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The Washington herald., 1922-11-11
O'HIGGINS DISSECTS
MIND OF AMERICA
.some Distinguished America


By Harvey O'Higgins. (Harper)
BY what secret springs. un-
known to ourselves. are we moved
to the commission of our various
high or despicable actions, or de-
TERED therefrom. Modern psyche
analysis purports TO explain these
things. And it Is from the plane OF
psychoanalysis that Mr.. O'Higgins
tackles his stories of seven quite
typical American figures. In the
seventh story he descends to incon-
sequent Glowing. but In the other
six he attains at least speciousness.
perhaps the inmost truth. Who
knows? At any rate. the tales are
fascinating and the illusion of re-
ality inheres. And considering that
only. a shred of the real truth can
be told about our distinguished
Americans In their official biogra-
phies. it's lovely idea Of Mr..
O'Higgins' to place them in fiction
frames and be immune from the
libel laws.
The central figures, respectively
of Mr.. O'Higgins' portraits are a po-
litical boss. a noted surgeon. a rnur-
deress. a motion picture director. a
prominent artist. a "eform" prison
warden and a milliopaire.
The method followed in all the
stories is the same. We are intro
duced to the character at the
heighth of his or her fame or no.
toriety. Then we follow the secret
threads of the mind to the early ex-
periences or environments which
determined the course of individual
development. The path is intriguing
and Mr.. -O'HiGgins' reasoning as
logical as can he expected of a per-
son OF his name. But he does not
know and cannot draw women. The
ladies of his creation. despite many
pencil strokes of characterization.
remain lay figures. Into his men
he has infused more vitality. He
makes you hear the perverse laugh
ter of Henri Anthon: see Big Dan"
staggering In the sun. and Vance
Cope. an inspired and pretty lord of
make-believe. domineering in the
studios. More mystic and strangely
disturbing is the story of Or. Hall
muth. surgical legerdemainist. ana
the fateful "blackbird" of i'll omen.
But the subtlest portrait Of all is
that OF Warden Jupp. a rosy. rotund
and matter-of-fact little man who
always wears a derby. why the in
variable hard boiled headgear? on
that little peccadillo hangs the why
and wherefore of Warden Jupp's
sympathy for and understanding OF
the unfortunate.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-11
STORIES OF BIBLE
IN SIMPLE WORDS
"Bibie Stories in Bible Language.
by Lorinda Munson Bryant. (Ap-

"Btbie Stories in Bible Language -
BY Lorinda Munson Bryant. CAP
pleton.)
Told simply and without artificial
frills. Bible stories are very fasci-
mating to children. They drink in
the colorful stories of the Old Tes-
lament with great zest. Miss Bry-
ant has shown great discretion in
retaining the splendid wording of
the ST. james version with its direct
sweep of action so enchanting to
the childish Imagination. She has
the matter, however,
to do away with the cumbersome
verse arrangement which made
reading rather difficult. For those
who wish to read the Bible stories
to children the book has an unique
value. The stories included are only
those which are most readable and
mean most to the average reader of
the Bible.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-11
HORROR ROMANCE
DONE WITH SKILL

.'Thc Return BY Walter 'de Ia
Mare. tAlfred Knopf. New York }
Walter de la Mare was never more
the poet than in this horror story.
wrought with exquisite care. with
never one of the cheap devices OF
the conventional mystery tale.
1t is the tale of a man whose ap-
pearance is absolutely changed dur
ing sleep in church yard. One
swai lows the fact without question.
The chills that steal about one are
testimony to. that. For the rest.
there is but little incident. What
actually does occur goes on in an
even. infinitely tired. ineNorable
fashion. viewed from behind the
eyes of the man whose face has
changed into the likeness of a long
dead Frenchman named Sabathier,
and who feared terribly that the
likeness would work in"
The delicacy with which the
dreadful tale is told, the terrible re-
actions of the wife. as witnessed by
her husband. and the pure poetry of
the writing combine to make up a
remarkable piece of work. Rarely
in a pure'y psychological tale is
point of view so perfectly MAIN
tanned
There Is description that has per-
sonality and vividness. and action
that is lifelessly accurate. The
whole is colored with the faintest.
most ephemeral touch of romantic
love. and II there are a few portions
where the author is erudite beyond
the reviewers pen, or perhaps a
bit duh and wordy. taking to make
talk. why, the cadenced sentences
set off by bright staccattos here
and there, and the tenderest Of
melodies are certainly stylistical
enough to overshadow the little de-
fects.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-11

to see any officer at that point
of the street intersection to one
side or another to halt a pedestrian.
to start a pedestrian or to help
pedestrian. although l have fire.
quently seen him move to one side
or another to stop or hurry a ma
chine. That traffic officers have
neglected pedestrians in favor OF
traffic must be so, or there would
be no occasion for Maj. Sullivan's
order noted in the papers of Novem-
bsr .. to pay particular attention to
pedestrians, or at least as much at
tention. as to autoists.
| called the attention of Commits
sioner Brownlow to this situation
one day while walking down Penn
sylvania avenue with him during
his commissionership. and he told
me at that time 1t was the inten-
ton of the. Commissioners that Of
ficers watch as much for the safety
of the pedestrians as for the direct
ing of the autoists. but IL this order
has ever been observed except pos
sibly at some of the f street cross
ings, I have never been able to note
1T, and l have looked for hours to
see how traffic was handled.
Now, IL one of these pedestrians
who started to cross east or west
when he was legally entitled to do
SO by north and south traffic being
held up. and before he gets half
way across north and south traffic
is started again, should get hurt,
the driver who struck him says.
and is corroborated by the officer.
that the pedestrian had no business
there.
In my opinion the time will come
before long that laws will have to
be enacted making II mis-
with adequate penalty
for an autoist to strike a pedestrian
at crossing (Which ought to be
and will be in the middle of the
block), with a penalty for a pedes-
trian who attempts to cross else
where. And it may be we will have
to come on country roads to what a
well known Judge said TO me would
be the only sure remedy Enact
laws so that manufacturers will
build cars incapable of exceeding a
certain speed limit.
I. PATTERSON.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-11
OLD ROMAN DAYS
INVESTED WITH LIFE
.ChiIdren Of Ancient Rome" By l..

.Children Of Ancient Rome" By L.
Lamprey. tLittle, Brown & Coz
Historical truths are often well
served in fiction. SO II is that while
there is no pretension of historical
accuracy or even of legend telling
in "Children of Ancient Rome" the
careful and interesting descript ions
OF the family life. customs and wor-
ship OF the early Romans which oc-
cur naturally in the text of the at
tractive story wilt. SO to speak. i'm
part historical knowledge unawares
to youthful readers. Boys and girls
frequently shy sn from the openly
obstructive" book. But when the
strange customs of ancient days are
taught as the part of an exciting
story it Is suite different.
The story concerns group of
children who lived in the far-off
time when mighty.Rome was yet in
embryo. its site being a space of
marshy valleys and plains set among
a group of seven hills. We meet
Romulus and Remus themselves.
Then there Is little Marcia, daugh-
ter of the farmer. Marcus Eitalos.
In camp and home and temple these
young Romans work out their fates
and lay the foundations of empire.
The book is very attractipely got
ten up.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-11
REVIEWS OF THE LATEST BOOKS
PIRATE ROMANCE
TAILS TO APPEAL

s~zzirsadeIie.v BY Henry c. Row.
land. tHarper.)
Every novelist does.a pirate story
at some time or other. Mr. Row
land having now FINISHED his must
feel a sense Of relief at q stint done
somehow or other.
A pirate story '.Hirondeiie' -
. fine sermon The hero Is no prop
erly bloody buccaneer at all. but a
lsinaticAi young prig who pursues a
boresome and interminabie revenge
through numerous chapters only 20
fall In love with the daughter OF
the revenge and then. true to form.
to discover that he was never really
wronged. Outside OF his name. Ru-
deric. his yellow eyes and a handy
way he has OF knocking the crew
about. this young man II an fnhu-
manly righteous creature. As foi
the pirates proper. they consist Of
bunch OF waterfront scum with
bilge-water in their veins instead
of blood. A majority OF real pirates
were like this we understand. but
emphasis on the fact .doesnt make
for thrilling reading.
'Hirondelie's" principal concern is
the love story Of young Ruderic.
master shipbuilder. and Sheila
o'Conor, daughter of the Earl OF
o'Conor. which gentleman Ruderic
esteems to be the ruinator of his
father and the ravisher of hIs
mother. Consequently a few extra
stumbling blocks are placed in the
usual rocky path of love. Slave run
ming, pirating. storms and periis OF
the sea and a real Irish leprechaun
are introduced as diversions. The
leprechaun gives paregoric to a
boatload of pirates and Ruderic
pitches them ingloriously overheard
and works the ship with a bunch Of
blacks. Sheila gets lost and is only
located through. the sixth sense Of
Lanty. the leprechaun. who piles the
boat on the rocks in his haste to
rescue her. And all goes merry as
the W. X. marriage chimes.
There is much lively motion. IL
will be. seen. in the story. But there
is none Of the breath Of life. Which
Is the only reason. we yum. why Il
isn't another Treasure Island" or
at least. Captain Blood" .Hiron-
delle." we forgot to tell you. is the
name of the stanch little schooner
that carries the characters along so
much better than the plot does.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-11
BOONE BIOGRAPHY
DONE SKILLFULLY

eDaHseA Doone. tgllaeYuess. Deont.e
BY Stewart Edward Whits. (pou-
bisday. Page q Cob
In boyhood's hsart the buck
skinned psurs Of Dan'l Boone stands
snshrined with Davy Crockett and
Kit carson. 1t is hitting that .
writer Of the caliber of Stewart Ed
ward white should work to produce
an authentic picturs of the mighty
Daniel for the Boy Scouts, OF Amer
lea. under whose auspices the book
Is published. II 10 . splendid ex-
ample Of all that . boys book should
be---or an adults. for that matter.
II father picks up the book before
SON cinches II we prophesy that son
will have to walt until the old man
Is through. That's the sort Of book
II Is.
In telling the story Of Boone Mr..
White has caught more than q
single life story. He tells the story
of Boone's times: he catches into the
thread Of his narrative \ dozen des-
perate adventures OF Boone's con-
temporaries. The dark and bloody
ground lives again in all its lonely
and tragic and glorious pageantry
of painted warrior and hardy white
venturer with the life Of race the
victor's trophy. Tribesmen, rene
gades. pioneers. red coats" gen.
erals. governors-playwr never
imagined more thrilling set OF
pawns In the game OF empire. Nor
could there be more Impressive
central figure than Daniel Boone
with his nerves of cold drawn steel
his wanderlust, his woodcraft and
the simple. deep reverence of mind
which led him to regard himself as
IAN instrument ordained by God to
settle the wilderness"
In formidable strength of mind
and body. in heroic virtues. there is
something appalling and epic about
this man Boone. For him "there
was something whispering behind
the ranges" nor did he ever fail to
answer its call. A tale of new lands
ever found him a delighted Listener
and at So we find the old gentleman
expiring in the Yellowstone. Two
sons and brother he lost in Indian
warfare. His daughter was kid
mapped by Indians but trailed forty
miles and rescued by her father and
lover. Never do we hear that his
heart failed him or his courage fall
tered.
Strong as a bear, agile as a pan
ther, nimble of. mind as body. there
was no danger of the wilderness
that Boone did not encounter. That
he died in his bed at 80 was an ex-
ample of the survival OF the fit-
test" Pursued by Indians. he
leaped off a sixty-foot cliff into the
top of a maple tree, slid down It and
escaped through a river. In loo
frontier battles he matched his
marksndanship with willy redskins.
The story is one TO make Ameri-
cans proud of the pioneer breed. but
not proud of their government. The
gratitude of democracies Is proverb-
tally short-lived. but 1t is depress-
ing to read of how Boone was de-
prived of his lands in Kentucky on
a legal technicality and at SIS the
old man set forth. penniless. into
the trackless wilderness again. Nor
Is 1t salving to national pride to
learn that Boone found wide and
fertile lands and a high office wait
ing for him through the courtesy
of the Spanish administration of
what Is now Missouri.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-11

The automatic telephone will be tried out
in New York in few days. We have tried
these automatic phones in other cities and
they have the meanest and most vicious busy
buzzes you ever heard
The Washington herald., 1922-11-11

When the government comes to take the
hngerprlnts OF about 05 per cent of the young
gentlemen i'll this country it will have no tro1-
BILE finding them on the backs OF their dane
ing partners.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-11

We are not naturally curious but VIC
would like to see the wedding present the
Crown Prince sends to the Kaiser
The Washington herald., 1922-11-11

The cx-Constsntine will live in Holland
All the Dutch need now to complete their hap
piness is to receive the deposed Sultan OF
Turkey and the bandit Rasuli
The Washington herald., 1922-11-11

If Gen. Pershing really wants a quiet
place in which to write his memoirs, he might
try the store of some merchant who doesn't
advertise
The Washington herald., 1922-11-11

Gordon Selfridse, jr., talked from Cali
fornia to London by radio. The wavelcngths
seem to be cut longer than last year
The Washington herald., 1922-11-11

King Boris of Bulgaria will have to bolt
his throne down little tighter before he will
get any American girl to take chance on it.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-11

Barking Frogs With Pig Squeal Found
in Woods of New York" Headline Dollars
to doughnuts the pig was blind one
The Washington herald., 1922-11-11

Some men we look upon with esNem;
others escaped steam.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-11

Sweet are the uses of advertising.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-11

Every now and then a build
ing in New York becomes hoodooed
for no apparent reason. One Of the
most magnificent Of the recent Fifth
avenue skyscrapers is practically
tenantless. II is in one OF the best
corners, the rents are reasonable
and no finer building has ever beea
erected OF its kind. All about IL
space is being eagerly sought. yet
there are few applicants for space
In the new structure.
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NOTICE OF HEARING
TO DECIDE PETITION TO CLOSE
VII AGE STREET

VILLAGE STREET
Application having been on the 8th
day of November 1922, duly made tc
the Village Board of Village of
Eagle River, Villas County, Wiscon
sin, by the owners of all the adjacent
land and abutting property owners
on both sides of the street proposed
to be vacated, namely Wisconsin
Michigan Lumber Company and
James Morgan, for the street describ-
ed as follows, to be vacated and
closed: Street unnamed, between Mil
Lot No. 2 of the County Clerks plat
of part of the M Of the NW14 of
Section 80, Township 40, North Of
Range 10, E., and the Block known
as the Finger addition to the Town
of Eagle, River; and North of the s'Y''
of the C & NV RY. Co. leading into
the yards Of the Wisconsin Michigan
Lumber Co. To vacate this portion
thereof: this strip aof land sixty feet
wide from the west end of Division
street to the above named "Y' of
said railroad company.
Notice is hereby given that we,
the Village Board of trustees and for
the Village of Eagle River, will meet
on the 18th day of January 1923, at
7:3O o'clock in the afternoon of that
day, at the clerks room in the Town
Hall in said Village, and decide upon
such petition.
Dated this 18th day of December
A. d. 1922.
GEORGE HALL
Pres of the Village
WALTER GANDER Jr.
Village Clerk
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Will buy and pay highest market price
for all kinds of logs, 5-inch and up in
size and IL #. and longer in length.
Deliveries can start at once or any
time this winter at our mill or on
Chain of Lakes and River.
See us before you sell, our man will
look over your timber and make you
our best price.
Observation-Disclosures Lumber Co.
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On motion, the above resolution adopted.
Resolution No IL
RESOLVED that there be and there is hereby transferred
the General Fund the of Three Hundred Dollars that
the placed in the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Fund
On motion the above resolution adopted.
Resolution No II
RESOLVED that there be and there hereby transferred
Fund the Of Five Hundred Dollars and that
the placed in the District Attorneys Contingent Fund
On notion the above resolution was adopted
Resolution No. 13
WHEREAS there is in the Committee Common
Schools the expiration of the term of office of o. E. Espeseh
heIuesd after the Monday
November that being the 14th day of November
NOW THEREFORE be it resolved that O. E. Espeseth
siding of Lincoln be and he hereby appointed
member Committee Common Schools for the term
png Tuesday after the second Monday November
1925.
On motion the above resolution adopted.
The Chairman appointed the following to act the Agrcu
Committee with himself and County Superintendent
Hanson, Peter Sandbeck and Herman Ketz.
Resolution No. IA
RESOLVED the County Board of Supervisors that there
hereby levied all of the taxable property
Villas County special tax in such will the
County tuition of Helen Langi Villas
resident while attending the County Training School OF said Rich
land County.
Resolution No. Is
RESOLVED that the County Treasurer be and he is hereby
authorized directed to borrow the best terms available
such be the
of the the receipts of the but
event to exceed the sum of Eight Thousand Dollars.
On motion, the above resolution adopted
Resolution No. 16
RESOLVED by the County Board of Supervisors of Villas
County, Wisconsin annual meeting duly assembled that the
of Judge in and for Villas for the
year shall be fixed at the of Two Hundred Dollars
year. payable in equal monthly nstaments paid in the
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Signed
JOHN BENSON
GEO. C. DOBBS
O. E. BOWEN
FRANK VLACH
WIN. SELVES
WIN. SALTENBERGER
K. MARTIN THOMPSON
FRANK LAUNDR1E
JOHN HANSON
J. Fl. HUNTER
FRED MELOY
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manner as the last three years.
Signed, JOHN BENSON, Supervisor.
On motion, the above resolution adopted.


On notion the above resolution adopted
Resolution No. II
RESOLVED the County Board of Supervisors that Reso
luton No adopted by this on July 18TH appropra
ING the sum of Five Dollars aid in travelling the High
readopted and the same hereby levied all of the
taxable property of Villas County and when collected is to be used
purpose Resolution No adopted July 2th 1871
Signed, FRED MELoY Supervisor.
Moved and carried to adjourn until Friday December 8th at
o'clock a. m. 1000
Board met Meeting called order by the chair
man. Roll call by clerk All members present e,..,
carried that the matter purchasing filing cab
for the Highway Commissioner be left with the purchasing
Moved and carried Highway Committee be elected by
The board to elect 9 unit Of winch n6 Mm
Benson the other members of the committee.
Resolution No IS
RESOLVED that salary the County Highway Commits
to be elected for the ensuing be- and the here
by fixed at the Of Twenty-Five Hundred (S22Ooo Dollars
On notion the above resolution was adopted
Resolution No 10
RESOLVED that the County Road Bridge Committee
it hereby authorized and empowered employ clerk
to assist the County Highway Commissioners in performing the
It may be necessary that County Highway
have assistant but upon the express limitation that the
amount to more than the Of Eight Hundred Dollars.
On motion, the above resolution adopted.
Resolution No. 20
RESOLVED that William Hunter be and he hereby elected
County Highway Commissioners for the 1923 and 1924
On motion, the above resolution adopted.
and carried that the balance in the County Seed Corn
Fund be taken off the County Treasurers books.
Moved and carried to adjourn until o'clock Friday m.
Board met at o'clock p. All members present
Resolution No. Il
RESOLVED by the County Board of Supervisors that there
hereby levied upon all of the taxable of Villas County
Thousand Dollars and when the collected
the county clerk and the chairman Of this board hereby direct
authorized pay the the of Presque Isle to
applied by said town the contract for high
way entered into with Louis Barnhar to
the agreement entered into between said Town of Pressure Isle
Villas County forth in Resolution No 2adopted July
25th, 1922.
Signed, FRANK LAUNDRIE, Supervisor.
On notion the above resolution adopted.
carried that the matter of obtaining suitable
the County Municipal Judge and County Judge
be left with the Building Committee
Resolution No. p
RESOLVED by the County Board Of Supervisors that the
be levied and collected each town in said county for
purpose support the schools herein for the
ensuing year be and the hereby fixed determined and
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County Board Proceedings
December 5th, 1922.
Eagle River, Wisconsin.
October IA, 1922.

To the County Clerk of Villas County
We the undersigned supervisors hereby request that the
regular annual meeting Of the board be adjourned from
the Tuesday after the second Monday of November VIZ
November weeks until the 9Th day OF Dece
Der, 1922.
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Legal Notices
LIST OF PETIT JURORS

State of Wisconsin, Circuit Court for
Villas County.
Following is list of the persons
drawn on Monday, Dec. 18th to serve
as petit jurors for the January term
of circuit court for Villas county.