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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-12-06
PHILOSOPHICAL MEDITATIONS

The man who depends upon excuses
stamps himself as one.
Egotism has its virtues as well as
its faults. 1t makes a fellow hustle to
live up to his opinion of himself.
You have noticed, no doubt, that
some men are slow in making prom
ises. They are the ones who keep
them.
Some people never admit defeat
because they don't know they are de-
feated.
Fingers that point with pride are
generally neatly manicured.
1t you want to become unpopular
begin talking about your own troub-
les while other people are telling you
of their.
The fellow who doesn't turn to look
at a pretty woman probably doesn't
see her.
There are millions of good citizens
in this country, but the bad ones make
most of the noise.
Life is buEsen only to those who
make it So
The man who is quick to start an
argument and slow to quit is a bless
ing in a way. He prevents other peo-
pie from wasting so much breath.
We object to the statement that
there are no modest women left in
the world. There are few who have
not money enough to buy a modern
gown.
They say love comes unbidden, but
many time money pushes it along.
Some people can't stand prosperity
because they never have a chance.
Some men are always kind to their
wives. It's the safest way.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-12-06

Evelyn, little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Peterson of Sag City vi
entity, is very i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Smith spent
Thanksgiving with their daughters
and families in Lacrosse.
MIR. Len Axlen has been a patient
IN the Grandview hospital for several
weeks.
Miss Dorothy Howarth, who is in
training at the Grandview hospital
was reported ill last week.
Mrs. Ed Dyer returned Sunday
from Prairie du Chen where she has
been with her daughter Mrs. Hammes,
who was operated upon for appendi-
citis recently.
Mrs. kennard Dyer went down to
stay with Mrs. Hammes during her
eonvalescence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Selmer Moseng mo-
tored to Viroqua Sunday evening to
see relatives and to attend a movie.
Bert Groves of Minneapolis is visit
ing at the Chas. Mcdonald home.
Joe Dahl and two friends of La
Crosse came down Sunday and enjoyed
real rabbit hunt with Dennis New
ton and K. f. Dyer. We think they
got EN- all.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gillespie enter
tanned at six o'clock dinner Sunday
evening, Miss Esther Doyle and Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Adams.
Fred Bean has some lively tenants
IN his attic, a busy squirrel couple
having gnawed their way in last fall,
rearing large family last spring and
still holding possession.
=, c..f e.
has been very much in evidence re-
Gently, DR.. Myrick having seen him
at the following homes bringing q girl
to Mr.. and Mrs. Gregory Lucy of Fer
ryvllle, November 20; an So pound
boy to Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Seymour,
Saturday, November 25th, a girl to
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Lee of Nash Ridge,
November 29ht; boy to Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Waters, near West Prairie, No
vember 30th; 3 pound boy to Mr.. and
Mrs. John Runice of Nash Ridge, De-
eember Ist; pound girl to Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Emerson of Sag City,
December 2nd.
Arthur Rust was business caller in
the village Monday.
Geo. Billings and Frank Carmack
exchanged their property near the
Lawrence hill road.
Mr.. and Mrs. R.PLoftus were West
Prairie callers Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Brockley of Ge-
noa spent Saturday at the Harry
James home.
Deputy State Health Officer, Or.
Henika, was called to Victory last
Monday to investigate concerning a
home Guaranteed for scralet fever
in which the patient broke quarantine.
DR.. Henika succeeded in impressing
them with the Importance Of obeying
the state law.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-12-06
VERNONITE IN ARKANSAS

Springdale, Ark, Nov. 81, 1922.
Dear Friends
will endeavor to give a brief out
line of our few months in Arkansas.
We landed at MOUNTAINEERING, Arkan-
sas, April /, 1922, at a. m. We had
to walk about a quarter of a mile to
hotel. We stopped there few days
and the land agent showed us around
over a few farms, he called them.
didn't and luck was with us, in way.
A member of my family got sick and
we rented house and we moved into
that, and by renting we was in no
hurry to buy and the longer we stay
ed there the more we disliked the
country. There was level land in the
bottom and good, but it was owned
by land king. He owns all except
135 acres south of town one mile and
likewise above town, and most of the
town. The man who owns the 1876
acres has the best farm in the valley.
On it there is over " miles of stone
fence. The stone fences are built
about 30 inches at the bottom and are
built about Az feet high. | helped
pick strawberries on this farm.
started picking berries and the boss
came by where / was working and he
said to me "Mr. Hall are you picking
for the money or experience" | said
truthfully, experience, for l had only
picked IL quarts at &c per quart that
forenoon.
We staid at MOUNTAINEERING till Au-
gust 7th when we moved to Spring
dale on our place we bought here
We are AZ miles north of Mountain
burg. The altitude at MOUNTAINEERING
is 412 feet and here 1,408 feet. The air
is much lighter here than down there.
My wife and / like it here very
much. We are 40 rods off the hard
surface road and only IL miles to
town and the lay of the land | would
say, is broken prairie, although it is
almost level. Some buttes in sight
This country is the greatest fruit dis
trict in the United States for varities
There are hundreds of acres of apples
of all kinds, and not so many peaches.
Strawberries, most everyone has from
one acre up. One man west of town
has 100 acres in one piece. And they
tell me there are 10000 acres of Con-
cord grapes been planted in the last
3 years. Here are the number of cars
of each which was shipped from
Springdale, Arkansas this year:
Strawberries 252 cars; peaches 10:
grapes 40; apples they have no way of
telling the number of bushels or cars
as there are two evaporaters. One of
them is a large plant. Six packing
houses and vinegar factory. There
are hundreds of bushels expressed
every week when apples first get ripe.
On November Is the corner stone of
the WEIGH Grape Juice Cos. new plant
was laid at Springdale. The plant,
when complete will cost 81 100000
We have planted 500 grapes already
and going to plant 2200 as soon as we
can get the land plowed and expect to
plant one acre of Strawberries this
spring. and two acres the next spring.
Well, think l have did exceedingly
well for this time and if this misses
the waste basket I will probably try
again later With best wishes to all,
| remain as ever,
W. F. HALL.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-12-06
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

The game supper which was held
Monday night at the Methodist church
was big success. 1t is estimated
that about three hundred people were
served. The proceeds which were over
Sll5, go into the general school treas
ury to be used for the expenses of the
school.
Beulah Holmstad has been absent
from school for two weeks.
The operetta, BulBul which was to
have been given December 1914, has
been postponed until after the Christ
mas vacation.
The basket ball team journeyed to
Soldiers Grove on Friday, December 1,
and met defeat at the hands of the
fast Soldiers Grove Quintet, to the
tune of 22-6. The defeat, however,
is not so badly felt because only one
player on the new team has had pre-
vious experience. However the play
ing improved as the game progressed
and Soldiers Grove did not score in
the last quarter The remarkable fea-
ture of the affair was the presence of
about sixty WIS. rooters who journ-
eyed there by truck Next Friday
night Soldiers Grove will make their
appearance here and we hope to give
them great battle.
Christmas Carol Concert
The following is the program for
the Christmas carol concert at the NJ
E. church:
Professionally Come All Ye
Faithful. Audience standing.
Joy to the World-Handel. Audi
ence and school children.
The Birthday of King-Niedlinge
High School chorus.
Christmas Carol-Dorothy Riley;
Away in Manger-Luther First and
Second Grade Children.
1t came Upon the Midnight Clear
Willis; While Shepherds Watched
Handel. Fifth and Sixth Grade Chill
dren.
We Three Kings of the Orient Are
Hopkins; Seventh and Eighth Grade
Boys.
Christmas Eve-Solo by Catherine
Erickson, Sixth Grade.
Oh Little Town of Bethlehem-Red-
ner. Christmas Comes Again-Third
and Fourth Grade Children.
Cantique de Noel-Adolph Adam,
High School Chorus.
Under the Stars Margaret Min
shall, Clarice Solverson.
The First Nowell-Tradition
Christmas Song-Harringto Seventh
and Eighth Grade Boys and Girls.
Silent Night-Grueber, High School
Girls.
Long Years Ag o-Harrington,
Grades and High School people.
Recessional-Hark the Herald An
gels Sing. Audience standing.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-12-06

If you want to buy, sell or ex.
change your farm or city property
write I. j. Thorson & Son, Westby
Tell them what you have, and what
you want. 4S-3
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-12-06
MONEY mLOAN

On real estate. rates reasonable
All business confidential. Lewis Resl
ty Company. State Bank Bldg, La
Crosse, Wis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-12-06

DIR. Fortney, Dentist, Office ove'
DnhPs Drug Store. Phone 176.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

has sense enough to stick to the book, for
it is a very good story of an old fashioned,
rather conventional type. If the motion
picture people could confine themselves to
such soundly dramatic work as this there
might be less criticism of the photodrama.
This is a romance of Southern chivalry, it's
keynote being the protection of woman
hood, even when the woman in the case
is not entirely innocent. Joe, the hero, is
bound boy" apprenticed to an old cur
mudgeon, to save the rest of the family.
The old man is a miser, but is also pos
sessed Of young wife, acquired in much
the same way he got Joe. The inevitable
lover turns up. and the woman prepares
to elope, but things go wrong and the old
man returns, just at the wrong moment,
and suspects Joe. Threatening to kill the
boy, the miser takes down a gun and ac-
cidentally shoots himself and of course Joe
is suspected of murder. But he must keep
silent, to protect the woman's good name.
And so on. But the characters are well
drawn; not at all the mere puppets one
might expect from the plot. 1t makes a
worth while story.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26
THE FTREBRAND OF THE INDIES. BY
E. Seth-Smith. Macmillan Company.

THE FTREBRAND OF THE INDIES. By
E Seth-Smith. Macmillan Company.
M AKINa XII historical novel .' out of
is a ticklish business, but Mr.
Seth-Smith, who has had some experience
in this form of fiction, avoids most of the
more obvious pitfalls He keeps moder-
ately close to a basis of fact and steers
as clear as can be of too much theology,
with the result that he has built an
interesting, harmonious novel of strenuous
adventure with some dignity. 1t opens
with the meeting in Paris of Igna1o de
Loyola and Francisco de Xavier de
Jasso, in their student days, and soon
passes onward to the mysterious East.
eff you co. says Loyola when the
enterprise is still in doubt, "set the Indies
on fire, Francisco" And he did.
There is room for plenty of incidental
adventure, both en- route and in the East;
among the pearl fisheries, poisoners. and
at Malacca; aboard a pirate ship, and
through the most remote Beyond lead
ing into Buddhist monastery and other
queer places The authors narrative style
is clean and smooth, and the thing as
a whole is at least innocuous, if not very
impressive The book is sponsored by
the Society for Promoting Christian Knowl-
edge.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

provincial life with an historic background
of the Middle Ages. 1t is no exaggeration
to say that he has vivisected and laid
bare the very sole of Combray, which,
seen from a distance, was no more than
q church epitomizing the town, represent
ing it, speaking Of it and for it to the
horizon"
For those who find themselves repelled
by this authors deliberateness of approach,
the wisest procedure would be to Invade
the story midway, at page 25s. at the be-
ginning of the third part, entitled "Swann
in Love- Here at least we have an
episode complete in itself, story that
will live independently of any later inter-
woven connection with other portions of
the main structure. Perhaps never before
has the sordid tragedy of a mans love
and jealousy of an unworthy woman been
so minutely, inexorably explored and de-
nuded. When NJ Swami first met Nine.
Odette de Crecy he was as sure that she
was technically good woman as he
was that her face was disappointment.
When away from her he found that her
face haunted him; whenever they met,
the initial disappointment was renewed;
until, one day. in a flash of enlightenment
he discovered what he must have sub
consciously known from the beginning,
that Odette was a reincarnation of one
Of his favorite Botticelli frescoes. That
the lady was less impregnable than he
had first supposed was M. Swann's second
discovery. That her moral standards were
not greatly above gutter level he was to
learn by slow degrees; but by this time
poor M. Swanns infatuation had reached
the point of mental blindness at which a
woman's imperfections. her mental and
moral coarseness her very ineptitudes, all
become precious because typical of her.
We see the man himself slowly disintegrate
under the acid poison of this worthless
woman. The inevitable awakening of sus-
picion that he is being betrayed brings
in it's wake the progressive breaking down
of his moral fiber. We cannot recall any
other book where the scorching, soaring,
shriveling action of jealousy has so dev-
astated mans soul. From listening at
doors and windows and prying into sealed
letters, he progresses to the greater 1g-
nominy of spying upon Odette. lying to her,
cross examining her, tripping her into re-
luctant admissions of unspeakable deg
radations, torturing himself by visuaiz-
ing scenes more hideous than her worst
confessions Eventually Swann's obses-
sion runs its course, like any other malig-
nant disease He sees Odette from de-
is cured. The crowning irony is expressed
in the cry of his heart:
''To think that 1 have wasted years of,
my life, that I have longed for death,
that the greatest love that have ever
known has been for a woman who did
not please me, who was not in my style!"
CALVIN WINTER.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

THE BONDBOY BY George w. ogden. Chi
cago: A. c. McCIurg & Co.
TT is announced that a prominent
movie star" is appearing in a screen
play built from this novel. 1t ought
10 make good film, if the scenario writer
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

boys and girls in the lovely English coun-
try, in the great happy house. We meet
Anne at the moment of her first sorrow;
worshipped, and to whose memory, child
though she is, she clings with fierce
passion that resents any attempt to replace
it. But the three boys. sons of the Field
ings. to whom her father. who Is in the
Indian service. confides her, understand
this in that subtle and none the less
straightforward fashion in which children
do understand when they are sensitive.
And they know that their mother does not
understand, or that if she does she does
not care. And they protect Anne in the
casual but decided ways of childhood.
The book passes through the war, as any
study of contemporary England must, and
the war sets its mark on the characters
of the story. but we get only the merest
glimpse of actual warfare. The youth of
England was bred beside hospital beds and
in the trenches for nearly five years, and
to ignore this in fiction would be a ludi-
crous mistake. But there is no wrenching
of fate. no impossible variations in Miss
Sinclair's exposition of the effect of war
on her characters, or on her plot.
The book is a distinguished piece of writ
ing as well as a moving and a deeply in
teresting story that touches at moments
an intensity never before attained by the
author. and in which you lose yourself
completely. Surely this is an achievement.
H. H. OSKISON.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

THE HUNTRESS. By Hubert Footner.
James A. Mccain Company.
rR. F'OOTNER can be counted upon
M for something a bit out of the
stereotyped whether he is operat-
ing in Fifth avenue and Chinatown or in
the great, big, wide open spaces of the
windy West. This time he actually pro-
duces a novelty to add to the countless
horde of heroes and heroines that roam
over the Canadian Northwest, for it is the
lady who does the kidnapping, with her own
fair hands. rolling the titular hero up in
The New York herald., 1922-11-26
BALLOONS. By Elizabeth Bibesco George
H. Doran Company

III. Doran Company.
"HE Princess Bibesco, daughter of
Margot Asquith, is possibly handi-
capped by her ancestry and environ
ment. One senses a fine, active intellect
constrained by circumstances to an unfor-
tunate concern with superficialities, to the
result that trivialities assume the air of
being cosmic philosophy. The cult of the
elegant trifie is legitimate and may be a
fine art, but it should not pretend to be
something else. The short stories in this
collection are cleverly made; at some
points they may be called brilliant, though
glittering is generally the more accurate
adjective for them. They deal with life
wherein dress has ritual importance, as
a form of religion. until one is led to cry
out with one of the characters, "Pour
Tamour de Dieu, ne parlons pas robes!"
1t may be recommended to ladies of taste
as a rhapsody on clothes. OF course the
stories do get below the surface now and
then, but not quite so profoundly as the
ritualist would have use believe. If one
may indulge in a bull" it a superficial
profundity. But the construction is excel
lent, there is life and snap to the move
ished.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26
A ST.. LUKE OF THE NINETEENTH
CENTURY. By Mrs. Russell Darlington.
Longmans, Green & Co.

CENTURY. BY Mrs. Russell harrington.
Longmans, Green & Co.
"HE subtitle adequately appraises
this as 'an old fashioned story
about few gentlemen and gentle
women and others. who lived during the
reign of Queen Victoria. 1t is a de-
liberately Victorian novel, massive sedate,
a survival from more leisurely moving
times. A novel of, for, and by Victorian
ism 1t is so much so that it suggests
that it must have been written, or con-
ceived long ago; it reminds one of the
eventual growth of some very slowly germ
mating seed, which comes up long after
the gardener has forgotten that it was
ever planted. 1t has some pleasant quail
tiles, but it drags through conventional
plot. The gist of the thing is summed
up by one of the patient sufferers, as part
of long Grafton which he palms off as
conversation:
THE keys" he says, that unlock our
selves to ourselves are all so different,
are they not? The key that fitted my
lock opened my consciousness to the
fact that 1 was meant to devote my life
to the service of beauty through the eye"
Hence the title; salvation by art The
characters have some validity but the thing
is cluttered up with small incident and
lish is clumsy, careless and involved.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

Continued on Page Fifteen.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26
N EW FICTION
-IN-
VARIED FORMS

ANNE SEVERN AND THE FIELDINGS
BY May Sinclair. The Macmillan Com
pany.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-06-10
FOR RENT

FOR RENT--Modern 2 and
S. 14th. 1892
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-06-10
GIANT SHIPS COMPETE
FOR MILEAGE RECORD

London, June 10--The old com
petition for supremacy in the At
lantic is again In full sway.
The Mauretania has established
new record In making passage
from America at the average rate
OF 26.s knots, the previous record
being rs knots.
The Majestic, the worlds larg-
est ship, has just taken to the
waters and II Is expected that on
her second or third voyage she
VIII attempt 10 eclipse the Maure-
tania's record. On her trial run
the Majestic made 25 knots with
out being pushed.
Advances which have been made
in ocean voyaging may be seen
when records are produced show
ing that In 1s40 the Cunard line
er Britannia averaged fourteen
days in crossing the ocean, ut an
average speed OF sh knots.
Shipping circles here are watch
Ing the performances OF the Ma
jestic with the greatest interest.
as It Is freely predicted that never
will a ship Of her size be built
again.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-06-10
EMPLOYERS REQUIRED
TO FURNISH ALL DATA

Employers OF labor in Oregon
are required by law to furnish to
the state labor commissioner such
statistics and data as he may re-
qulre In the compilation of his
reports on the industrial situa-
tion In this state. Such is the gist
OF an opinion given to C, II.
Gram. state labor commissioner,
by Attorney General Van Wipkle
The state law, according 10 the
opinion OF the the attorney gem
eral. requires every owner. oper-
ator or manager OF every factory,
works, shop. mill or other estab-
lishment. excepting mines. where
labor is employed, to make to the
bureau, upon blanks furnished By
said bureau, such reports and re-
turns as the said bureau may re-
quire for the purpose Of eompil-
ing such labor statistics as are
authorized by the act"
Penalties for failure to pro-
vide the information sought by
the labor commissioner are also
provided under the terms OF the
act.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-06-10
BARBER'S BAN ON
F|RECRACKERS IS
DECLARED VOID

The young patriots OF Oregon
may yet experience the thrill that
goes with fireworks and fire.
crackers on the grand and glor-
ious Fourth.
The order issued by State Fire
Marshal A. G. Barber recently
taboolng the sale at retail or the
use of these noise producing ex-
plosives on the Fourth of July,
was all wrong according to Attor-
ney General Van Wrinkle who so
points out In an opinion to
Barber
"The sale OF fireworks at re-
tail Is prohibited" Barber decreed
in his recent order. All other
forms Of explosives, including fire
crackers, torpedoes, caps, blank
cartridges and the various and
sundry other accessories generally
with proper observ-
ance OF the day were also covered
in the prohibitory order which
was based upon an act OF the legis-
lature OF 1921.
Now comes the attorney general
with an opinion to the effect
that "the legislature has not pro-
iibited the use of combustibles and
and that "the use OF
same was not intended to be pro-
/"
ut is my opinion that the
general prohibition OF the dis
charge, etc, of fire crackers, fire
works and other combustibles con-
tained In section 1 OF your order,
Is not authorized by the provisions
Of the statute referred to and that
said statute does not confer upon
the state fire marshal authority
TO prohibit generally the sale OF
lire works at retail. the opinion
II Van Winkle declares.
The attorney generals opinion
On the matter was requested fol-
owing receipt OF complaints by
he fire marshal to the effect that
ne had exceeded his authority In
ssuing his sweeping prohibitory
,rder
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-06-10
ADMINISTRATORS FIRST
NOTICE

To all whom IL may concern:
Notice Is hereby given that the
undersigned. has this day. by an
order of the county court OF Ma
rion county, state Of Oregon, been
duly appointed administrator OF
the estate Of Frank Kunciter. de-
ceased, and has duly qualified as
such. All persons having claims
against said estate. are hereby re-
quired to present the same duly
verified, to Carey #. Martin. Alb
Masonic Temple building, Salem,
Oregon, or to william Kunciter,
Salem, Oregon, route 6. within six
months from the date Of this no
tice.
Dated at Salem. oregon. April
20, 1922.
WILLIAM KUNCITER.
Administrator of the estate of
Frank Kunciter. deceased.
Carey F. Martin. attorney for
estate.
Date Of first publication May
27th. 1929.
Date Of last publication June
24th. 1929.