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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-05-19
ANOTHER WARNING

MADISON, Wis.-The Wisconsin
department of agriculture this week
issues another warning to ! the FARM
.ers Of the state concerning hog
The veterinary. division
of the department in charge of the
fight against this disease was CALI
ed few days ago to Troy Center
in .Walworth County where there
was . serious. outbreak of hog
cholera with g.. heavy loss to the
herds, infected The veterinarians
found that thesaoutbreakA followed
close upon the purchase Of a lotsof
Eyoung feeders from northern pig
markets. These pigs were shipped
into Walworth and adjoining coun-
ties and. they were placed with other
pigs. without having been kept in
quarantine for q period of two weeks
as they should .hayeoheen. DR.. Pur-
cell in ichargeilof thee departments
work amoae swine says this indis-
criminatei importation of pigs, and
especially without having them vac-
cinated or kept in quarantine for the
required period is likely to. prove
costly to any farmer, that INDUCES in
it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-05-19
FARM PRODUCTS BY AUCTION

MADISON, Wis.-The Market
Division in its by-weekly news let
ter discusses the selling of farm
products by auction, and commands
it in the handling Of perishable
fruit, in which field the practice is
becoming of great Importance
Many students, it says, of the mar
keting problem are of the opinion
that .cne way to reduce the cost Of
marketing is to make it possible to
sell all farm products at auction in
the large wholesale markets.
Today there are about sixteen
American cities in which are held
regularly public auctions of fruits.
Large quantities of fresh fruit and,
to a relatively unimportant extent,
other kinds of produce, are sold at
these auctions. In most Of these
cities there is only one auction COM
pany. Most of the fruit thus
handled is received in carload lots
from distant shippers, though the
latter are in some cases large or
CARNATIONS handling the fruit Of q
considerable number of different
growers. The services Of the auc-
ton companies are therefore avail
able to many small farmers as well
as to large ones. Ordinarily the
fruit is not consigned directly to
the auction companies, but is sent
to brokers, salaried representatives
of the shippers, or to dealers Of some
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-05-19
HoIsfien Breeders Hold
Annual Sale at Mason

possible unless all the sides of the
problem are taken into considera-
ton, Different sides of a problem
are, moreover, of an unequal inn
portance. Some are of a funda-
mental Importance, others are only
of an auxiliary value.
Since the market is the central
point in our economic life and since
our welfare. as producers and con-
sumers, depends on the market, we
are vitality interested to see that the
forces which produce prices on the
market operate for the greatest
benefit of the community. To achieve
this these forces must be controlled.
1t is, impossible, however, to con-
troll them unless they are known.
But even the knowledge of these
forces will not do Us any good unless
we can clearly distinguish between
the fundamental forces and the
auxiliary ones. Just like in the
field of medicine q, physician, in
making the diagnosis of case,
tries to get at the bottom of sick
ness or disease, and endeavors to
get at the fundamental cause, so
in the field Of marketing character
and get down to the one fundamental
cause responsible for the whole
trouble. The reason that We have
been able to solve our marketing
problem is because we have been too
preoccupied with auxiliary things
without paying much attention to
fundamental factors.
Thus, our attention so far has
been mainly directed towards elm
mating the unnecessary expense in-
volved in the transfer Of products
from producer to consumer. There
is no doubt that the question Of an
efficient transfer Of goods from the
source Of production to the place of
consumption is Of great Importance
and must be solved as matter Of
course. It's solution, however,
must be accompanied by efforts to
solve problem Of greater import-
ance which consist in providing the
producers and consumers with a
good, steady and secure market.
This is a problem of paramount
Importance. The Division Of Mar
kets believes that the efforts of the
public and of the official and unoffi-
cial marketing agencies should be
focused on the fundamental forces
which determine prices on the mar
ket. Only remedies which aim at
controlling these forces can have q
lasting ana beneficent effect.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-05-19
CONSIGNMENT SALE HELD
AT MASON MAY IL
Owing to Financial Conditions
Buyers Were Not Plentiful.
Some Good Stock Comes TO
Washburn.

On May 18th, 80 head of high
grade and registered Holstiens were
SOLD at q consignment sale held by
the Bayfield, County Holstien Breed
ers' at Mason. The grade cows sold
better than the Registered stock, but
due to financial conditions and re-
cent drop in butterfat there were
few buyers Four farmers from
Washburn purchased grade and re-
gistered, stock among which was
Peter Kosberg and son, who bought
q purebred bull and heifer. Farmers
from Cable were present and Mr..
Fsy and Son bought an excellent
Registered bull. Also Hector La
mont of Russell bought two head.
Farmers in the vicinity of Mason
bought q. number of registered cows
the bulls. Among these were Christ
Iverson, Thoraf Yderstad and Jacob
Yderstad.
We are glad to know that more Of
our farmers are getting interested
in registered stock and they surely
got them at q reasonable price at
this sale. Mr.. L. N. Larson from
Port Wing sold II head Of registered
stock at large sacrifice, but he said
he was satisfied so long as the farm
ers of this county got them.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-05-19
Buy up $4,000 Acres for
Potato Farm on "Barrons'

SUPERIOR-A potato farm of
closes to $4,000 acres is being formed
in the sandy "barrens" between
Scion Springs and Gordon. in Doug
las county, and Iron River, in Bay
field.
Oneida county farmers and finan-
ciers from Madison and Milwaukee
are reported to be behind organiza-
ton Ut the vast farm.
It. is said that Elmer S. Hall,
state treasurer, is among those in
the deal, but this could not be con-
firmed in Superior.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-05-19

Soil experts of the University Of
Wisconsin have declared for years
that this belt Of ''barrens" should
be the most productive potato belt
in the state. On account of its
nearness to Lake Superior, the sea-
son of growing will be twenty days
longer than in counties tier fur
Their south. The waters of the lake
keep away fros.s in spring and fall
by temporizing the weather.
1t is understood that practically all
Of the land for the farm has been
obtained.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-05-19

!, Bayfield, county may be, thankful
that our seasopsain thesspringaarela a
little backward for thedfreeze, last
week didnot do serious damage to the
budding trees because they were not
far enough advanced. To the south
OF US where the season is abort a
week ahead serious damage WIS done
to the fruit crop,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-05-19

That in all the discussions about
improvements of our marketing sys-
TEN no distinction is made between
the fundamental forces influencing
the market and the auxiliary ones is
the opinion of the Division of Mar
kets expressed in q statement issued
today.
The market is the central point of
our economic life. We all work for
the market and we are all interest
ed in the market. AS profession
al men we are interested in the mar
ket for OFF services, as workingmen
i'm the market for our labor, as
business .men--in the market for our
our manufactured commodities and
IS farmers we are interested in the
market, of our products Whether
we have something to offer or some
thing to ask for, it is to the market
place that we turn. The market in
this sense is not a particular place
for buying and selling but the gen.
eral field within which the forces
determining the price of parti.i
cular commodity operate.
Since we all work for the market
our welfare depends upon the way
the forces which determine prices
on the market operate. These
forces are so varied as they are
numerous.
Some Of these forces are: trans
partation, quality of goods, the
supply Of goods, the demand, mono
poly, public authority, competition,
climate, and psychology. Every one
Of these forces has it's influence up
on the market. Any change in
these forces changes the market.
Since we all work for the market
any changes in these forces affect
our welfare.
The Division Of Markets has issu-
cd some time ago a statement in re-
gard to the publication of the re-
suits of Investigations which it has
been conducting on certain funda-
mental problems connected with
marketing Before Issuing the
press letters which deal with the
results Of these Investigations the
Division thinks it important to call
the attention of the public to the
fact that all the questions connect
ed with the problem Of marketing
have been considered until now from
one point Of view only. The solu-
ton Of q problem, however, is i'm
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-05-19
FOUR STATE MEN NOW AT
WORK IN THE COUNTY
Will Take About Two Months 10
Complete the Work in Bay
fed County. Few ReactOrs
Being Found.

The State Vet. Department now
have four official testers working
in Bayfield, County testing the cattle
for tuberculosis. One man being
stationed at Iror River, one at Port
Wing, one at Ashland and one. at
Bayfield,. DIR. w. r. Johnson has
charge of the work and has his head
quarters in the County Agents
Office where he is directing the wosk.
These testers will notify all farm
ers one or two days in advance when
they will be at his farm and when to
keep his cows in. All animals six
months of age and over will be
tested. The cooperation Of all
farmers will be highly appreciated.
It will probably take two months to
clean up our County and then we
will be protected by Interstate and
County shipping laws and can keep
all. Tubercular. cattle from our coun-
ty. Few Reactors have been discov-
cred to date.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-05-19

Buy it in Washburn.
Evening journal., 1921-05-31
AT TIE PLAYHousE.

Elsie Ferguson has returned to
the screen more glorious and more
beautiful than ever. She played yes
terday at the Playhouse in Sacred
and Profane Love-" and won COM
pletely the hearts of her audiences.
Miss Ferguson in the star role she
created on the stage exceeds even
the best traditions of the part. The
producer staged the Offering in a
manner worthy of the subject
The stars "Carlotta" of the screen
is undoubtedly greater than the
same character on the speaking
stage For the play version could
show only scattered snapshots of the
strange impulsive girl whose reac-
tions to the love of two different
men form one of the most impress
sive studies in all literature.
The holiday crowds yesterday
showed themselves entirely pleased
with the picture and delighted with
Miss Ferguson's return to the silver
sheet.
Conrad Nagel as "Diaz" presents
a mastery portrait Of the eccentric
pianist. accentuating properly the
episodes of his musical triumphs
his passionate romance and his
degradation.
Evening journal., 1921-05-31
One Judge Granted 1873
Divorces in One Minute

arian law lord. and one OF England's
greatest divorce judges. also came
out of his retirement and volunteer
ed to lend a hand disposing of cases
with astonishing speed Now as
many as six or seven courts are
grinding out divorces at an unprece-
dented rate. Justice Hin recently
broke all records by "unmarryinr"
l3S couples in one minute. He ac-
complished this by taking his entire
list Of decree nisis". (The final
divorce decree after the statutory
period OF six months from the trial.
when the divorce is pronounced "ab-
solute" and pronouncing them "ab-
solute" in one bunch after the clerk
had read out the names.
The Divorce Courts have never
worked very rapidly. and were us
ually in arrears in pre-war days but
the enormous increase Of petitions
for dissolution of marriage is attri-
buted 10 the fading of war-romances.
the huge proportion of "undefended"
cases. proving the failure of many
hasty war weddings. The process
Of "unmarrying" Is expensive in
England the cheapest "undefended"
suit costing over fifty pounds. In
the case Of very poor people, a GER
tiacate may be obtained enabling
them to plead I'm forma pauperis"
Cor about fifteen pounds.
The fact that there were over
1000 cases in the last term list prov
cd very disturbing to the clergy and
social workers. and It has been alleg-
ed that such a system makes divorce
too easy. on the other hand. q very
Evening journal., 1921-05-31

board. expressed his appreciation of
the work OF the teachers and urged
them not to "lose heart because the
new school laws were not ideal"
Wilbur II. Jump. county superin-
tendent, was warmly greeted as ne
arose TO make his toast. He praised
Mr.. Miller as a man in an emer-
gency." and said he had found the
present state board of utmost assist
ance.
1T has been one Of my greatest
pleasures. said Mr. Jump, Ito have
felt there were honest and sincere
men on both the county and state
boards. The question whether SAL
aries will be raised or lowered will
not be known until the governor
names the new State Board Of Edu-
cation"
Mr. Jump expressed the belief
that the present school laws were
favored by the teachers as a whole.
and that the laws which will become
effective on July l will prove a dis
appointment.
Yet give the new laws a chance"
he urged, pleading that teachers
should be "optimists," not "pessi-
mists"
Miss Ina G. Barnes and Miss Ruby
A. Miller. county supervisors and
Miss Ruth Jones. attendance officer.
pledged their adherence to the work
Of the county schools. following
which a round table discussion" by
the assembled teachers was held.
Evening journal., 1921-05-31
by ALFRED J. WEST

Omitted Press STAFF Correspondent)
LONDON-America has so long
been regarded as the home OF quick
and easy divorce, that IL has come
as a distinct shock TO staid British
ers TO learn that the divorce courts
in London. are churning out DEGREES
at the rate of one every seven and a
half minutes OF working time.
Further there is a waiting list Of
some 1000 persons seeking divorces.
when the judges have time TO spare.
The British divorce court is part
of the High Court Of Justice. head
quartered in London. and The Pro-
bate. Divorce and Admiralty Divi-
sion as it is called. is run by Sir
Henry Duke, President of the Divi-
sion. and two High Court judges.
One OF these is always required for
Admiralty or Probate (wills) cases.
so that hitherto there has hardly
ever been more than two courts
working at the same time. British
High Courts sit from 10 TO 4 p. m.
weekdays except Saturday. and the
intervals between the various law
terms are lengthy So tremendous
has become the congestion that
strenuous measures have had 70 be
adopted. Wherever possible spare
judges have been loaned from the
Kings Bench Court. tho Lord Chief
Justice and even the Lord Chancel-
lor have lent hand, working on
Saturdays as we'll. Lord Blrken-
head was the first Lord Chancellor
to tackle divorce cases
Lord Mersey, the retired octogen-
Evening journal., 1921-05-31
AT TIE ARCADIA.

A man so tight" he was dubbed
Burglar Proof by acquaintances
gave laughs by the score to those
who made up the holiday crowds at
the Arcadia Theatre yesterday.
Bryant Washburn, the star, makes a
clever distinction between a tight
wad" and a man who is sensibly
thrifty. And Burglar Proof de-
serves special mention because it is
one country boy-goes-to-the city
story in which the hero does not
marry the rural sweetheart
There are really two heroines in
the piece. one is Jenny. the coun-
try girl, spoiled by the city into a
gum-chewing slang-using teacher
in a dance hall. She is we'll done
by Grace Morse whose distinctive
style sets off the part splendidly
Lois Wilson has the role of the sec
ond and the real sweetheart. She,
as is her practice. is charming be-
yond description.
The program was made even more
merry by the screening of the Chris
tie comedy MAN Versus Woman,
another version Of the constant wal
waged by man with woman since
the DAYS of Adam and Eve.
Evening journal., 1921-05-31

country instructors and affirmed Mr.
Yerger's statement that the teach
ing profession was the greatest in
the world"
1T is due to our teachers" he con-
tinued, that we have the right kind
of citizenship"
President Miller then urged all
present "to stand by the ship" at
this crucial time" The new school
laws may work out better than we
expect" he said "and then we all
shall be grateful to you for your
confidence in us" He concluded by
expressing the belief that all teach
ers would be retained under the new
dispensauon.
Mr.. Medin, president OF the county
board, suggested that Mr. Miller and
Eugene II. Shallcross. a member Of
the present county board. be rec
ommended to the governor for
membership on the new state
board. Things have happened
rapidly in our administration, "
he added. Il rather feel that
the new school code was too much
for the State 20 abide by. Then the
law Of 1920 and now the law Of 1921
was framed along lines untested and
untried."
As illustrating the difficulties Of
teachers pay, Mr. Medin related
how he had taught school twenty
years ago for sac a month and paid
for his own board. Then he went
TO South America for a time.
p f Strickland, of the county
Evening journal., 1921-05-31
AT THE QUEEN.

Pearl White made j. decided hit
in her latest photoplay Beyond
Price" when it was presented to the
Decoration Day crowds at the Queen
Theatre. 1t is the story Of a neg
lected wife who wishes she was hap
pier. She writes three big wishes in
the wishing-book and has the salts
faction and experience of enjoying
the fulfilment of each one.
Miss White in Beyond Price"
has essayed something new for her
IA role which, despite the serious,
and at one point tragic, character
of the story's development, is pri-
marily a feature comedy role. And
her triumph is beyond question.
The comedy THE Greenhorn"
came in for many laughs at its
showing.
Evening journal., 1921-05-31
NEW AUTO TITLELAW
In EFFECT TOMORROW

New forms Of applications for cer-
tifcates of title to motor vehicles
are required to be filled in. accord
ing TO a recently passed law. after
tomorrow On the forms the name
of the owner Of the machine busi-
ness and home address are required
to be given under oath before a no
tary public. also a complete descrip-
tion Of the vehicle and complete de-
tails Of ownership.
The penalty for a false statement
is a fine varying from $500 TO $1,000
or imprisonment from 6 days to FIVE
years or both.
All of the information must be
sworn to before notary public and
/ the information is filed i'm the office
OF the Secretary of State at Dover.
There also is space on the applica-
ton Tor the certificate Of the vendor
and OF the dealer with their names
and addresses. The effect will he
1t is said, that every sale Of an AN.
tomobile or other motor vehicle shat
be known to public officers and tn,
information will be on file where 1
can be obtained. Pennsylvania an,
several other States have simna
laws.
After September It shall be un
lawful to have in ones possessio
motor vehicle for which a certif
cate OF title has not been issued.
Evening journal., 1921-05-31

strong body Of public opinion insists
that British Divorce laws are too
complicated and distinctly unfair on
the wife. A divorce is far from be-
ing easy for a wife to obtain, it be-
ing necessary to prove cruelty. and,
or desertion. as well as misconduct,
while misconduct alone is sufficient
ground for the male petitioner.
After the decree nisi" has been
pronounced, there must be an in
terval of six months. during which
period an official known as "the
Kings Proctor. is supposed to look
into the case to see whether there
is any evidence of collusion, perjury,
Evening journal., 1921-05-31
TEACHERSLOYAL
TO CHILDREN
President Miller Urges Staff
to Work Together Under
New Law
SAYS PROFESSION
is THE GREATEST

Loyalty to the school children was
pledged by more than 100 teachers
of rural New Castle. at a dinner Civ
en- by them last night 70 the members
of the State and County Boards Of
Education, at the Lambros. Warren
X. Yerger. principal of the Alexis J.
dupont school. was toastmaster.
II was the first occasion at which
the sentiment of the teachers them
selves relative to the adoption of the
new, or revised, school laws by the
late Legislature has been developed.
Under the new laws the present
County Board OF Education goes
overheard on July 1 and its activi-
ties are taken up by the new state
Board Of Education, members of
which yet are TO be named by Gov
ernor Denney.
Positions on the new board re-
Gently were offered by Governor
Denney to both z. $. dupont and
George b. Miller. retiring members
Of the old or present board, but
were declined with thanks.
Mr.. dupont had been invited by
the teachers to be present, but was
prevented by pressure Of business
from attending. So, too, DR. A. r.
Spaid retiring State commissioner Of
education. who was taken i'm yes
terday. Keen regret was expressed
at the absence OF Mr. DUPONT.
Mr.. Miller. president OF the State
Board of Education. occupied a
seat at the head Of the table Be
sides him sat George l.. Medn.
president of the county board, and
Wilbur Il. Jump, the county super
intendent
Mr.. Yerger. the toastmaster, him
self sounded the keynote Of the eve
ming in his Introductory remarks.
we deal with human beings" he
said. with souls. with personalities,
every day. Character and its de-
velopment is our work Our profess
sion is the greatest in the country.
l am proud to be a school teacher, I'm
spite of the low pay and lack OF
public appreciation. The profession
OF teaching is a mighty lonely life
in many ways, but a pleasant one.
The public attitude toward il is
/ changing, due. I believe, largely to
the influence of the parent-teaeher
| movement"
President Miller. OF the state
Board, received something Of an
ovation as he arose to spcak the
assembled teachers rising and APP
plauding him with viEor.
He expressed his high apprecia.
Ltion OF the services rendered by tn,
Evening journal., 1921-05-31
AT THE RIAITO.

Today at the Rialto the last show
ings OF the double bill program will
be given. The dramatic feature on
this is Eva Novak's newest picture
romance. The Torrent" This is a
stirring, spirited story that takes it's
characters from California. Miss
Novak's role Is the best she has
ever had.
Also at the Rialto is the second
episode Of the jungle serial TThe
Son of Tarzan." The action is get
ting hot and the people are becom-
ing more enthused with the move
ments of the characters of this
wonder thriller.
Tomorrow and for that day only
Jack Pickford will be seen at tn,