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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-04-26

follows as the night the day, that
if some folk buy their merchan-
disc out of town they are giving
the home town their loyal support
and cooperation.
Community slackers are a real
menace to the future welfare of
the United States. They don't
seem to appreciate that the mail
order houses are soul-less, heart
less corporations who care moth
ing about civic welfare, who care
nothing about good schools in the
towns TO which they send their
shoddy goods, who care nothing
about good community roads,
churches, public gathering places,
parks and all the other good
things that go to make life worth
living. Community slackers play
into the hands of-not their
friends and aiders and abetters in
time of trouble-but into the
hands of the willy, shrewd, hum
an-less entities who suck the life
blood out of good towns and who
care, after all, for nothing in the
world except the Almighty Dol
lar.
We dare to call such of you as
insist on patronizing the mail or
der sharks, slackers because IN
reality you are slackers. You re
slackers in refusing to cooperate
with the loyal hometown folk in
their effort to better conditions.
You deserve nothing but the
censure and rebuke OF all the
good. citizens in your town. With
al, we have bit of pity for you,
because often you act thought
lessly in buying from catalogs.
You think you are going to save
a penny or two and you are mis-
lead by garbled statements of the
clever catalog writers. You don't
know, do you, what a debt of
sorrow you are piling up for not
only your town but for yourself,
because just as sure as you live
you are going to find that the
mail-order houses are putting 1t
over on you; that they are not
giving you value and that your
home town merchants can match
mail-order competition every
time if you will but give them a
chance. We never knew an able,
up-to-the-minute home town mer-
chant anywhere that couldn't
show any mail-order house in the
world card and spades in sue
cessful merchandising. He can do
so, because he puts his heart and
his soul into his business; be-
cause he has the personal welfare
of his customers ever uppermost
in mind and because he is loyal
to his home town and will not,
therefore, take advantage of his
customers in any way.
Don't be a community Stacker.
If you buy merchandise away
from the home town, stop before
it is too late. Stop before your
town has gone to seed and your
merchants have gone out of bust
ness. Stop before the mail-order
vultures rob you as they event
ually will. Erase the stigma of
being a Stacker from your name.
Begin this very day to be a 10y
AL HOME TOWN PATRIOT BY
DOING ALL YOUR BUYING AT
HOME.
"A house divided against itself
shall fall" If the people of a
town are sending their money
away to the north, east, south
and west, instead of keeping it at
home, that town will lfail.
The God of heaven, He will
prosper us; therefore we, his serv-
ants, will arise and build.-Nehe-
miah iii, 20)
NEO. =. O'CONNOR
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-04-26
IF WE SHOULD FORGET
Timely Warning in Proven
ton of Destruction of For
ests and Lake Scenery.

ton OF Destruction OF TOR
ests and Lake Scenery.
The campaign throughout the
country for more cleared acres
has commenced with the advent
of spring and Villas county with
her known reputation for prog
ress viii undoubtedly be in the
lead. The older farmers are adj
ding TO their many acres and new
settlers, not to be outdone by
others, are fast preparing the
soil for the pillow. Added impe-
tus is given to the work because
of a late spring and when the
time comes to burn the brush
and stumps that have been gath
cred together care must be eXer-
cised or disaster will be the re-
suit.
1t is impossible to clear land
without the use of fire but it is
possible to use fire in a safe and
sane way. All brush, logs and
stumps should be piled before
they are fired and no fire should
be set near the edge Of a clearing
so there will be danger of it
spreading to uncleared sections.
The common practice of setting
fire before the refuse from the
land has been gathered in piles
has in the past caused consider
able damage to adjoining proper
ty. No person has the RIGHT TO
DAMAGE or endanger the property
of another and much less so
when the same work can be ac-
complished with as good, if not
better results, by the use of a
little discretion.
When it is learned by people
clearing land for agricultural
purposes that the use of too
much fire is detrimental TO the
soil then, perhaps, we will escape
many of the needless conflagra-
tions experienced each spring
When fire is allowed TO run over
new land during a dry period it
consumes the entire top-soil or
leaf-mold. This is a loss that is
hard TO replace as the leaf-mold
contains the necessary elements,
in their right proportions, so es-
sentially to the production of
good crops. This is to the new
ground what a coat of manure or
other fertilizer is to older cult
waited lands. 1t is worth your
time to save the leaf-mold conse-
quently no fire should be set
when it is too dry or when there
is a high wind. When a fire is
started it should be watched and
not left until it has burned out
or there is no danger of it spread
ing.
Forest fires are not caused by
land clearing operations alone.
The careless fisherman or hunter
leaves his campfire without ex-
tinguishing it; drops a cigarette
stub without putting it out;
lights his pipe and drops a burn
ing match; throws a cigar butt
out of an auto along the high
way, all these things and many
more that are simply acts of care
lessness contribute to the hun
dreds of fires that crop out here
and there burning over thousands
of acres of beautiful timber land
and destroying the very game of
which they were in quest.
Each person who is interested
in the welfare of this lake region
should be a self-constituted fire
warden. If you see a fire put it
out. If it is too large for your
efforts alone get help or report it
to the proper authorities. In
many instances a fire can be put
out with very little effort when
first discovered where if it is
left and reported to the fire
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-04-26

The God of heaven, He will
prosper us; therefore we, his serv-
ants, will arise and build.-Nehe-
miah Iii, 20)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-04-26
what rz,h Does.

What r. IN Does.
Faith Is Wh1; aaa.ics a person 70
enjoy eating cl-r=ui pie IN summer
when hnuSe0,.s rr' numerOus.-Neg
Orleans State
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-04-26
National Buy-at-HOme Bulletin

These Special Appearing Weekly Are Reprinted From
The Official Organ The National BuyAtOme Movement
Original articles copyrighted controlled by National
BuyAtHome Movement National Headquarters Executive
Offices Fort Wayne Ind
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-04-26

"A house divided against itself
shall fall" If the people of a
town are sending their money
away to the north, east, south
and west, instead of keeping it at
home, that town will lfail.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-02-17
DRIVING THE LESSON HOME

More clearly each day is big bus
mess coming 10 see that relief must
be quickly given to the farmer II gen
aral trade is to be saved TO the nation
Reports from five states show an I'M
precedented number Of telephones dis
continued by farmers because they can
no longer afford the cost Of the con-
reniencc. Still another reflex action
is the heavy slump in the automobile
market. To the mthinking II may DC
a far cry from the motor car TO the
filler Of the soil, but that fact IS that
farmers and dwellers in small towns
absorb the ma iOrity of automobiles
manufactured in this country. Condi-
lions on the farms are now such that
The old gray mare is being dragged in
20 service and the buzz wagon SET
aside for future use. or sacrlfced Tor
ready cash The price OF gasoline IS
a factor now seriously considered ny
he farmer who in prosperous times IS
| 4 liberal and Il healthy spender. And
! so run reports all down the line. Inc
| farmers. their wives, sons ana dau&h-
| eers are exercising economy in cloth
| ing: the talking machine has been
! hard hit: indeed. stripping the farmer
| If his hard-earned dollar is fast Gre
/ ating condition that is felt seriously
| w hundreds of industries and now even
| N the halls Of finance Irrespective OF
! geographical location. regardless OF
T1 -
| turerS, or depend on the weekly pay
! envelope it will not be long before the
people recognize the fact that the 50
! allied agricultural bloc is not an ag
| riculturaI bloc ut all-that it is al
| American bloc. the first tangible eyl
dcnce of the awakening Of the Amer
| lean people to the necessity OF guard
ing the parent of prosperity tho
farmer.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-02-17
Church of Christ

\ blessed remark belongs to all who
do things and say--we are doing things
in our bible school. Oh my what a fine
bunch we have but to be just right we
need YOU Won't YOU join us next
Sunday? \ warm welcome awaits you.
Bible school ut 10 100 a. IN.
Communion and preaching, IL 90.
Christian Endeavor ut 6:30 p. m.
Preaching service at Z 80 p. III.
Special music at Endeavor, also eX-
ira special meeting wrong and right
meeting. G. f. as it is but should not
be and C. r. as it isn't but should be.
Christian EndeavOr social Saturday
night in basement Of church.
You are most cordially invited 10
attend any or all of our services.
FRED SAWYER. Pastor.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-02-17
HONEY PHILOSOPHY FOR 1922

After all. the fellow who says i
should worry has more sense than
the chap who says Il do worry.
What's the use Of worrying, anyhow
There are really only two things we
can worry about. something we can't
help and something we can help. There
isn't any sense in worrying about what
we can't help and if we face something
we can help then the best thing is 10
turn to and help il as much as we can.
We get further by using the brains we
have to make things better than we
do by weakening our brains by worry
ing about things and leaving them
alone.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-02-17
R;Iy YOUR SEED EARLY

When is the best time to buy seed?
Is not the old story true that '.the early
bird catches the worm p The one that
t'lys seed early gets the choice seed aud
often IT better price.
There is Il scarcity of good seed oats
barley, and grasses, and a surplus OF
corn. With scarcity of seed the price
viii not be lower and very likely will
be higher as the demand increases.
Also. with an opportunity TO sell
the seed raised by farmers in the coun.
" viii be sold elsewhere. to the first
bidder This seed should be bought by
farmers in the county at lower price
than they could buy outside and pay
freight into the county.
The county agent will be glad to he'll
every farmer get good seed at the mos
reasonable prices. He will worF
through the Equity or the Farm Blu.
reau TO group orders and get the hes
prices for the farmers. He will als(
be glad TO help every farmer of thu
county dispose Of good seed.
LEO +. SCHOEPF.
Legal blanks? The News-Budget.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-02-17
BUY, But BUY WISELY

While government propaganda aimed
at establishing economy among the
people is all right rs far as it goes,
tEc people viii do well to remember
there is IL wide difference between
economy and determination not to
buy. Economy is wise buying OF neces-
sites. and it is well also TO have q
pretty clear idea Of what necessities
consist. 4 new talking machine rec
ord to bring relief from monotOny on
the farm is better investment than
- doctors bill incurred as the result
of shattered nerves, Naturally the
governments aim is the Investment OF
the public money in government Secur-
flies. undoubtedly the safest in the
world. but there is Il business side OF
spending as well as Of saving that
must be taken into consideration. The
merchants of this town. as well as
those of every other town. must he kept
busy. Il our people are to have the
convenience Of home town purchas-
i~@. then the people must keep the
goods moving off the shelves Of the
merchants There is no loss. no waste
in home town buying because the money
circuates in our own territory, and
eventually gets lack to the purcha ser.
Ii is only when money is taken out OF
town that the harm is felt. Thrift
should be encouraged. but thrift does
not mean no buying. Russell Sage.
who left millions. was thrifty. He
bought his straw hats in the winter
time and his flannel underwear in the
summer time. when prices were down,
but even he bought what he needed.
Healthy home trade will do more than
anything else to restore sound prosper
ity. We are all in the same boat We
cannot he prosperous at the expense of
our local merchants, and we don't
want to be-.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-02-17
Boys, Pick Your Wave Lengths, or
Stop Your Chatter, You're Buttin' In

1t can readily be realized that if all
the towns the size of Ladysmith have
as many radio outfits that have been
installed by large and small boys here,
there is going to be confusion i'll the
air. Something has to be done about
it.
The ingenuity of the American small
boy in the use of radio telephones has
in the past few months so filled the air
with chatter that commercial and
official communication has been inter
fered with, while the practice Of broad
casting sermons, music and other mat
ter through the air is hinderng the
more important uses Of the wireless
telephone
Protests against air crowding have
come to the attention of the govern
ment. even from the small boys them
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-02-17

selves. and it is imperative that some
strict regulations be worked ont divid-
ing the various wave lengths among
the different users. Herbert Hoover de
clared that he is so much in sympathy
with the small boy that he will con-
slider himself the representative Of the
American Small Boy at radio confer
ence to be held i'll Washington ut once
to consider the present air situation
and would seek to preserve Il wave
length for him
Development of The air as a means
OF communication, he asserted was
projecting Il new problem for c0nsidera-
ton in the light of the rights Of persons
TO the use of the ether similar to prop
erty rights in land and waterways.
Legislation may he required. he added,
10 decide the whole question.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-02-17
House Bloc Preparing to Wage
Determined Fight to Limit
Size of Land Forces.
BILL BEING DRAFTED
Budget Bureau Calls for Appropria.
ton Sufficient to Pay 10000 Men
and $4,000 officers-LiveIy
Tilt Expected.

Northumberland for a reduc.
ton in the size Of the army to 100000
enlisted men, or even to a maximum
OF $4,000, will be made in the House
when the annual army appropriation
bill comes up for consideration, mem
bers OF the subcommittee which is
drafting the measure predicted.
formidable bloc of representa-
tives, the subcommittee members de.
clared, was preparing to wage de,
termined fight to limit the army's size
to $4,000 men, while others who favor
reduction had indicated they would
be satisfied if the maximum was fixed
at 100000 Other factions among the
House membership were said to favor
a 10000 maximum or to oppose any
reduction in the present size, which
under limitation for pay of enlisted
men approximates $4,000.
Pay Asked for 10000.
War department estimates transmit
ted through the budget bureau call
for an appropriation for the fiscal
year, beginning July /, sufficient for
the pay OF 10000 men and approx
mately $4,000 officers Chairman An
thony OF the subcommittee in charge
Of the bill, announced that three new
estimates had been called for from
the War department to be computed
on the basis OF an army of $4,000, Of
100000 and 125,000 enlisted men.
Members of the subcommittee were
of the opinion that the appropriation
bill would provide, when reported, for
an army of 100000 or 125,O00 men.
Efforts to cut the number below 100,-
600, it was said, were expected to be
be made by Democratic members of
the House and by some of the mem
bers who believe the armament con-
ference has practically removed the
possibility of war
S154,266,512 Requested.
The budget estimates call for a total
appropriation of $15f,266,512 for pay
of all persons connected with the
army, including field clerks and Of
ficers on the retired list. The total
requested in estimates for the War
department is approximately 1854
100000
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-02-17
BACK TO THE FIRST LINE

Backward, turn backward, O Time in your flight
blue they make 'em tonight. have been
blessed with appetite rare equal that Of cinnamon
bear Now, I'm op-sded, dyspeptic and lank living on
stuff that has made crlnk-O for gravy like Ma
used make,-Pass the steak, brother pass the
steak!
When bark back to the smoke-house of yore, loaded
with goodies from exit to door. Think of the pan
try and spring house. and bursting with vands
angel might crave.-Now front up to vulcanized
meat doped and embaed till it amt fit to eat O. for
cornbread and hogiowl and, greensPass the BEANS
brother pass me the beans.
Once ate hominy, finer than silk Now it's
ground cornstaks with racketstore milksuf that
inside Of coW-made out of Whitewas1, the devil
knows how have grown weary of crispes' and flakes
copyright waters and patented cakesfactoy made fod
der that amt worth DAMN Pass the ham, brother
pass me the ham!
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-02-17

mon defense. it is only a matter OF
Egypt and perhaps other parts OF the
British empire will follow the same
precedent. AS soon as it is established
that at least the larger component
parts Of the empire are each sovereign
states. as is frequently stated even
now. the principle Of self determination
will prevail at any time England goes
to war. some OF them will back the
mother country. some will stay out
and her power will be gone.
England has ceased TO be the world s
greatest power and the United States
has taken her place. While this coun-
try has just passed up the easy OPP
Dortunity Of becoming the worlds
greatest naval power, the potential
strength is here and there is no dis
armament of resources.
With the waning of Lngland'S star,
history again repeats itself.
How many centuries will this nation
hold its supremacy? What forces are
now working to further its greatness!
What forces are working inSiduously
toward its downfall? Can our nation
escape the fate of all previous great
nations-of everything else human:
Time will have To answer these queS-
TONS.
In the meantime. if our prediction
about England does not work out with
in the next few hundred years. the
News Budget will admit it was all
wrong
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-02-17

LncOn'S birthday this week brought
the name of the great emancipation TO
The forefront in the minds of the peo-
pic of this nation In this connection
it may be mentioned that Irving Bach
ell0r'a story, The Man For the Ages"
now running serially in the NewS-Bud-
get is one of the best Lincoln stories
ever written. 1t is not only Il vivid
picture of the times. types and Incl
dents of the pioneer days. but it faith
fully portrays Lincoln's early life with
ont distortion of the historic facts. You
are missing something good if yOu are
not reading this story.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-02-17

old Chippewa county is Il little slow
When it comes to modern inventions.
The HOlcOmbe Tribune says that the
wireless telephone recently installed
by the State Bank Of that village is
the first one to be installed in that
county and the second to he installed
in this section of the state. the first
heing one Installed by Ben FaaSt at
Eau Claire. Eau Claire. it seems. is
also a little backward LadySmith has
about a dozen radio outfits. both tele-
phone and telegraph. y Ladyslnth
boy installed the first wireless outfit
here more than three years ago and
when he was hut twelve years of age
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-02-17

Newspapers can hardly be too eau
tiOuS these days. When the war de-
partment issued the draft dOdger'
lists ii was announced that newspapers
publishing these lists would be immune
from prosecution in case Of any per
sons that might be enormously listed
us dcserters. Many papers published
these lists in good faith and from pa
trOtic motives. Now the appellate
division Of the New York supreme
court has held that the newspapers that
published these lists are not immune
or protected from libel suits by persons
wrongly included in these lists issued
for publication by the government.
This is manifest injustice and tie
News Budget rather doubts that the
case would he decided that way i'll Wis
consin. The wrOngly-named persons
have no slight grievance, ii will be con
coded; but not against the newspapers
donating space to this government pub
LEFTY
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-02-17

Historians of few centuries hence
will record that the British empire
reached the zenith of its power and
influence at the moment of its greatest
triumph. when the central powers
collapsed and the greatest war OF all
history ended.
Then the Lion stood triumphant.
Mistress Of the seas, with her d0mln-
ions i'll every corner Of the globe--Brit-
aim was apparently n solidly-wclded.
even though far flung empire.
Today, it appears little more than
Il rather loose confederation of soyer-
cign states. If England is forced, as
seems inevitable, to recognize Ireland
as Il sovereign nation, merely associa-
Ted with the mother country for COM
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-02-17
CHURCH NOTICES


Services in Norwegian Sunday fore
noon at II o'clock.
Luther League devotional meeting
Sunday evening at 30
Prayer meeting in Norwegian, Tues
lay evening, Feb. y, at s o'clock.
Sunday school every Sunday fore
noon at 10 o'clock
JOHN RITLAND, Pastor.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-02-17
NEW TONG OUTBREAK; 8 DEAD
Chinese Factions in Three Western
Cities Again at War.

San Francisco-The Peace confer.
ence of two Chinese factions-the Hip
Sings and@ Bing Kongs-was inter
rupted by a new Tong outbreak which
started at Butte, Mont, and proceeded
in firecracker fashion
Three Chinese are dead and two
others are wounded as result of the
new Tong outbreaks.
Recently the two Tongs made a
truce after year of warfare.
The majority Of people are decent
and they are beginning to revolt al
patronizing films whose leading char
acters have unsavory regulations It's
time for housekeeping III movie land.
Berlin Journal
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-02-17
YOUNG MAN KILLED
SON OF POOR WIDOW

In noting the accidental death Of
John +. Nolan. who was killed ilf the
railroad yards here Feb. i. the Park
Falls Herald says that the Young man
was the sole support of his mother
and her five younger children. Nolan's
father was killed in Il mine five years
ago.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-02-17
PROPOSES 10000 NAVY CUT
DENLY Outlines Program Calling for
Scrapping 100 Destroyers.

MISUNDERSTANDING Of the Navy
Edwin DENLY appeared before the
house naval committee to recommend
that the navy personnel for the Text
fiscal year be fixed at 10000 men and
5000 apprentices as compared with
100000 men and 5000 apprentices now
authorized
The naval secretary recommended
that 100 destroyers be placed out of
commission. He estimated that the
program he outlined would effect a saw
ing of $70,000,O00 in next years bud
get