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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09
STERLING

Victory, November S--Julius Blask
has moved his family from the Conk-
lin house to the Henry Rish house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Poadwitz are
spending a couple of weeks at Water
town, South Dakota, with the Geo
Woodhouse family and other friends
and will return by way of Wheeler,
Wis, and visit Andy Baxter.
d. E. Pulham, wife and daughter
Opal also Geo Podawitz autoed to vi
roqua Sunday.
Gertie Jacobus spent few days at
DeSoto visiting at the Dave Adams
home.
Ben Henderson was DeSoto caller
Saturday and also visited at his daugh-
ter's, Mrs Charley Whitney.
Opal Pulham visited at DeSoto Sat
urday.
Geo. Podawitz. Opal Pulham, Gertie
Jacobus and Eiva Adams attended the
wedding at Central church Friday
night.
Mrs. c. A. Partridge is very sick
again.
Geneva Henderson has returned
from Baraboo after spending few
weeks at that place visiting her uncle,
John Henderson.
Grace Side spent few hours at
Victory Sunday evening.
Mrs. Ernest Amann visited at Stod-
dard a few days last week.
Mesdames Casson Dennison and
Jack McTyre visited at Lynxville FRI
day and Saturday.
Mrs. Myron Dedrick took an auto
load of ladies to Ferryville to spend
the day last Thursday.
The ice cream social and Halloween
program given at the school house by
Opal Pulham, teacher, was well at
tended considering the evening. Every
one enjoyed it very much.
The corn shreders are very busy
these days shredding the farmers
corn.
Rev. McTavish of Sparta preached
at the school house Saturday evening.
Mrs. John Bobst of McLees ridge
visited q Mrs Conklin's Sunday.
Geo. Woodhouse and Bernard Mel
lem are working at Fred Beans of
Retreat.
Geo. Pulham of Wyeville is visiting
at the Joe Spears home.
Mrs. Myrtle Helgeson and pupils
gave a surprise party on one of Mr..
Kegley's little boys, II being his 18th
birthday.
Willard Sutherland was down from
Retreat repairing his house. prepara-
tory to moving back TO town again
this fall
Willie Podawitz and E.,-ie Miller
autoed to Ferryville last Saturday.
James Bromley and WIFE were call
ers at Lacrosse one day ks week.
Misses Nell Mahoney and Grace
Dinsdale of the County II iaing school
and County Superintendent Sanford
tok dinner at the Ernest Amann home
last Thursday and spent the afternoon
in visiting our school,
Chester Stoda and wife took an auto
load of chickens to Lacrosse last
week
A number of our ycang people at
tended the dance at Genoa last Friday
night
Hsrlaun Bromley spent few days
at the James Bromley and Jimmy
Branuen homes last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Wywather and
children of Minnesota visited friends
and relatives in this vicinity.
Jack Roberts and mother and grand
father, Mrs. Ben Roberts of Lacrosse
came down Saturday to attend the
Halloween social.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09
AROUND THE COUNTY.
DE SOTO

DeSOtO. November 7-kennard Dy-
er is wearing broad smile these days.
Mrs. Dyer presented him with an elev-
en- pound baby girl last Tuesday morn
ing.
Mrs. Henry Tenney was a caller at
the Dyer home Wednesday.
Mrs. Virginia Slettein of Purdy
transacted business in DeSoto Thurs
day.
The seven months old baby boy of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mcdowell passed
away at the Lutheran hospital, short
time after being taken there by DR..
Andrew, last Thursday morning.
Mrs. Robert Mellem, who is still in
the Lutheran hospital is convaleseent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Trudo of Nash
Ridge, are rejoicing over the arrival
of baby girl, born Thursday, Novem-
Der Bird.
Mrs. Albert Olson of Retreat was
quite i'll at her home last week.
Miss Genevieye Gordon is spending
a few days at her home in DeSotO, be-
fore beginning a course in the nurses
training school at the Grandview hos
pital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Adams
daughter, Mss Eva, spent Thursday
at the Fret Jaeobus home in Victory.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Podawitz and
family eie enjoying a visit with rela-
tives IN Watertown, South Dakota.
Mr. and Mrs. Grin Oliver and chill
dren visited few days at the Oliver
home in the village. Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Getter and family of Bad AK
vicinity also visited at the Oliver home
this week.
Harry James and Marion Davis
were callers here Sunday.
Woody Dyer and Thelma Hammes
of Prairie du Chen came up Saturday
to make the acquaintance of the new
baby.
The Misses Dorothy Howarth, June
Hayden, Marjorie Lewis, and Marie
Andrew spent the week end at their
homes in DeSoto
Doris, the little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Johnson of Ferryville
is quite i'll.
Mrs. Charles Jacobus of Retreat is
on the sick list.
Sam Arnold is moving on the Cham
bers farm near the village. The
Chambers family have gone to live
with son in the northern part of the
state.
MIS-. JdHleS LdWEeUCc CdIleu VII
friends IN the village Saturday.
The entertainment and supper given
by the Royal Neighbors Saturday ev-
ening was well attended and all who
attended the dance reported a good
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. p LOTUS, Mr.. and
Mrs. N. Frey and Misses Ethel At
wood and Esther Butt were entertain
ed at dinner Sunday at the home of
Miss Lucy and Jerry Dawson of vi
roqua. The afternoon was spent visit
ing at the Dawson farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Denis Newton spent
Sunday at the James Newton home on
Rush Greek.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Adams mot
ored to Lacrosse Sunday, where they
attended the play, Over the Hill, and
enjoyed it very much.
Bernard Osborne visited over Sun
day with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Osborne of DeSoto.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Adams accom-
panied by DIR. and Mrs. Myrick mo-
tored to Lacrosse Friday afternoon,
where the latter couple enjoyed six
o'clock dinner with DR.. and Mrs. Dean
Smith, after which the party attended
the concert given by the Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra.
Mrs Eunice Erickson visited at the
DR.. Andrew home Thursday.
Mrs. Rome Caldwell was a Lacrosse
shopper Monday.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09
Sc. ENGINE CATCHES ON FIRE
Cab Partially Burned Of Southeast
ern Locomotive Wednesday Night

Viroqua's fire department was call
ed out TO subdue a very peculiar fire
last Wednesday night. The South
eastern engine caught fire presumably
from spontaneous combustion, and the
cab was badly charred, the steam
gauge and other fittings broken and
injured. Engineer Shirks worked all
night getting the iron horse in work
able 1ondition-and took the train out
the next morning in spite of the fire.
The Censor is proud of Viroqua's
fine fire engine and fire department.
This alarm was turned in at 20 min
utes TO eleven; Driver Hall was in
bed as were others of the department.
In spite of this the big truck roared
down the pavement past the Censor
Office in few seconds over two and
a half minutes. In another minute
they had the chemical working on the
blazing cab and quickly subdued the
flames. Some speed, Wen say.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09
PHILOSOPHICAL fluctuations

Our idea of real diplomat is a fell
low who can keep "a woman from spill
ing the beans when she has a spicy
secret to tell.
If preacher were to tell the whole
truth to the average congregation he
would probably be invited to repeat
it-elsewhere
If you have time to waste confne it
to your own. Other people often have
something better to do.
Why speak of fellow having lost
his nerve at the critical moment? He
had none to lose.
1t is no longer advisable to keep in
the middle of the road" You might
get honked to hades.
1t might be well to keep congress
in session during the disarm meet.
1t would furnish excellent relaxation
and amusement for the weary dele
gates.
A noted Russian singer says that
the less woman wears the longer she
will live. In that event it is only a
question of time when half of the I'M
dertakers will go out of business.
Discriminating eaters are counting
the days until they can gobble the
gobbler.
Don't criticise the editor who voice
his own views in print. You are do
ing the same by word of mouth every
day.
Don't let criticism worry you. Its
absence would indicate your mental in
feriority.
The wisest men of the world are
now congreeated to gether in tn e
greatest country of the world. They
ought to stay.
We bid you welcome, wise men from
abroad. But please to remember that
you have eaten of our salt.
Disarmament is on every lip, but
the lip is a long way from the heart.
A disastrous rail strike would have
been a bad beginning for that disarm-
ament meet. Some one must have
thought of it just in time.
A good way to drive dull care away
is to forget that it is here.
1t is up to the people o fthe wide
world to see that it does not become
too narrow.
The spotlight of the world is on
Washington-but don't monkey with
the switch.
peace on earth and good will to-
ward men," it reads. But why not
toward women?
When a woman marries a man for
his money only to find that he has
married her for the same reason they
ought to live happily in their mutual
revenge.
You can get all kinds Of coal at
Officers Dray Barn
-Tanlae is a splendid tonic and sys-
tenn purifier, now selling at the rate
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09
BUYS A FINE THREsHING RIG
Henry MunyOn, Veteran Thresher. Gets
a Powerful Engine

Our veteran thresher, Henry Mum
yon, has just purchased from Chas s.
Slack & Co. Greyhound threshing
engine which is the last word in pow
erful and modern traction engines.
1t has IS horse power on TIE belt, and
has as racy lines as you ever saw in
traction engine. This is Henry,
fourth engine bought from Mr. Slack,
and he certainly is to be congratulat-
ed upon getting such fine one.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank the neighbors and
friends for their kindness and sympa-
thy during the illness and death of
our little daughter. We will never
forget the kindness, especially of those
who brought water and food to US
during the long weeks we have been
quarantined.
Mr.. and MRS. ART HENTH0RN,
Readstown, Wis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09
Confirmation Glass

Last Sunday combinations were
held in Bethel and Bethania churches
by Rev. Hammer. The following
young people renewed their baptismal
Gunda Elise Lavold, Thora Borghild
Johanna Role, Marie Bergum, Chester
Erlandson, Robert Ingman Skaaland.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09
A Real Optimist

Caddie Ito golfer badly bunkered,
with opponent well on the green)-
Don't give up the hole sir. You new
er know: the other gentleman might
have a fit.-Boston Transcript.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-09

You can get all kinds Of coal at
Officers Dray Barn
-Tanlae is a splendid tonic snd sys-
TEN purifier, now selling at the rate
of almost Ten Million bottles q year.
Sold by C. F. Dahl, Druggist
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

name, state when this took place
Neither of the terms, Muscle or Niue
sci, is given by Jameson In his "Dic-
ticnary of the Scottish Language" who
| does, however, record "Mussls- -brose,
i. Brose made from n1uscles. These
shell-hsh are broiled ia their own sap,
and this juice, when warm, Is mingled
with oatmeal" Here we havs the
81 sllings Muscle and Mussle, Both re-
fcrring to the same thing.
In regard to Washington, permit me
to say that this name was known as
Wasingatun in the tenth century; that
the Anglo-Saxon form was Hw&siiiGa-
tun. The personal name Is from the
Old English hWSs-keen, shsrp--and
-tngnr, the genitive plural Of the filial
suffix -ing, plus tun--rianor, estate Or
farm. visited the village Of Washing
ton, which is seven miles north of
Worthing, in Sussex, seven years ago.
1t has church which dates from the
Norman and early English period, Of
which only the late Norman Arcades
now stand. From the Anglo-Saxon
spelling the form of the name has
varied as follows: Hwssinsatun, Was
ineatun, Wassingatun. The village in
Durham from which the ancestors OF
the first President of the United States
are believed to have come was spelled
Washington in the thirteenth century,
but Washington in the twelfth CEN
tury "Boldon Book"
In the Church of St. James, Sulgrave,
Northampton, there is brass to Law
renee Washington, died 1854, with eff
gies of himself and his wife Anne and
eleven children. They were ancestors Of
George Washington and the spelling Of
the name was established long before
Washington's time.
FRANK Fl. VIzETELLY.
New York, Nov. 10, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

Upon examination Of the Fifth Re-
port Of the United States Geoeraphic
Board, prepared by Charles S. Sloane.
the secretary, and published by the
Government Printing Office in 1921.
one finds (page 226, column q the fol-
lowing: "Mussel; Light Station, Mar
ragansett Bay, r. /. (Not Muscle Bed
nor Musselbed.) Mussel; Point, Bolivar
Perinsula, Galveston County, Tex. (Not
Muscle.) Musselfork; Township and
Village, Charlton County, Mo. (Not
Muscle Fork)"
But in The preceding column one
finds: Muscle Shoals; series of Rapids
in Tennessee River, south border of
Lauderdale County, Ala. (Not Mussel
Shoals.)" Surely 4 board that has been
in sxistencs for thirty years, during
which time It's personnel has been diff
ferently constituted, would not permit
Muscle Shoals to stand If there were
convincing evidence that 1t is incorrect.
A correspondent OF The Tribune re-
csntly pointed out that tho mans Of
tho postofice was spelled Muscle. In
looking over Major ". +. Walthal's AZ
ticle on Alabama in the American sup
plement to the ninth edition Of the
Encyclopedias Britannica / find the fol-
lowing: "The Tennessee River, which
waters ths northern part Of the state
is open to navigation throughout this
portion Of it's course (about gao miles J
except where 1t Is obstructed, for forty
miles, by the Muscle Shoals. Vol. i,
p. 1850; copyright 1855. Az his authori-
ties. the major cites Brewers Gala
bama," Montgomery, 1879; Befney's
Handbook on Alabama Mobils, 1878;
French's Historical Collections and
the Geological Reports" Of Profe ssors
NJ. Tucrney and Eugene A. Smith.
1t seems to me that II the place VA
originally named Muscle it is as much
entitled to retain that form Of spelling
as the City Of Pittsburgh is entitled to
the final "h" which is included in its
charter, but which many persons have
ei1deavored I'd eliminate.
As for the Scottish town Musscl-
burgh, the original .rian4e Of the town
was Eskmoutii, but none og my aurhSti-
ties. although they note the charge Of
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

officers that our delegates to the arms
parley will be led astray because they
haven't che benefit of the advice OF
that small coterie of self styled
| "progressivs element"
The total result of these attacks Il
| simply to bamb0ozle the American pub
lie and, unfortunately at this time
perhaps, number Of foreign nava
representatives, and create the impres.
sion 0f seriously divided naval coun-
ellis in our anprosfessive naval service
Such an impression is utterly without
any foundation and exceedingly mis-.
chievous.
am quite sure that you can readily
understand the latter point.
AS to the former, remember that the
retired officers who have initiated and
continue these attacks are officers who
had little important command afoat
and no command af6at which brought
them into contact with modern fleets
or rnodetn methods Of warfare.
They left the active service with q
grievance. YOU must know that it Is
unwise to place too much confidence in
either the judgment or the pen of a
man with q grievance. The former is
apt to be unsound. The latter Is apt to
become the instrument of attack upon
others equally or more able, under the
grise Of an effort to educate the pub
lie and work that public up to reali-
cation of its grave danger When the
aggrieved has no occupation but to
write, the alarms they create may be
very mischevous.
In closing, plead with you for less
Of this kind Of thing, and that during
the period Of the conference at hand
at least the columns Of your es-
teemed paper be closed to the ground
less alarms of these writer's. In the
best interests of the service and as a
means to this desired end | suggest
for your serious consideration that
your naval contributors be given a
long leave Of absence on full pay.
Should it be deemed desirable to
continue to bamboozle the public after
the departure Of our distinguished for
eign visitors, these unemployed writer's
can easily be recalled to continue their
mschievotis work.
H. A. WILEY,
Rear Admiral, u 8. Navy.
Naval War College, Newport, R. l.,
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
Your Property
But the State Has Power Over 1t
Approaching Confscasion

/
| TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Some years ago made dis
covery: All wealth had it's source in
the earth or the sea. Later l found
that Ben franklin knew the same thing
hundred years before.
Later I adopted Al working theory
ths principle that the true lire between
liberty and License In human conduct
was found by considering whether a
given act ifitsffeted with the rights OF
yotr fellow man: Last week ten
cent copy of John Stuart Mills "On
Liberty showed me this is not
original.
1t ia rather discouraging work this
adding to the sum of human knowl-
edge.
But if men may spend their lives In
again discovering old truths, may II
not be equally TRUE that they may
spend them in retfyihg old fallacies?
The right Of man to his property
is defined by tustiee Blackstone AZ
"that sole and dsspotic dominion which
one man claims ana exercises over the
external things Of the world, in total
exclusion Of every other individual"
The legal mind will At once discrim-
mate. The right Of man to his prop
erty is against every other individual,
not against the state. Therefore, while
John Smith may not seize Jim Browns
property, there is nothing to prevent
the state from taking from Mr.. Brown
and giving to MI. Smith.
The United States, under the power
tc regulate interstate commerce, took
owners of the railroads and gave it
to the public. During the war it took
away the value Of the coal mines, the
farmers products and the stocks of
various classes of merchandise and
gave it to the public. The State of
Kansas has, by its industrial commits
sion law, taken from the value Of the
states manufacturers. The State Of
New York has taken part of the value
of tenement property and given it to
the tenants. Russia took the value of
it's citizens and gave it to the public.
All Of these things may be legal, but
they are legal evasions, and in practi
cal effect they vitiate the right Of a
man to hold property.
1t is impossible to deny the state the
power to tax, but this power used to
it's ultimate is conhscation. 1t may be
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
The Mussel-Muscle Debate
Authority Of the United States Geographic Board
Washington Once 'Wasingatun'
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Owing to the confusion that sx-
listed in the spellings OF geographic
names Of different places in the United
States, President Benjamin Harrison
on September 4, 1890, instituted the
United States Board ON Geographic
Names. This board, as originally CON
stituted, consisted Of ten members. and
this Is what President Harrison had
to say on the subject:
"As It is dssirable that uniform
usage in regard to geographic no
menclature and orthography obtain
throughout the executive depart
ments OF the government, and par
ticulsrly upod the maps and charts
issued by ths various departments
and bureaus, hereby constitute a
BoaEd on. Geographic Names and
designate the following persons who
have heretofore co-operatsd for 1
similar curposs under tho authority
4 OF the ssver&l departments, bureaus
ana institutions With which they ara
cosir<ctsd a. members Of said
bcardi Pfofsssor Thomas G. Mem
denhaIl. United States Coast ana
Gscdstic Survey. chairman, Andrew
a. Allens Department u STATE: Can
tain Henry L. Howison. Lighthouse
Board. Treasury Department; Cap
tain Thomas Turtle, Engineer Corps,
War Department.; Lieutenant Rich
ardscn Clover Hydfographic once,
Navy Department; Pierson H. Eris-
tow, Postofice Department; Otis
Tuition Mason, smithsonian Institu-
tion, Herbert G. Ogden, United
Statss Coast and Gsedstic Survey;
Henry Gannstt, United states GsS-
logical Survey; Marcus Baker, United
Ststes Geological Survey. TO this
board shxIl be referred all unsettled
qusstiSns concerning geographic
names which sris6 In the depart
msnts, and the decisions Of the
board are to be accepted by these de-
partme1ts - the standard authority
in such matters"
The otiicisl title Of the United States
Bcsfd 81 Geographic Names was
changed 10 tbs Unite4 States Geo.
E1nAiA 1asSds August 10. 1906.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
Rear Admiral Wiley Protests
No Serious Divergence Of Opinion Among Naval
Officers Experienced in War

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: have read the article written
by Carter Field under the caption
Navy Is Divided on Policy for Arms
Meeting" which appeared In your
issue Of November /. AS a naval o.
ficer Of thirty eight years experience
who knows something of the sentiment
and professional opinion of American
naval officers of experience in war
and as one who has never before sp-
peared in print, feel justified In pro-
testing against this and similar ar
ticles which your paper has published
from time to time.
have no fault to find with
your correspondent, for we know
that the Absolutely reliable informa-
tion" on which he bases his article
comes from one or more retired Of
ficers or small coterie Of self styled
experts" on naval matters, "great
naval authorities and now the "pro-
gressive element"
This article constitutes an attack
upon Admiral Coontz and his associates
who are advising our delegates to the
arms conference, the ammunition for
the attack being furnished by these re-
tired officers, or their followers, who
are few in numbers. 1t appears to
thinking naval officers as continua-
tion Of long series of attempts on the
part of these retired officers and their
small following to make it appear that
there is a wide divergence of opinion
s1an1. naval officers on fleet require
me-aG And that our naval representa-
tves in Washington have no standing
with the service at large.
Permit me to assure you that there
is no serious divergence Of opinion
among naval officers experienced in
war and fully up to date on modern
methods of warfare as to heet needs.
The vast majority of officers of this
class not only deplore the exceedingly
bad taste exhibited by these retired
officers and few others by their re-
peated attempts to discredit brother
officers in responsible positions, but
they have perfect confidence in .he
ability of Admiral Coontz and his as
sociates to properly advise Americas
conferees at The arms parley on all
questions about which their advice
may be sought. Certainly there is no
fear among the great body of naval
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
Letters to the Tribune Editor
. yr1d

question as to whether the power of
the state to pass laws regulating hu-
man conduct should not be strictly
limited to those safeguarding human
rights.
When it becomes necessary for the
state to urge men to produce, it is rea-
sonably certain that economic law has
been violated. When IL becomes neces-
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
Futile Coalition
South American Trade

sary to urge people TO obey the ls- 4
is certain that human rights ana =
man ideals are in conflict.
Mr.. Jefferson was right when h. ...y
"to the people the maximum NJ ,,.,ss.
and to the government the rnin,m,,
Of power consistent with the ordsr -
safety OF society' II. D. uTLEY.
Wakefield, Conn, Nov. II, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
Promoted

fFfom Ths BSstoN Trdnscriptj
In spite of the fact that Mr.. Hughes
left ths Supreme Court some time ago,
just now you might we'll call him the
chief justice Of the world.