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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-06-09

ago and just finished. You know the
Faster cottage. Well this is it and |
have snap price on the place
Other bargains il real estate. Let
me know your wants in residences or
farm property and / think l can fit
you out to perfection.
w. A. ROBINSON,
Licensed Real Estate Broker, :.
Washburn, Wisconsin.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-06-09
SWEDISH LUTHERAN
Rev. A. Road. Pastor.

Services as follows:
Ashland, June IL, 1920 A. M.
Bayfield,, June IL, 1880 P. M.
Washburn, June 10, 1890 A. M.
Ashland, June 10, 1880 P. M.
Bayfield,, June 26, 1920 A. M.
Washburn, June 26, 1880 P. M.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-06-09
BUY PROPERTY
WHEN YOU CAN BUY RIGHT.
Here are some Exceptional Fine Bar
gains in Washburn Property

Seven room residence on Is foot lot,
stone foundation, cellar, lights and
sewer, barn on rear of lot. Price is
S1100. Small cash payment and terms
to suit on the balance.
Duplex residence for two families,
dandy corner lot on one of the best
residence streets in the city. Both
sides have basement, sewer, water,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-06-09
plowed. 5000 takes the place.

PIUWOUs PUVV UeEhCo VIIG PItOCs
Beautiful new residence near the
Raarup farm, just one mile from the
city, full basement, hardwood floors
and about as fine a residence as you
will find anywhere, with three and
half acres of ground with it. Good
clearing and some fruit trees. This
will make an ideal home for some one
who wants the better class Of a home
with a small. tract of land with it.
The house was partly built year
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-06-09
SERVICES AT THE CHURCHES
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
G.. III. Waters. Pastor.

Sunday school 9:45 A. M. Supt.
Mrs. M. Stapleton.
Preaching services IL A. M.
Week night meeting Wednesday.
Mems Club second Monday of each
month.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-06-09
NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN
Rev. Chr. Christensen. Pas

Rev. Chr. ghristiansen. Pastor
Services next Sunday at 1890 A.
NJ, and 1880 P. M.
Sunday school at $50 A. M.
The Viking will meet at the home
of Mr.. Anton Holman Wednesday
evening.
Bible study Thursday evening at
soc.
Harry Curry of the town of
Eileen, who is connected with the
Wisconsin Highway Commission,
was a visitor in the city Monday
evening.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-06-09

Alt Olson, of Minneapolis, is here
visiting with his mother for few
days.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-06-09
w. C. T. U.

i >
The w. C. T. U. will meet Thurs
day June 16 at the Library at three
O'Clock P. NJ. Delegates will be
elected to attend the inter-county
convention at Superior June 1924.
A good attendance is desired.
FOR SALE-Dandy five acre tract
one mile from town, all cleared,
house 22x30 with nine rooms and s
closets in good repair, 20 fruit trees,
and new orchard of so trees four
years old, excellent soil and good
water, small log barn 18x24. have
a snap price on this place, much less
than the cost of the house, with easy
terms. Get busy if you want a
small piece of land. w. A. ROBIN
SON. 3O-tf.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-09
Hunting Down Cancer.

That cancer is the most relentless and mys-
terieus enemy of the human race is well I'M
derstood even by the veriest layman. This
scourge takes so many people annually that
any promise of relief fills the public with a
hope that is not always justified. One of the
cheering signs of the warfare is the offering
by the Cosmopolitan Cancer Research society
of prize of 100000 for a medicinal cure for
the disease This organization is financed by
private contributions. Its objects are to supply
cancer treatment to patients unable to pay
and to investigate various cancer remedies and
recommend the best
I'VE have 200 members and the number is
constantly increasing" says an announcement
of an official of the society. 1.-The institution
is not in any sense a hospital It is our thought
that radium is not cure for cancer, nor surg
cry but that some medicinal cure must be
found before the disease may be successfully
attacked"
Great financial rewards present themselves
TO the man or woman who can successfully beat
down this foe of humanity. But greater still
will be the recognition of the world that some
one has produced effective means of com
hating the most dreadful i'll that flesh is heir
to The day OF victory will surely come be-
cause human skill and research are bound to
discover some day the way of triumph.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-09
Shortage of Coal .

! Goal mining has been the most uncertain
Z kind Of Industry both for the worker ana the
owner because of the fact that 1t has been con
! sidered a commodity which must be consumed
I soon after it is produced Even such PERISH
I able product as fresh meat has, by modern
methods been subjected to periods OF storage
much longer than is considered wise or safe
for coal,
Now comes DR.. H. Foster Balm, director OF
2sthe government bureau of mining. who says
that bituminous coal may be stored in large
quantities without loss, provided the price paid
for the stored coal is low enough to provide
FOR slight deterioration and the cost of extra
handling Open ground spaces of large dimen-
=1sions are recommended by DR.. Balm for such
storage Coal 10 feet deep and covering an
acre of ground would contain 10000 tons.
Storing coal in great quantities near the mines
lis not usually feasible. and besides it would not
prevent transportation difficulties in times of
emergencies. Therefore the proper place of
storage is the point of consumption, The
large user would therefore demand price low
enough in spring early summer to pay him
TO store large quantities for autumn or winter
use. DIR. Balm points out that the loss in com
-bustive power is very small, and the chief
danger is spontaneous combustion, which may
=be guarded against.
e Proper solution of the coal storage question
would permit year-round operation of mines,
steady employment of miners and sterilization
=ef prices. A man who can work out a practical
storage plan will be a benefactor to the
sountry.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-09
More Millions for Cloth.

Recently the word passed around that
skirts we're to be longer this winter. 1t was
not proposal-it was a decree. 1t called for
referendum of the nations skirt wearers,
1t asked no public opinion. Fashion is an
auteerat 1t simply tells its devotees what is
khat. 1t will result that as government ecoro-
mists compute it, additional millions will be
spent on the item Of cloth this winter. Textile
mills. tailors, merchants, will sell more goods.
Our economic anaema will diminish.
What brought about the surprising, sudden
shifting of the scales OF supply and demand ?
The clothing industry had suffered from a sur
plus of goods and unemployment There was
the supply, but the demand mere whis-
per. Obedient to need, fashion created a de-
nand for more goods Taste makes demand,
but fashion largely makes taste. 1t ordains
what the millions of hearts are to be set on
each season. And sometimes supply dictates
fashion s apparent whims.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-09
A World Capital.

An American architect residing in Rome has
designed and modelled a beautiful city which
he thinks could fifty serve as the capital of the
world in that happy day when the nations
agree to dwell in unity. Roman paper com
menting on the plan, approves the artistry and
suggests that such city in itself would be
a bond.
The design is said to be complete in every
particular. only one thing is lacking" says
the writer, Ito carry it out--designate the place
where that directing center of the earth is to be
placed. find the billions necessary for its con-
struction, and find the Indispensable faith to
animate it hold it together and make it work"
Vision, faith. cooperation and money will
make almost any plan work. Some time must
elapse before the old earth will be ready for
its capital city. Nonetheless there is no doubt
that the possibility of nations working to-
gether q unit instead OF great number OF
conflicting parts is taking definite shape in
mems minds. Some time it will come to pass
Whether this architects plans are used then
or not they are valuable as a symbol and an
incentive.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-09
Tammany Still Rules.

Those who either imagined or hoped that
TammaRy was dead will be disappointed by the
returns Of the New York mayoralty election
john +. Hylan, candidate for a second term
has been returned by what is estimated TO be
the largest margin ever received by a nominee
for mayor in that city. And he was the can
didate Of the Tammany organization, which is
.ayowedly Democratic in politics. Hylan based
bis campaign almost solely on the traction
fare issue, pledging to carry on the fight against
any increase that might be sought by the trans
5pOrtation interests
Opposing Hylan was Major Henry II
-Surran, nominated as a Republican and sup
ported by all of the elements opposed to Hylan
-Tammany and Hearst. During the past year
there have been numerous Investigations
against municipal departments, all instituted
With view TO establishing the incompetency
and corruption of the Hylan administration
While there were some things proved which did
not reflect credit upon the Hylan regime yet
it must be conceded that the mayor managed
10 hold the confidence of respectable majority
OF the voters of his city.
= With the exception OF the Hearst news
papers. almost the entire New York press on
posed the reelection of Hylan. While person
ally Major Curran was known to be man of
sxcellent qualities. the Hylan managers charged
Wat he NdS AFFILIATED Win interests that would
demand concessions, in the event of his cleo
ZION, even more menacing to the public welfare
than those it was alleged were thriving under
the Hylan administration
= The most serious charge that could be made
against Hylan was that he was not big enough
=1er the Job of mayor. His personal record is
Sciean He is just ordinary politician who
mas come up from the ranks. But he seems 10
have the faculty of knowing how to keep close
io the people, which, after all, is the secret of
success in politics as well as in every other
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-09
Hard on Harvey and Borah.

- Progress made during the last few months
toward the organization of a world alliance of
authors. including playwrights and composers,
promises better day for the fraternity of art
lists There has been all too little respect for
the copyrights of foreign writers up to this
time, with the result that many genius has
starved while interruptions translators and
publishers in other countries have grown rich
from the products of his brain. When the au-
:thors have their own little league of nations
these practices be readily ended The roy
alties from literary works and musical compo-
sttions will go to the persons who created
them.
- Happy as this arrangement seems it will
not be without its embarra ssments for certain
eminent citizens. One easily imagine the
emotions of those ardent haters of leagues and
alliances Senator Borah and Ambassador
Harvey, when they find that the abhorred prin-
e1ple has been adopted by the authors of the
world. There is only one course possible with
In the limits Of beloved consistency. Senator
Borah and Colonel Harvey will have to give
up reading. When the orchestra at a state
dinner strikes up new Hungarian waltz thew
will have no option but to stalk out of the
room.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-09
Joyce Gets Divorce.

J. Stanley Joyce the Chicago millionaire
iumberrnan. has won a divorce from his chorus
girl wife on the strength Of testimony onered
by two women who had been in the employ OF
the Joyce household. ons as social secretary
to the wife and the other as maid.
The public has had its fill of the HauseatiHg
details Of the Joyce case and will be glad that
the affair has come to an end. 1t is understood
that Peggy will receive a satisfactory financial
settlement and after all, that is ali she desires.
plus the publicity she has been given, the lat
ter an asset that will bring her additional dol
lars as stage attraction. Peggy is young and
her that she possessed unusual talent as an
actress
Joyce became suddenly enamored of a little
srrite in the chorus. She had everything to
gain and nothing to lose in an adventure with
joyce. joyce satisfied her every whirn, sur
rounding her with Injuries she had not been ae-
eustomed to before she became the wife of
millionaire. Peggy soon tired of Joyce She
wanted to step out. He preferred the quiet
life So Peggy turned to other men for anise-
ment She fitted to Europe and had affairs
with several men. All the while Peggy was
drawing stories in the newspapers. That graft
fed her vanity.
joyce it is said will lose about million
dollars through his experience with Peggy. At
that he is getting of cheap, in view of the fact
that he will still have another million left.
Perhaps he will be little more cautious when
he goes in quest of another wife. .
In the meantime Peggy will fit before the
public gaze. but she will go as others of her
type have gone Wheo her power to charm
men fades she will be forgotten. Hers will be
the fate of the butterfly. But the lesson will
not prevent other girls from attempting to
emulate her. Every who ventures along
the path that Peggy trod imagines she is to
be the exception. But there are no exceptions.
They all finish at the same geal-grief.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-09

line Of life's activities. There is no doubt that
the Hylan administration has been open TO
criticism. So has every other administration
that New York has ever had New York Is
big city 1t has all classes and kinds OF people.
Il is inevitable that things will happen there
that would not be expected 70 happen In
community OF smaller population. 1t is big
business institution and where political rather
than business qualifications determine the Sc
lection of men managing its affairs there are
hound to be mistakes that are costly. some OF
them Intentional and some of them chargeasle
to Incompetence.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-09

q What are some of the new
citrus fruits that have been develop
ed? l.. L. ..
A. The tangelo, the Unequal and
ritrange are some of the most prom
Using new fruits. The tangele is
cross between the tangerine and
grapefruit; the limeauat, q cross
between the lime and kumquat; ana
the citrange, a hybrid OF the sweet
orange and trifoliate orange.
O. How much money does the
Marine band receive for playing at
the White house? }. y D.
4. There are 81 members OF the
Marine band and each one receives
81 a month for playing on the White
house grounds.
@. Are there still federal troops
in the coal fields Of West Virginia
A. There are now about 500 fed
eral soldiers in Logan county, ".
@. Does it cost anything TO have
passport vised9 A. r. J:
A. Usually fee is charged for
each wise on a passport. Fees dif-
fer slightly, but $40 is the aver
age.
Q. Just what is meant by four
husher? s. j. >.
A. "Four-husher" is a slang term
applied to one who bluffs. 1t is de-
rived from a poker term-a four
flush or bobtail flush being a worth
less hand with which a buffer may
try to win a pot.
@. What length of time is "a
moon" so often referred TO by In
dians? ]. E. G.
A "A moon" is the time from
given phase of the moon to the
same phase preceding or following.
This time is about % days.
Q. When was the first Rabbi ap-
pointed as chaplain in the navy?
4. Rabbi David Goldberg, who
was appointed Oct 80, 1917, with
the rank of junior lieutenant. was
the first Rabbi to serve as chap
lain in the navy
@. Hoy long have American
farmers led stock by the soiling
method? l.. b.
A. Farmers in this country be-
gan to turn their attention to sell
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-09
The Daily Short Story

mussels and broken shells. Hannah
cried out in disguised dismay at
such ruthlessness. And lhen 4
missile sped so closely by her head
that it tore a flying strand OF hair
and skinned her flaming cheek.
She turned angrily to see man S
white face peering down from the
gnarly limb of the oak tree over
head.
Don" she cried
His smile was wan.
Il meant 20 stay hid"
You have stayed out Of sight
quite spell" she answered dryly.
He swung down and faced her, a
sorry figure i'll mud-stained, torn
garments.
And likely to stay longer. I've
been seven kinds of a fool. if It
does you any good to know. Oh,
yes, / got job in the city and spec
ulated. | suppose you don't know
yet that these mussels held pearls
and I'd dig up punches on the q. I.
when l needed funds. The bottom
dropped out of the market yester-
j
here for me to get away on"
I'm glad of it," flashed Hannah.
Now you'll get down to brass
tackS."
She swung on her heel to go. and
stood staring down at the dead
snake stretched on the grass with
its wickedly fanged head pinned to
the ground with a worn pocket
knife.
Then that was what you threw,
DOM" she gasped.
He'd have struck muttered
Don with a shrug. Il had TO show
up"
Hannah touched his muddy hand :;
her fingers crept up his torn shirt
sleeve; her eyes were widening.
and strand of her fair hair
touched his cheek.
Il amt worrying about money
Ior you to get away on. The old
fleids are waitin' for a. pillow; an
the old house needs airin': an if
you ask me, I've waited quite a
spell now"
His words were incoherent, but
his arms held Hannah close. and
MS heart thumped with Sladness
that he could clutch at the one real
tnlrg IN q topsy-turvy world
Hannah, loving him while he
strayed and in all the wears that
they would make the old pIace
Home.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-09
THE BIG HUMM0CK.
Ruby Holmes MARTIN.


! Copyright, 1921. By Wheeler Syn
| dictate, 1nc.)
/ Bare-armed and hatless, her pink
/ percale spotted with brighter
! patches where the tub suds had
penetrated, Hannah hung the last
stocking of the family wash on the
! line her strong hands had pulled
taut. Up in TIE farm yard oak tres
a robin was swelling his red
! breast to trill d song that filled the
sunny air and broke off short when
a woman's strident voice followed
the opening of the kitchen door.
"They's cowsi1ps up. Hannah
Mis- Mason just phoned that they're
haVin' mess of green's this noon
| time"
Then I'll cut some" returned
Hanna, rolling the pink percale
sleeves down over her white arms
as she came toward the house for
the knife and sweater and basket
She knew well enough that her
stepmother's statement contained a
hint which objection or argument
would develop into an order. dec
GRATED with remarks on the use
lessness of Hannah in general and
Philip Donelsop's desertion in par
ticular. Hannah avoided discus
sion of Philip with the skill of two
years practice. But her red lips
Strengthened with the set of irony
as she went down the lane toward
the swamp, where the maple limbs
were red and yellow with blossoms
that made the air fragrant
For it was Hannah herself who
had insisted that her lover should
60 out from this far back country
to make the fame and fortune she
intended to share. 1t was Il spring
day like this when he closed the
door of the farm house his mother
death had left homeless and gone
forth, leaving the fields to lie fall
low and the painless house unten-
anted. His letters had been the
vague and pointless communica-
tons of gaudy cards and the con-
fusion of his city living.
Hannah in turn toiled for hours
over the stilted phrases OF neigh
borhood items and kind regards,
which she copied on the best mail
order note paper.
Now the months had gone the
year around since message had
passed to and fro.
Gathering cowslip green required
mental and physical concentration.
The best are beyond reach; one
perches on stones and wobhly hum
Knocks and treacherous roots: one
bruises skunk cabbage leaves and
touches unpleasant slime and sees
snakes; one attends to the bust
ness in hand and reaching that next
clump without a wetting So Han
nah got from perch TO perch; her
basket was nearly full; the witch
ing pain in her back called for
straightning and balancing on 4
scraggy root she looked around.
Land sakes, l have come a pref
ty ways" she calculated. There's
the big hummock where the mus
sells are, and I'm going to have
some"
The big hummock was an island
of solid ground in the vast swamp.
Even men seldom penetrated so far
in, and Hannah knew she must have
followed a stepping stone trail.
At the edge of the hummock she
cared in CONSERVATION; the slug
gish water was still roily. The
brown grass was strewn with torn
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-09
Pep Versus Paunch-

Pep Versus Paunch-
! An eminent all-arourd specialist,
that lis to say, a specialist on nearly
everything from the level of the
/ thyroid cartilage to the level of the
greater trochanters, If you are up on
anatomy, remarks in a terribly dull
paper on paunch that the more in
tsliigent woman will wear suit
able supporting corset to overcome
this sagging of the abdominal
wall"
1t is certainly strange how long
! 1t takes old doctors, sometimes. 20
! learn new treatments. This one has
| it all wrong. 1t is the Unintelligent
| woman who resorts to corsets and
! other splints or casts to do the work
the muscles ought to do. II is the
who discards corsets, or depends
upon them as little as possible con-
sideFing her past errors in by
giene.
l gather from a more or less
| eursory, but withal not profane,
estimate of the last 10000 com
plants | have heard that the hateful
Stacker flesh accumulates first about
| the belly, loins and hips. Right
! where the corset gets in its deadly
! work, which is the production Of
atrophy of the muscles whose prop
er function the corset takes up.
suppose the deadly old doctor l have
just quoted would advise the wo-
man who has physical means of
support to wear a corset to over
/ come this weakness.
Exercise within reasonable lin
! itations is a good medicine. but aft
Ter 10 years of trial of this medi-
cine I regret to find that it has little
practical value unless one pre-
scribes it in an expensive form,
such as golf A sitter suffering seri-
ossly with a bad case of sedentar-
esis seldom has the time or the in
clination Che always says he hasn't
the time) to take two miles of oxy-
gen on the hoof three times a day
for that costs nothing. but he will
readily squander two or three hours
pushing a pesky little rubber pill
around pasture lot every day. for
| that costs about a dollar drive.
| Exercise will never become a com
plete success until some one dis
covers how to extract the active
principle and market it in tablets.
l hate it myself just as cordially
as any other lazy fellow does. l
love to sit in a comfortable office
chair and tell other lazy fellows
how they should take sufficient ex-
ercise every day. | haven't time to
do all the things l say folks should
do every day. I'd be a queer doc
tor if / were to take all my own
medicine, wouldn't 1? But l take
my medicine, just the same, enough
10 keep me fit. If | am unable 10
get in the six miles of oxygen on
the hoof, then / make up by forcing
my complaining flesh to go through
a very thorough series of room
gymnastics. all the movements If