Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-06-07
COLBURNTOHEADNORMAL WITH THE COUNTY AGENT


W. p. Colburn, superintendent Of the
schools at Rhinelander, was last week
elected principal of the Dunn County
Normal school by the Board of Trus-
tees Of the County Schools to succeed
the late G. L. Bowman. Mr.. Colburn
is an educator of ripe experience and
comes highly recommended. His ten
years superintendent at Rhinelander
has, so far as can be learned, been
marked by pronounced success. He
looked over the training school here
last week and viii enter upon his du-
ties with enthusiasm.
Sketch of Mr.. Colburn
Mr.. Colburn was born IN plattevllle,
Wis, where his father was teacher
in the State Normal school He re-
ceived his early education in I h e
grades in the Platteville Normal and
city schools, graduating from the Nor
NAL in 1891 He had already taught
three years in rural schools of Grant
county. After completing the Normal
he had charge of the high school at
Pletteville for three years and later
the high school at Cassville for nine
years. From there he went to the
University of Wisconsin, where he was
graduated in 1905. He was elected to
the honorary fraternity of Phi Beta
Kappa. He was city superintendent
of Viroqua for the next seven years
and in 1912 moved to Rhinelander,
where he has been in charge of the
city schools for the past ten years.
He spent three summers in summer
school work in Wisconsin, Chicago and
Columbia universities. He was mar
ried at CassviIle and has two sons, one
of whom, Allen, graduates from high
school in Rhinelander this spring. Mr.
Colburn is member of the Elks and
Masonic fraternity, the Congregation
al church and Advancement assoeia-
tio1 at Rhinelander
Prof. Colburn's many Viroqua friends
will be pleased to learn of his select
ion for this important position.
To All Whom This May Concern
BY the terms of Section 1747m Of
the Wisconsin statutes, known as the
trading stamp law, law duly enact
ed by the legislature of Wisconsin and
its validity sustained and its terms in
terpreted by the Supreme Court of
Wisconsin in three different cases, the
use by any manufacturer, packer or
dealer of any form of trading stamp
is absolutely prohibited with the sale
o fanny goods, wares or merchandise,
unless such trading stamp bear upon
its fact stated CASH VALUE, and
be redeemable ONLY IN CASH for
the amount stated thereon upon pre-
sentation in amounts aggregating 25
cents or over of redemption value and
only by the person, firm or corporation
issuing the same.
A swarm of agents, many of them
representing concerns located outside
of Wisconsin, is at work throughout
the state inveigling dealers by their
artful tongues into a violation of this
law. These agents are inducing deal
ers to pay them good money for some
thing which cannot be lawfully used
in the state and when these dealers
find themselves thus wronged and seek
to recover the money paid out, they
find themselves unable to do so. At
the same time the dealers are con-
fronted with prosecution for violation
of the law if they make use of the
trading stamps for which they have
paid good money.
It was the evident intention of the
Legislature of Wisconsin to OUTLAW
the whole trading stamp business ex-
cept the rare instances of plain merit.
A trading stamp under the terms Of
the Wisconsin trading stamp law is
not redeemable in anything else than
CASH. Promises of redemption in
silverware, aluminium ware and other
items of specified lists of premiums,
however alluring, are in violation of
the trading stamp law.
Very truly yours,
J. @. EMERY,
na;,.,, aud Lrood rn,., y,,;rs;onar