till at koste omtrent 100000 kroner,
naar den blir fardig.
Det har visit sig, at Ncrsk-Amerika-
mere fra Lyster, fom gjennem SINE
slegtninge er gjort bekjendt med dem
ne byfdeplan, har interesseret sig for
sagen or sendt bidrag to heimen. Un-
| dertegnede har derfor troet, at en- hem
vendelse til Lysterfolk glennem den
| Observation-Disclosures presse like Wide
we're uvelkommen.
| Navnene paa de eventuelle givere wi
bli indskrevet i gaTaleheimens boyer,
of vedkommende givere vii saaledes
we'd en- gave I'll Lyster Gamleheim kun
ne reise sig ct varigt mindesmerke
Hjembygden.
Undersegenede, der of Lyster Her
redsstyre er valgt til formand / gam
/ leheimskomiteen vii kvittere for mod
tagne pengebelob den Norsk-Amer-
ikanske presse, hgesom han v1l foge
for, at navnene paa giverne sammen
med belohenes storrelfe hlir indfort
gamleheimens boyer.
En- saadan gave. stor eller llden--
hvis den strax blir indsendt, blir allie
gayer store paa grund of hursen-vll
vaure vardifuld Den vii nemlig for
uden at ware en- kjarkommen hjalp I'll
byggearbeidet ware endnu ct vidnes
byrd I'll, ON at gamle NOR er elsket at
sine barn, og at ekke tufen vande, ON
de err brede som Atlanterhavet, kan
adslukke denne kjarlighed.
Hist slanken Silje. Heg og Pill
0g Rogn sig sammenranke.
Diet nogne Field de dakke VII.
bet er en- kjarleg Tanke.
Saa, Norske BrOdre, Bryst we'd Brysi
vi vile med vemodig Iyst
Vor Moder's Brost selv hylle til
bet er en- kjerleg Tanke.
Lyster, fste Oktoher, 1921.
s. S. Rodland,
/ Sogneprest til Lyster of Provst Indrs
Sogn-
Bedes Optaget ale Norsk-Ameris
sAanske Aviser. d. :.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09
PRACTICALLY NO LIMIT
To MANS ENTHUSIASM
HAVING PRACTICALLY CORNER
ED THE DRUG MARKET WITH
OUT OBTAINING RELIEF HE
TELLS HIS FRIENDS GARREN'S
TONIC BEATS ALI.

Mr.. Sol Wheeler of I'll 18th ST..
Denver, who suffered for fifteen years
with what he considered hopeless
stomach trouble, says two bottles of
Garren's Tonic made new man of
him.
Il suffered agony from stomach
trouble and nervous indigestion and
all the discomforts that go with this
trouble such as gas on my stomach,
palpation of the heart, shortness of
breath, constipation and awful dizzy
spells. | even reached the stage where
the thought of eating was a horror
to me, because l suffered so much
misery afterwards with heart burn
My head, | thought it would burss ana
my nights were spent tossing back
and forth from one side of the bed
to the other
81 had about bought out the drug
bists in Denver and spent hundreds
of dollars for medicines of one kind
or another and was altogether dis
couraged when | deided | would take
a last shot with this new medicine !
had read so much about-Garren's
Tonic. want to tell ali of my friends
Il can hardly believe it myself that
all of those disagreeable symptoms
| mentioned are gone and two bot
ties of Garren's Tonic have made a
new man out of me. / am no longer
constipated, have fine appetite, sleep
like log all night and wake up feel
ing just as rested as a child. My
faith in Garren's Tonic is so great l
am not only recommending it to all
my friends, but have sent my brother
who lives in Cripple Creek two bot
ties"
Garren's Tonic is sold in Viroqua
by C. F. Dahl, in Stoddard by A. u.
Curry, in Hj'lsboro by R. Richards
and by the leading druggists in every
city.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09
OBITUARY

Elmer Guy Harris was born on As
bury Ridge, near Viroqua, Wis, 0cto-
Der IL, 1898. His mother died when
he was only two years of age. He
was called to the service of his eoun-
try during the World War and left
Viroqua, July q, I919. Soon after
his arrival in France he was taken
sick with the flu and passed away
after a brief illness October %, 1919,
aged 26 years and ii days. He is sur
vived by his father, Marion Harris
two sisters, Mrs. J. Stoda and Mrs.
SEWERS, and two brothers, Herman
and Frank, all of Viroqua.
Funeral services were conducted
last Friday from the home by j. Harry
Bullock.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09
Thirtieth Wedding Anniversary

Mr.. and Mrs. James Sands were
very pleasantly surprised on October
% when about so of their friends and
neighbors dropped in on them with
well filed baskets to help them cele-
brate their Both wedding anniversary.
The evening was spent visiting and
playing cards. Mr.. and Ms. Sands
are highly respected citizens of this
community and we wish them many
more years of happy welded life to-
gether. The families present were,
julius Somerfeld, Ed Crother, Herm
H. Fridell, Paul Wise, Evan Friedell,
Ed Thompson, Hurley Carr, Ed Carr,
Herm Dennis, Emmett Dickson, Henry
Huschka, Harry Porter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Waddell of LaFarge, Mrs. Nc
Henry and son Perry Of Viroqua, Supt.
and Mrs. Moore, Mr.. and Mrs. Jess
Sands. A small sum Of money was
left as remembrance of the occasion.
New Transcontinental Record
The Goodyear six wheel truck which
recently smashed the record between
Akron and the Pacific coast, broke
its own records and all existing trans
continental truck records on the re-
turn trip between Los Angeles and
New York City.
Fo1 the 3507 mile journey under ali
kinds of road conditions the truck
broke the tape at New York in six
days, Is hours and % minutes actual
running time. The total elapsed time
was II days and IA hours.
The average speed for the entire
trip was 21.9 miles per hour.
Dietz Sues for False Conviction
Madison, Wis.-Claim was made by
John Dietz before Gov Blaine and the
state board of control on Monday that
Oscar Harp, the deputy sheriff he was
convicted of killing on Oct. 8, 1910,
was alive, and that he had not met
death during the fight the Defender
of Cameron Dam" made against arrest
at his home in Sawyer county.
Dietz asks $4,000 from the state I'M
der a statute authorizing grant of a
maximum of $4,000 for false impris-
onment. He was recently pardoned
by Gov. Blaine from serving the re-
mainder Of his life term, following
conviction on charge of numbering
Harp.
During the hearing before the gov
ernor Dietz showed an unusual famil-
iarity with all details of the trial at
which he was convicted. He declared
that there was no record of the death
of Harp, that no bill had been present
ed by an undertaken for handling the
mody, and that there was no record
that the body had ever been shipped
from the town Of Winter, where is was
said to have been taken after the kill
ing.
Affidavit was presented from John
Rosseau of Rice Lake, saying that he
had seen Harp in Salt Lake City, Utah,
in 1917. Dietz further declared that
the bullet which was alleged to have
killed Harp could not be made to fit
the gun he had used, but that it was
of special caliber suited to the gun of
one Of the other deputy sheriffs.
Dietz argued that witnesses includ-
ing the governors secretary and the
attorney general had presented false
testimony at the trial, and that the
lumber company had bought up wit
nesses in order TO bring about his con-
viction. The governor and board plan
to go into the case fully.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09
MONEY TO LOAN

MONEY To LOAN
On farm property. Funds always
on hand, no delay. interest reason
able. also buy mortgages. Ad-
dress, or call on w. J. Hickish, 203 8.
4th Street. Lacrosse. wiz.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09

THE Father and Son" Banquet
L takes place at the Church par
lOrs Sunday evening, Nov. Ii, at
$50 o'clock. Every member of the
club is expected to bring boy who
is not attached to any other Sun
day school. Fathers, bring your
sOns-and an extra boy besides.
You boys who don't attend Sunday
school are urged to leave your
name at T0wner's or the Censor
office, and they will see that you
get chance to attend the banquet.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09
How Not To Take Cold
Capital $4,000

Some persons are subject to fire.
quent colds, while others seldom, if
ever, have a cold. You will find that
the latter take good care of them
selves. They take a shower or cold
sponge bath every day in a warm
room, avoid over heated rooms, sleep
with window open or partly open,
avoid excuses, over eating, becoming
over heated and then chilled and get
ting the feet wet. Then, when they
feel the first indication of cold, they
take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
without delay and it is soon over.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09
Fair Exchange

young man." said the elderly gen.
tleman sternly, "this is a dey-old pa
per you've sold me. Do you know
what may happen to you if you cult
vate habits of deception
'Can dat stuff" retorted the news
boy. "Dis is ten-year-old nickel you
me, but I'm sport and amt kickin."
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09

ed the other morning when IT woke
up and found that the great railroad
strike had been called off-that the
leaders had concluded that they could
MT fight their Uncle Sam.
Score one for government there.
It's power is great when it is of a
mind to use it.
Regardless of the merits of the case
no list of employers or organization
of employees has a right to paralyze
the whole country by arbitrarily fore
ing a widespread suspension of bust
ness.
The correct policy of republican
form of government is the conserva-
ton of the welfare of all of the people.
Shutting down public utilities by
either side to a controversy is no more
nor less than an act Of punishment
inflicted upon the innocent for the al
legged crimes of the guilty-the fore
ible curtaiIment or suspension of the
activities of the great majority of the
people in order that q small minority
may gain its point.
If injustice is prscticed by either
side it should be matter for govern
mental action and correction
/ Having averted the strike, the gov
eminent should now see to it that
neither side is permitted to exploit
itself a tine expense Of the other
and the people.
A big foot is quite as effective as
big stick. Use it.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09

For pocket knife or a pair of
shears, see Towner.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09
Speed Boy!

A darby was on the witness stand:
testifying as to a shooting scarpe.
Graphically he told how the prisoner
drew revolver, shooting at one Geo.
Henry and himself, and of how they
ran to save themselves.
"How fast did you rum" he was.
asked
east ez | could, subj"
"And how fast did George Henry
rum"
"How fast? Boss, eff dat boy had
of eat eggs fo' breakfast he would of
flewl"
DIR. R. W. Baldwin, dentist, over
Stoll & Groves. Phone 66.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09
Those bathing Beaufs

when they elect ladies to the SEN
ate, how do you suppose they will
dress? 2"
Movie Producer (absent mindedly:)
Doesn't make any difference. Ladies
don't have to wear much in Sennett."
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9
LITTLE THOUGHTS

O4N div ION A1C
Perseverance is often cammendable
SON etimes it is damnable.
Over IN England the Right Honor
able Reginald McKenna, former cab
met minister, is a very big man. He
is power in the world of finance.
Reggie blew into the domains of
Uncle Sammy a few weeks ago, took
a whlrl around the circle, and talked
eloquently of the scored obligation he
conceives to be ours-the cancella-
ton of the monumental debts the allies
owe to US.
Conceding him to be great man,
we took Reggie seriously-to his face.
In courtesy we could do no less. Great
men expect much consideration.
This may have befuddled dignified
Reggie little at first, and may have
caused him to entertain false hopes
of inducing us to rise like trout to
the bait and swallow the hook of can
collation..
But he was soon disillusioned.
Politely, but firmly, he was told that
we of America are nation and peo-
pie who believe in the payment of just
debts, even though it be necessary ia
stretch that payment over long per-
iod of time.
We love our allied friends as we love
ourselves, but we have too much re-
spect for their reconstructive ability
to place them in the mendicant class.
But if,as Reggie intimates, they will
not be able to survive unless we write
Cancelled" across their accounts on
our national ledger, then we fear they
are not worth saving. To make them
present fthose billions would be
like spreading expensive paint on
worm eaten lumber.
For some days now we've been
waiting for Reggie's smoke to clear
away in order to observe the effect of
his eloquence upon the American mind.
But there wasn't any smoke. There
was no fire The star spangled fish
didn't even nibble. Reggie, as a
match, failed utterly to ignite. As a
bait, he was about as effective as a
dead worm in the midst of live grass
hoppers.
Now we wonder who our dear friends
will send over next in their campaign
to convert us to their ideas when we
are determined to pursue our own
way of thinking.
Whoever he may be, we'll treat him
handsomely, feed him well, and send
him home little wiser than when
he came.
We may never get the billions they
owe us, but at least we viii always
have something coming.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09
A. B. Whittredge

A fluent speaker and Secretary of the
Boys Work at the Y. NJ. C. A. at La
Crosse will be present and speak on
"Chumship Between Fathers and Sons"
Musical numbers will also be provided,
and most pleasant evening is assured
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09
And No Tonic

The madiaeval duke on the scaffold
was being kidded gently along by the
executioner as the latter stropped his
axe blade.
ANY last words, Dock ?" inquired
the head-taker.
Mighty decent of you," murmured
the duke as he laid. his head on the
block. 'Just give it the once-over,
please"
Get your tobacco paper and Irvine
at The Cash Store.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09
Chamberlain's Tablets Have Done Her
World nf Eond

Chamberlain's Tablets have done me
e world q goos. writes Mrs NJ lei Ella /.
am u1oon nif tha 10 ~ npba nave of re %y
friends and AL who have used them
praise them highly" When troubled
with indigestion or constipation, give
them a trial and realize for yourself
what an excellent medicine it is.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09

Get your tobacco paper and irvine
at The Cash Store.
--Skagen, tailor, over Rogers store.
FIRST class tailoring and dry cleaning.