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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-12-21
SHE SAVED HIS LIFE

THE face OF the manager Of a large
L knitting mill In q small Wiscon-
sin city lighted up with a smile when
the young woman caller at his office
made known her GRAND.
Talk TO the girls! Tell them about
the Free Chest Clinic7 OF course
you can. and take all the time you
want III call them together now"
The health worker was a bit sur
prised. for il was only twenty min
utes TO twelve and she had not eX-
pected 10 get a chance for her health
talk TO the workers until the lunch
hour.
You're Miss Durbln. aren't your
the manager continued. and when his
visitor hooded assent. he added:
You saved my life. you know. No;
I'm not joking. I'm in earnest You
really did"
Il don't understand" said Miss Dor
othy Durbln. who is one OF the or
ganizers with the Travelling Free
Chest Clinic OF the Wisconsin Anti
tuberculosis Association
We'll" continued the young man.
last year went to your clinic when
you held az At manning a city
in an adjoining county,. DR.. Pleyte
examined me and told me had tuber-
culOsis- I didn't believe him I didn't
feel sick and SO I thought IL was all
bunk Then you began writing 10 me
10 find out IL I was doing anything
about il and you kept on writing until
made up my mind that perhaps I'D
better get busy. So went TO a doc
tor and he told me the same thing
that Dr. Pieyte did. Then / followed
your and and DR.. Pleyte's advice and
went 20 a sanatOrium-
I'm a well man today and have
you and the Wisconsin Anti-Tubercu-
losis Association to thank for H."
And back Of the Wisconsin Anti
tuberculosis Association are the peo-
pie who year after year have pur-
chased Christmas seals and furnished
the financial support for its life-sav-
ing enterprises Of which the Free
Chest Clinic is but one. II Is 10 them
that the young man owes his life.
II Is impossible 20 estimate how
many lives have been saved by the
Travelling Clinic. Since Il was estab-
Iished over 200 clinics have been held
and more than 1900 persons have
been examined One-fifth Of them
have been found 10 be tuberculosis.
many Of them In need OF sanatorium
care. And the manager OF the knit
ting min Is by no means the only one
who has taken treatment in a sana-
forum and returned home with re-
stored health
So convincing have been the proofs
O. the value 81 the work which the
Free Chest Clinic Is doing and SO
great Is the growing demand for its
service that another clinic team Is 70
Be- established II this years sale OF
Christmas seals Is large enough 10
provide the additional funds neces.
sary. During the last year. even with
the cooperation Of local chapters and
branches o. the Red Cross. women's
clubs. local branches OF the state anti
tuberculosis association. and other or.
carnations. Il has been impossible 20
send the clinic 10 many communities
which were eager for It's servica
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-12-21

State of Wisconsin, Circuit Court
for Villas County-ss.
Following is a list of the names
If the jurors drawn on December
18th. 1921, TO serve on the petit
jury for the January 1922, term of
circuit court for Villas County,
Wisconsin:
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-02-10

FOR SALE,-Haynes automobile, in
first class condition. Nearly $4,000
worth new accessories. For quick
sale. $575.00, or will trade. What
have you? See DR.. Mcmahon.
Fob 2-tf
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-02-10

Won, Mississippi State FAR, 1lrst
cockrel, first pullet, Single Comb
Reds. Eggs, $2.15 postpaid. Eva
Riales, Como, Miss. Route 2. Jan.
27-Feb. 4, II, Is, rs, March 2.
U. S. [. BATTERY STATION-Old
Batteries made new. Dead cells over
hauled making your battery good
Saves buying new battery. Batteries
recharged. Give us trial. Quick
service. Battery Service Station,
Holly Springs, Miss. Nov. 18-tf.
FOR SALE-Frost Proof Cabbage
Plants, 500 $3.50, 1000 $3.50 post
paid. 1000 $500, 10000 $3.50 per
1000 Express Collect. KINSEY
WHOLESALE PLANT co. Valdosta,
Georgia. 1-13-6tp.
FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS
One hundred acres, thirty million
good stocky plants, ready now. Early
Jersey, Charleston Wakefields, Sue
cession, Flat Dutch. Parcel Post paid
800, $1.OO; 500, $3.50; 1000, $3.50.
Express 1000, $3.50; 5000, $3.50;
lU,UUU, SIZ.0U. Count ana delivery
guaranteed. Parker Farms, Moultrie,
Georgia. Jan.13, to Feb. 28.
POSITION WANTED-By Al
stenographer and assistant book
keeper. Three years experience in
general Office work. Burroughs OPP
orator. References furnished. Adj
dress Box, 152 Clarksdale, Miss.
Jan.27 Feb. $40.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-02-10
THE BR AErT HOSPITAL
notice.!
SALE OF REAL AND PERSONAL
PROPERTY

Pursuant to the provisions of a
Deed of Trust to me, executed as
Trustee by w. C. Anderson, and his
wife, Ora Lee Anderson in favor of
Wiley Johnson to secure certain in
debtedness therein mentione,t- which
is recorded in Book 70 Page $50 in the
Chancery Clerks office of the Coun-
ty of Lafayette and the State of Mis-
sissippi, / will at the request OF the
beneficiary in said Deed of Trust pro-
coed to sell for CASH, to the highest
bidder, within lawful hours, in front
of the South Door of the Court House
in Oxford, Miss, on the 7th day of
March 1921, the following described
property, lying and being in the
County of Lafayette, and the State of
Mississippi, to-wit:
One Hundred and Ten (110) acres off
of the south side of the Southwest
quarter of Section 25, Township 7,
Range 2, west; also square block of
fifty (50) acres in the Northeast
corner of the Southeast quarter of
Section 26, Township Z, Range 2,
west; also forty (40) acres in the
southeast corner of the Northeast
quarter of Section &c, Township 7,
Range 2, west, more particularly de-
scribed as follows, to-wit: beginning
at the southeast corner of said quar-
ter Section, running thence North
along section line to the point of in
tersection of said section line with the
Roy Holcomb private road, thence in a
southwesterly direction along said
Roy Holcomb road to point on the
south line of said Quarter section,
thence east to the point of beginning.
The title to the above property is
believed to be good, but | will convey
only such title as is vested in me as
Trusted.
Witaes my signature this the Sth
day of February 1921.
r. S. ADAMS,
Substituted Trustee.
Feb. 10-17-24- Mar. 2.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-02-10
OXFORD EAGLE, OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI
NOTICE.
OF Letting Contract For The Drag
ging of Bond Issue Roads.

Notice is hereby given that the UNI
dersigaed Road Commissioners Of
Taylor Separate Road District, in La
fayette county, Mississippi, will on the
lst Monday in March, 1921, being the
7th day of said month, at o'clock,
p. NJ, at the court House, at Oxford,
Mississippi, will receive sealed bids
for the dragging of the Bond Issue
roads il said district.
Said bids are to be filed in the Office
of the Chancery Clerk of said county
and state by / o'clock, P. M. on the
lst Monday in March A. D. 1921, and
each bid is to be for one link only of
said roads. There are 8 Inks in said
district, and the sealed bid must be
for. one link. The contract to be let
is on file in the office of the chalcery
clerk of said county and state, and the
contract is IL be for one year.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids.
This the 9th day of February, A. D..
1921.
J. M. TATUM,
]. E. TATUM,
L. r. WARNER.
Road Commissioners of Taylor Sep
arate Road District.
Feb. 10-17-24.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-02-10

stories and editorials are read, and
equally influential.
The success of private owners
and management of the railways }
ponds upon the extent to which
public is educated in regard to Il
problems. 1t behooves hallway mars1
ments to take a leading part in \
educational work. Much of II
trouble iHsthe past has been due to
fact that they abandoned this field
most entirely to those who soughs
bring private ownership and manaj
ment of the railways to al END
sought to destroy the things res
sible for making our national ral
system by far the greatest and IS
efficient in the world. Chicago Jouj
Of Commerce, lisa inst.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-02-10
Importance Of free, open frank dis
cncs;on of railway prob}ems. He

Importance of free, open frank dis
cussion of railway problems. He
knows that railway policies are con-
trolled by public sentiment that the
Congress and the Interstate Com
merce Commission will be guided in
accordance with public demands. BY
giving out railway information, he
aids the public in reaching wholesome
conclusions. -
The principal medium through
which the public gets its information
about the railways and other SUBJECTS,
upon which it formulates its opinion,
is the newspaper. Mr.. Markham has
found that the advertisement columns
Of newspaper are open to him and
that Informative advertising is read
by the public as extensively as news
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-02-10

French bachelors are to be taxed to
aid the babies of the benedicts, says
news item. But don't rush precipi-
lately into matrimony, young man:
Take time, make wise selection, and
keep what you get. This is not
France.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-02-10

France has invented new gun cap
able of shooting two hundred miles,
and nothing to shoot at. What luck!
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-02-10

No, this country is not short on
money. The only shortage taat ex-
lists is in the ability of some people
to get hold of it.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-02-10

Gray hairs are always respected
when they are rich.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-02-10

ROOMS-Furnished or unfurnished
for rent. Phone 37S. Feb. 11-1S P.
FARM WANTED-Wanted to hear
from owner of farm or good land for
sale worth the price asked. L. Jones,
Box SOL, Olney, iii.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-02-10
CLASSIFIED

FOR SALE OR RENT.--4S0 acre
farm, known as the Dir. King farm,
miles north of Oxford. A good prop
osition to the right party. Also two
good mules for sale, cheap. See DR..
Mcmahon. Feb. 3-tf
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-08

the power 70 fix the price OF commodities it
can influence the market price. and there would
be unlimited opportunities for speculation on
the part OF men who might be IN position
to get advance tips as the action OF the price
fixing committee Neither does he see the uiti-
mate results of adoption OF that policy-the
fixing Of maximum as well as minimum prices.
for If the government has the power 10 TX
minimum prices to protect the producer II has
the eqaal right and duty Of fixing maximum
price to protect the consumer. Here is an
excerpt from the Meredith article which ex-
plains the scheme which he has fathered-
Decisions for the whole people can be made
only through our government, and it might be
possible for Us to influence a balanced prodnc-
ton By our governments fixing one year in
advance, for the following years crops, the
minimum price it will guarantee five arti-
cles-wheat, which is bread; wool and cotton,
which are clothing; corn, which is meat; and
sugar of which we import very large guam
tity. We know the approximate quantity n
the five mentioned crops necessary to meet our
domestic needs. The department of agricul-
ture has made very careful Studies as to the
cost of production. price can be fixed upon
wheat which will permit enough farmers TO en-
gage in its production to give 100000. 00a
bushels if that be our needs. A higher price
will let in additional farmers. farmers not SO
fortunately situated as those who could pro-
duce proitably at the lower price, to give us
a total production OF 7o00 900 bushels. A still
higher price will give US a still larger
production.
with the prices announced one year in az
vance il it were deemed desirable to curtaA
production of a given crop. reduction in the
guaranteed price of the article Of whrich we
had surplus and increase in the price of the
one OF which we wished to increase production
would discourage a certain percentage Of farm
ers from raising the one crop and result in the
desired lessened production and increase the
production of the other crop Of which We had
a shortage. We might at times find the govern
ment with a small portion of a given crop on
hand, not absorbed by our own people or the
export market, and in that case the whole
people would absorb the surplus through the
government as a problem of mutual interest,
handling it SO as not to bring harm to the peo-
pie who produce the crop, thus permitting bus
mess to go along without jar. In this situa-
ton the price the following year on that par
ticular crop would be reduced in order to cur
tail production
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-08
Fixing Prices.

z. T. Meredith, who was secretary OF agri-
culture in the latter part OF the Wilosn admin
istration, contributes article to the North
American Review in which he proposes that
the government fix each year in advance
minimum price it will pay for five commodities
the next season-wheat, corn, wool. cotton and
sugar Mr. Merediths theory is that the gov
eminent will be called upon to buy merely
the surplus. the greater part of the produc-
ton of these crops would be sold in the open
market at not less than the government price.
He ignores the obvious fact that IL the govern
ment is to guarantee minimum price for
these commodities it win inevitably be called
upon to guarantee prices for cattle. hogs, ap-
pies, oranges peaches. peanuts and all other
agricultural as well mining and manu-
featuring products
Mr Meredith Also overlooks the equally OBJ
vioGs tact tbs: If sorne government bureau has
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-08
Making Business Good.

Chicago has hat merchant who says bus
mess is good with him. Il don't claim 10 be
in Napoleon's class" he says in one Of his
newspaper advertisements. a don't make cir
cumstances. / make hats. But l can make
hat and make a price that will make it sell
under all circumstances-and SO can any other
merchant who is willing to give more and
keep less. l don't know whether the stock
market is going up or down-and l don't care
l don't know much about the conditions in
Russia I'm not losing any sleep about Japan
and I'm not worrying about Germany. All
know about these things is what read in the
paperss and if | didn't read the papers l
wouldn't know anything about this so-called
present business depression. What 1 do know
is that anyone who has something the public
wants and who gives the public square deal
and good run for the money, can do bust
ness in the United States in 1921. That's why
business is good with Babe Ruth and business
is good with me-
1t might be added that this hat merchant
is a generous user of newspaper advertising
space. He has built great business IN Chi
cago by advertising. When things look dark
he doesn't curl up in the rear OF his store and
beWail conditions. He writes new ad and
tries to create new business. And he has never
yet failed to bring customers into his
store. Perhaps not always does he get
as large a profit as he would like, but he
keeps business going, and that's what counts
after all. other merchants could probably
emulate the example set by this Chicago mer-
chant He is an optimist. He refuses to be
discouraged. He refuses to believe there Is
anything in this talk of business depression
OF course we all know that business isn't what
it ought to be- but it isn't going to be improved
through inactivity and gloomy talk
You are not going to do business unless
you do something to attract customers to your
store And you can't attract them to your
store unless you offer them something thatsthey
| want and at a price that they feel is reason
able. The people are all right if they are
| treated right.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-08
Starving a Prophet.

The death of Ivan Pavlov, the Russian sci
enlist is an indictment of the system that has
killed him. He died of starvation Yet to this
man more than to almost any other humanity is
lastingly indebted for our present knowledge
regarding the processes of digestion. His lee
lures on the digestive glands, translated into
German. French and English, won the supreme
distinction of the Nobel prize. He was found
er OF new school of physiology and pioneer
in epochial researches.
Yet boIshevism, while its rufianly commits
sars swilled vodka champagne, contemptu-
ously dismissed the plea of the old man, gray
in the services of science, for a little bread to
eat In his acute misery he wrote to a friend
at Kiev that whereas he once had made laoora-
tory work his first ambition, now he would be
so happy to peel few potatoes. The friend
procured food for him from the Kiev Medical
society, but it came too late. He died in a
hospital of the combined effects of hunger and
cold.
This man was one of those destitute, aHilct-
ed tormented; of whoa the world was not
worthy" It is CHASTITY irony that he whose
researches have enabled countless human be
ings TO make the best use of their food should
he rewarded in the inverted scale OF values
that bolsheyism establishes, by starvation Yet
this is the system which some parior apologists
in America applaud and invite us to- accept
They have plenty TO eat.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-08
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Pow ToDafOPS.

Kindly advise me whether the
eating of raw ripe tomatoes Is
harmful. l have heard a number OF
peouIe say they cause canceFs.-N-
o. S.
Answer-It is not harmful, but in
MANY ways beneficial to health. The
cancer myth is just one OF many
popular myths about cancer
Don't Laugh, Girls.
Does laughing make one fat? /
am 10 years OF age and laugh very
easily and heartily, and / am grow
ing quite plump, already seven
pounds overweight.-Miss F. j..
Answer.-Yes, it tends to make
one grow fat. This should be d
warning TO all our fair maidens who
run to adiposity.
Sex of One, Half Dozen of Other.
Please send your letter on sex
hygiene to the address below.-C.
V. B.
Answer.-The address seems TO
have no sex. l receive many letters
from sexless creatures, or from per
sons who feel they must conceal
their sex and who sign themselves
accordingly like this, c. V. Blank.
Nearly every intelligent person to-
day is either Mr., Mrs or Miss. If
your name were Charles V. Blank,
or Caroline V. Blank, that would be
all right, but c. V Blank is blank
to me, and his, her or its address is
probably City" For heavens sake,
have some individuality and gump-
ton about you, and don't be a neu-
ter
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-08
Ihe Pronagafion of Fsod FaIlacies.

The Propagation or f20d FaiiacaeS.
Here is the first item of misinfor-
nation / happen to select from one
of the latest and best textbooks
dealing with diet t"Diet in Health
and Disease" Friedenwald and
Ruhrah, published by w B. Saun-
ders company, Philadelphia, 1919
Grapes contain a large amount
OF water and considerable sugar,
besides salts Of sodium, potassium,
MAGNESIUM, calcium, and iron
When thoroughly ripe they are very
digesdble. and form useful addl-
ton to the invalid diet The habit
OF swallowing the skins and seeds
of grapes is most pernicious, as in
festival irritation is often brought
about in this way"
So far as I know, there is nothing
wrong about this except the last
sentence, which represents sad
practice in medical book making,
for the idea conveyed is merely
some antique theory found in the
older textbooks which these young
authors consulted for material for
their own book and passed along
because il seemed traditional, not
because it was reasonably true, or
scientifically demonstrated or even
corroborated by common expert
ence. FriedenTald and Ruhrah s
book is second to none, from the
scientific and practical points of
view, but yet it fairly bristles with
all sorts of inexcusable errors for a
book intended as text for students
of medicine hope no layman will
go so far wrong as to persue or con-
suit such a book in the quest for
authoritative information, for who
ever does so, without being fore
armed by solid knowledge OF the
subject, will not unlikely find him
self quarreling with good food for
no good reason at all.
For years l lived and practiced in
the grape belt, and fool that l was,
seldom ate grape, just as l
never vet a line when / lived on
the lake where the finest trout in
America are caught, but l prac-
ticed among vineyardists and their
families and helpers, and never
have / known of any such horrible
thing as intestinal irritation" from
eating the seeds or skins of grapes.
Everyone who ate grapes literally
ate the seeds with the grapes, of
course; now and then a good, SEN
sible person ate the skins with the
| grapes; only a rare neurotic or
freak OF some sOTt-went to the
trouble of excluding the seeds from
! the grapes he ate-but not from
fear of this mysterious intestinal
irritation" these dietetic authors
mention: the poor soul was usually
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-08

Among distinguished persons who nave ar
rived in Chicago to attend the ceieoratloh OF
the semi-centennial of the great hre Is Baron
Thomas Shaughnessy, member OF the Brltish
and Irish peerage- Fifty years ago ne was
plain Tom Shaughnessy, clerk LOT lhe
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul railroad ne
was born in Milwaukee of poor parents He
made railroadiDg his life study and work, and
his reward was the presidency of the Canadian
Pacific system, having recently retired from
the service of that road after having been
identified with it 40 years What Tom Shaugh-
Messy accomplished with his only assets good
health and determination to succeed other
American boys can accomplish But they have
got to work, and work hard and constantly