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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-12-18
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-12-18

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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-09-27
SHORT PERSONAL JOTTING

Albert Swiggum and Ole Johnson
OF Westby motored here Monday on
business.
--E. L. Chatfield of Tulsa, Okla.
homa, is here visiting with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Blair r. Sherrick and other
relatives.
M. III. Bekkedal and son Lloyd al
Westby We're in town Monday trans.
acting business.
Stanley Sweger of Westby motor.
ed here Monday and spent the day
calling on several of has old friends.
Mr.. and Mrs Melvin Hanson are
entertaining big haby boy at their
home, who arrived last Friday.
Henry Hall of Melvina spent Mon
day here transactang business.
Elmer Hanson and family motor
ed to Westby Monday and spent the
day at the Gyms Gabrielsen home.
Mrs. Ira Casperson of Viola is
here spending the week at the Geo
Fisher home.
MIR. and airs. Pearl Fisher Of La.
Fargo are here visiting at the George
Fisher home
-Snpt. Geo, r. Sanford and family
drove to near LaFarge Sunday, to at.
tend a Community Club meeting at the
Troy LawrOn home Mr.. Sanford
spoke on ~The New Program for Ru.
raj Schools"
Rose Olsen. Chiropractor Palm.
er School Graduate. Office over Stoll
Il Groves. Calls answered promptly
Mr. and Mrs f. A. Fritz are here
from GAINESVILLE, Ohio, visiting her
father, Mr. James Smith.
A NanDyke came down from
Sparta 10 attend the fair. He renew
ed Censor dues while here.
-Torger and Nels Fortney and
wives drove to Black User Falls Sun
day to inspect Torgei's plantations
"A fair show and a s1uare deal are
what you will get IL you at nd the
Mankato Commercial COLLEGE, Mar
kato, Mimi. Send for eatal5g.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-09-27
-Take warnine. | allow no hun

Take warning. l allow no hunt
ing or shooting oQ my farm. Anyone
caught will be dealt with most severe
". Ward White Belgium Ridge. 39-1p
Monday to attend the county commit
Chris Davik and family spent
three days near Menomonie visiting
Carl Davik and family Of that place
They returned home Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louie Hotlan and
son Jasel, motored to Madison where
they will spend few days visiting
relatives.
-. A. Mills of Aberdeen, South
Dakota, wassfhe guests of his brother
c. H. Mills and family. 1t is twelve
years since Mr.. Mills left Wisconsin
for the west
e. j, Older surveyed an alteration
OF highway for the town of Frank
lin on Monday
MIR and Mrs. Ed Nichols visited
their daughter, Mrs. Hagen, in West.
by on Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. Hayter came over
from West Lima for visit and tc
take in the fair.
-Elvin Hayter and wife came from
West Lima for a short visit at the
nome OF ms parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Lester Hayter.
MIR. and Mrs. Floyd Jacohus were
guests Of Mrs. Jacobus' parents OF
Sunday.
Tailor work of all kinds; refining
coats, a speciality Mary Hicock, vi
roqua.
Mrs. Joe Reed was II years ole
last Sunday and twenty-five of hel
relatives dropped in and gave her =
complete surprise, taking plenty Of
tempting eatables and making the dat
rs eleasant for he IS possible.
IlF. and Mrs. Nm. M. Trowbridgt
left fer Chicago Sunday where the
doctor win spend week in clinical
work
No more fuel, Just as much heat
2 big saving IN price. That's what
you get when you buy a Galore Pibe.
,ess furnace Sod al Clarence Weba's
Hardware Store
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-09-27

--"0ver the Hill" Monday and Tues
day. A picture that will live in yonr
memory forever.
We have never heard but words
of praise for that grand picture "0vcx
the Hill" Monday and Tuesday NJ
ternoons at 1880, evenings at Ssi6 81
the lowest price we have ever knows
this grand picture to be shown for.
Geo. Kegley spent last week herr,
with the Shreve, Bruce and KegleY
families. He lives at Hillsboro.
Angela Mead spent Saturday aAS
Sunday with Winifred Buxton at hsn
home at Brookville.
The Buroker families of Soldiers
Grove visited on Sunday at the j NJ
Shreve home.
Mrs. J. w. Lucas left on Tuesday
going to Chippewa Falls. From therx
she will 90 on to attend the w. T.Lz
convention at Rice Lake which con.
venes from Thursday to Sunday
Marion Harris and daughter, Mrx
Lizzie Stoda and children motored M
New Auburn on Friday to visit rels-
| tives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Il Shreve aeeows
| panied their brother, Mr.. Gen KegMs
4 10 MS bOUit at ATttnWOuu SDuEftIeS5s
Amos Kegley and mother and
Miss Ethel Bruce spent Saturday M
Lacrosse.
.Joslyn Running and son, Hair
land, Mr. and Mrs George Dyer, Mz
Jens Running, little Tavern Silhau1ss
OF Westby motored here FriSay are
spent the day with Mrs. julius JeffssnI
helping celebrate her birthday ami
versary.
Miss Iva Chandler Of Ontario Is
here spending a few weeks Mith her
friend, Mrs. Carl Curtis, Of this city
Mrs0tto Brown Responding few
days visiting friends IL Madison.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Somerfeili re-
turned home Monday after weekf
visit with her daughter at Retreat.
Toilet and Almer ToIlefson drove
70 Castle Rock Saturday and spenf
three days at the old TolIefson home.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-09-27
THE CHURCH NG TES
o. K. RAMBERG. Pastor.

u. X. RAMbERG, Pastor.
On October LIST at III o'clock Morse
catechization and sermon at the West
Prairie church. After the
services a short business meeting by
the Young Peoples Society.
S. o. RONDESTVEDT, Pastor.
| October lin Our Savior's church
Westby, Sunday school with Bible
class at $3.50. Services by Rev ID. T.
Bergen of Viroqua at 1880
Services in Immanaels church at
| 1890 by E. Stubson.
October Services at Westby at
1890 by the pastor.
M. F1NSTAD. Pastor
| Services and catechization in Kicka-
poo October LIST and English services
and catechization in East Kickapoo at
2:3e.
SIX. THoLLEHAUG, Pastor
| October 1st--Services in Norwegian
at Mt.Sterling at IL and at Soldiers
Grove at 7:30.
]. o. EoLUM, Pastor
October AT the Coon Prairie and
Westby churches at $50. Service at
Wang church at 1890, at Bloomingdale
at 2.30 Luther League at Westby at
7.30.
| ~. Il. DOhGElNs II StOT
| Sunday school and Bible class at
Immanuels church at 10 on Sunday,
October /. Mission service in Zion
| church Sunday, October /, at 1890.
Rev. o. j. Hylland of Coon Valley will
speak Offering for missions.
West Prairie ladies aid meets at Ed
Hougen's on October 18th.
| Laying of corner stone and mission
service in Immanuels church October
9Th, at 2. Offering for missions. The
circuit president will officiate.
The Franklin young peoples society
will meet at Peter Dregne's on Octo-
Der 1, at 200.
Ladies aid of Zion church meets at
Otto Quain's next Wednesday, October
4th. All are invited.
l.. F. HAMMER, Pastor
Services in Norwegian in the Viro-
qua Lutheran church October 1st at
1880. Sunday school and Bible class
at $3.50. The Virouua confirmants will
meet September 30th, in the parlors
of the church. The class in Norwe-
gian at 10 and the English class at 9
Services in the West Coon Prairie
church October LIST, at 2:30. Also cat
echisation.
The Zion ladies aid meets with Mrs.
Bernt Froiland Oct 4th.
The Bethel ladies aid meets with
Mrs. Thomas Ostrem October 9Th. All
are welcome to any of these meetings
METHODIST CHURCH
Next Sunday Rally Day will be OBJ
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-09-27

served in all the departments of the
church. We expect a large attend
ance at Public Worship and Sunday
school and League. A special invi-
tation is extended to those not attend
ing elsewhere. We make no attempt
to secure t he members of other
churches. Sunday school at 10 o'clock.
5. j. Paulsen is superintendent. Ep-
worth League at GAS. Kenneth Groves
is President Morning service at IL
o'clock and evening service at 1880.
Miss Esther Williams is musical d.
rector and Miss Avs Brewer organist.
We aim TO make ourselves helpful
and cheerful and to maintain the spir-
it of worship. Go 10 church on the
Lords Day.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Next Sunday starts the new year
in the Bible school at 10. We look for
large attendance of members and
friends. You wall find a class that
will interest YOU. Preaching service
at IL. Topic OF sermon Gods Stand
ard Of a Great Man C. r. at $50.
Evening service at 7:30. Sermon
Preparing the Way for Christ" In
the afternoon at 2 80 the annual bust
ttCos HtctbifiS VI Tie CHQfNn VIII Of
held. Reports from all departments
viii be given Every member urged
to be present. Ia
Monday at 1870 the Loyal Mems
Bible Class will meet at the church for
the transaction of class affairs.
Tuesday 1880 monthly conference OF
officers and teachers of the Bible school
Wednesday evening 1880 the Reds
viii entertain the Blues that won in
the recent Bible school contest.
Thursday 1880 prayer meeting and
Bible study.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Sunday school at 10; morning wor-
ship at IL; c. E. Society at 6:45.
Don't be afraid of the church being
cool on Sunday mornings. II win be
very comfortable from now on.
C. E. Society reported twenty-four
in attendance last Sunday. Plans are
for forty-eight next Sunday. Bessie
jacobson will lead the service.
The boys club is starting off NICELY
Several new members were received
last week. The boys win meet again
next week, Friday, Oct 9Th in the
church parlors. Come along boys and
get in the game.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-09-27
Eat at the Eat Shop.

Eat at the Eat Shop
Elmer Parr has been. quite i'll for
several days
Fred Dummer was in from Har-
mony on business today, and renewed
Censor dues.
Superintendent Sanford and Full
ton were in Madison the first of last
week attending meetings Of the Coun-
ty and City Superintendent Associa-
tions Of Wisconsin.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-09-27

The randest Picture Of all time picture It's for the
Young Old TEMPLE
Der the time of at
S5 Never before
and 30 this the Greatest az
all Heart Interest Photo Plays -
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-09-27
STATE OF WISCONSIN,

/, n. P. Davis, cashier Of the above nsmed
bank. do solemnly swear that the foregoing
and belief H p DAVIS C.shi~r
Subscribed and sworn TO befors ma a.
2Srd day Of September, 1922
A Z. Smith. Notary Puhlia
Ny commission sxpires Noa W 1874
Correct Attest: T. o. MORK, CARL NJ
FROILAND, Directors.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-19

enough credit on Comstock,
although they contain the ele-
ments of a sufficiently thrill
ing tale concerning a search
for wealth.
The story of the discovery
of the Comstock lode begins
with the coming to Nevada Of
two brothers, Hosea and Allen
Grosh, sons Of a Pennsylvania
Universalist minister, who
struck rich silver ore on a por-
ton of what afterward was
called Comstock lode about
1866 or 1856, and realized that
they had made an important
discovery. They had no capital
for quartz mining, however,
and were forced to spend most
of their time placer mining for
gold to buy food meanwhile
neglecting the rich quartz de-
posits.
There is q story to the effect
that a rich stockman and trad
er of the name of Brown had
agreed to supply them with
funds to develop their silver
mine, but just after he had
sold his store and was about
to Join them he was murdered
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-19

by road agents. Then Hosea
Grosh pierced his foot with the
point of his heavy pick, and a
month later died in their rude
cabin from blood poisoning.
Enters Comstock
Allen Grosh, heart-sick over
the death of his brother, and
discouraged by repeated mis-
fortunes, at length decided to
cross the Sierra mountains to
California to raise money with
which to develop the silver
property, which he had proved
by prospecting to be far bigger
in size and richer than he and
his brother had at first
thought. But he fell a victim
to what was called by old-tim-
ers the curse of the Comstock,
and after being overcome in a
mountain storm, he managed to
drag himself to a mining camp,
and died there from the results
of exposure II days later.
When Allen Grosh started
on his fatal journey, he cast
about for someone to leave III
charge of his effects. The most
available man seemed to be the
placer miner, Henry Comstock,
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-19

canyon, which he believed to
be the outcrop Of the famous
lode. The news was telegraphed
to all parts of America stating:
Lost Cabin mine found" How
ever, this proved to be a prema-
ture assertion, for the ore was
copper, with no gold content.
Found S2O,OOO,OOo GuIch
July q, 1864, Uncle Johnny"
Cowan, Reginald Stanley, D. J.
Miller and D. J. Crab, were re-
turning to Virginia City, Mon
tana, after a discouraging pros
pecting trip in the Big Belt
mountains, when they came
upon a gulch that gave prom
Use of containing placer gold.
They decided to make their last
cast of fortunes dice there and
sank a shaft in the bed of the
creek, which they named Last
Chance. They struck colors,
and in four years time gold to
the value of $20,000,0 900 was
mined there. Three of the four
members Of the party died paul
pers. Stanley lived to an old
age and ended his days in COM
fort in England.
Bill Fairweather, discoverer
of Alder Gulch, Montana, in
May, 1868, whose pick tapped
a seam that yielded 300 ,0O0,-
900 in gold, lies in an unmarked
grave at Virginia City, Mon
tana, within a few miles of
where he and five companions
drove their discovery stakes.
Only one Of the six had any
money at the end. This was
Tom Cover, one of the original
owners of the toWnsite of Riv-
erside, Calf.
One of the marked excep-
tons to the rule of prospectors
who died poor is former Sena-
tor w. A. Clark of Montana. In
Jeff Davis Gulch, in Beaver
head county, Montana, are the
ruins of a log cabin built some
60 years ago. One would pass
it without a second look, but in
this cabin in the early COS lived
Senator Clark when his wealth
consisted of a few hundreds of
dollars instead of his present
hundreds Of millions. Nearby
Clark shoveled gravel into the
sluice boxes from morning to
night. He was elected first re-
corder of the mining district.
The oldest deed in Montana was
drawn in connection with the
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-19

who was working on a creek
nearby. It is said that a con-
tract was drawn up, by the
terms of which Comstock was
to have one-fourth interest in
one claim for keeping the prop
erty from being Jumped in
the absence of Grosh. Com
stock agreed to live in the little
stone cabin that had been built
on the claim by the Grosh
brothers. However. Allen
Grosh, who was a we'll educated
man and a thoroughly equipped
prospector. did not take Com
stock into his confidence or tell
him anything of what he called
his monster vein" Instead,
Grosh hid his assaying equip
ment and the memoranda of his
discovery before Comstock
came to the cabin, and long
after his death, when his heirs
searched for months to find ev-
idence to bear out their claims
to this rich mining property in
court, little could be found.
Stories Are Confused
There were so many claims
made later as to what really
happened the following spring
after Allen Grosh's death in the
winter of 1856 that it is almost
impossible to get at the true
facts. The story generally &C
cepted now is not the one told
by Comstock, but concerns two
Irish prospectors who were
down on their luck-Peter
O'Riley and Pat Mclaughlin
who had taken up an unprom-
Using appearing claim for placer
mining not far from the Grosh
discovery claim. Getting little
by placer mining, they decided
to dig a trench straight up the
hill from the small stream to
cut through some hard, blue
clay and yellowish gravel they
had noticed on the hillside.
At a depth of four feet they
c g m e upon a deposit of
dark, heavy soil, which SPAR
killed. with minute flakes of gold.
Running for a gold pan, one of
them tested the dirt. The pan
contained many dollars worth
of gold, They had discovered
the top of the famous Ophir
claim-the northern end of the
vast Comstock lode.
Just rs they were finishing
the last cleanup, up rode Henry
Comstock. He had been look
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-19

ing for a lost horse, and now
galloped down the ridge in time
to see the prospectors looking
at the gold in the pan and yell
ing with joy. Comstock shout
ed: you've struck it. boys
but you're on my land"
Comstock Is Foxy
Comstock, it is believed, had
no claim of any sort to the
ground, but he apparently was
a foxy Individual, and he had
done some quick thinking.
Look here" he said to the two
Irishmen, as he swung off his
horse, this spring where you
are getting your water for
placer mining was old man
Caldwell's. You know that, for
there's his sluice box. Well,
Nanny Penrod and | bought his
claim last winter, and we sold
one-tenth interest to Old Vir-
ginia the other day. You two
fellows must let Penrod and
me in on equal shares if you're
going to do any mining here.
O'Riley and Mclaughlin OBJ
jected strenuously at first, but
they were a little afraid of
Comstock, and besides, so feet
of placer ground was more
than they could work in a sea-
son, so as they thought it over.
they figured Comstock's de-
mands would not hurt them SO
much after all. When Com
stock added as a clincher to his
argument that five persons. of
whom he was one, had located
100 acres on the bench as a
stock pasture and he believed
they were within his bounda-
ries, they gave up meekly and
agreed to everything that COM
stock proposed.
The First Freeze-Out
Now occurred the first
''freeze-out" the district had
known. Comstock jumped on
his horse and Hoped swiftly to
the little camp nearby, called
Gold Hill, and found the char
acter he had mentioned by the
name of Old Virginia. This
man was a drunken prospector
and barroom loafer. Comstock
quickly explained the situation
to him and offered his horse
and part of a bottle of whisky
for a bill of sale to Old Virgin
las alleged interest in the
gsound. After a few drinks the
old man agreed and signed a
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-19
bill of sale that Comstock wrote

bill of sale that Comstock wrote
out.
Comstock later told a story
about the matter that was an
artistic piece of lying. He said
in his account of the strike: 4
had owned the greater part of
Gold Hill and had given the
prospectors working there their
claims. O'Riley and McLaugh-
lin were working for me at
Ophir, and when they struck
the gold | caved in the cut and
went ahead to organize my
company. [ then opened the
Comstock lode"
The little drama, as it really
was played, was very simple.
Comstock, one of the most ig-
norant and bombastic of men,
managed by loud talk and pure
gall to make himself the most
important parsonage in the
camp when the extent of the
strike began to be realized. He
had never in truth found any
thing. but he claimed every.
thing in sight. In a few weeks.
when miners came from all
points, the big man of the bo-
nanza appeared to be Com
stock.
Comstock in His Glory
Comstock was wildly avari-
cious when mining, and as wild
ly extravagant with his gold
when it was obtained. He
bought whatever his fancy die
tated and gave it away the next
moment. His only pleasure
seemed to be spending money
like water. and most of his COM
panions were like him in that
respect.
Mclaughlin sold his interest
III the ground for $1,000.
'O'Riley was more fortunate and
hung on till he secured $4,000,
but he spent it all in stock spec
ulation and died in an insane
asylum. Mclaughlin hung
around the district and drank
himself to death. being buried
at public expense. Thus the
real discoveries of the Com
stock gold came to miserable
ends.
Two months after the ledge
was struck, Comstock sold his
holdings for $1,000. After
spending most of this in riotous
living, he started north for
Idaho, where he prospeeted.
later drifting into Montana,
where he died by his own hand.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-19

sale of a mining claim in the
gulch which bears Senator
Clark's signature. It bears a
date in July, 1868. Clark is one
Of the very few gold prospect
ors who became fabulously
wealthy. At the age of 81 he is
vigorous and active and the
most notable living pioneer of
the early western gold camps
In Sunset Hill cemetery, on a
hill overlooking the city of
Bozeman, Montana, a plain
marble slab bears the following
inscription:
I'm memory Of Henry T. P.
Comstock, discoverer of the ia
nous Comstock Lode, Storey
Co., Nevada. Died at Bozeman,
Sept. 27, 1870. Aged so years"
Beneath this piece of marble
lies all that is mortal of the
body of one of those adventur-
ers of the early western gold
camps whose picks tapped vast
streams of golden wealth in
mountain gulches, and who
usually died in squaIor and mis-
cry, victims of the lurid life of
the mining camps. On the date
given on the slab of marble
persisted by his own hand,
friendless and penniless, the
man whose name is borne by
the richest gold and silver
bearing lode the world has ever
known-the famous Comstock
lode Of Virginia City, Nevada,
which produced more than
$3.50, 900, 900 for its owners,
and which was immortalized by
Mark Twain in his story,
"Roughing It."
Comstock's Sordid Story
The story of Comstock is a
sordid enough one, for there
was nothing of the heroic
about the man or his exploits,
and although credited by pop
ular belief with being the dis
coverer of the Comstock lode,
he was not, in fact. The real
story Of the finding of the fab
ulously rich lode of precious
metals at Virginia City, which
made the Nevada town the
most famous mining camp in
the world in it's day, is OBJ
scured by a maze Of contradic-
tory tales and. legends, but
some time ago a painstaking
historian sifted out what ap-
pear to be the true facts in the
case, and these reflect little
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-27

Irene Pavloska, Polish prima
donna of the Chicago Opera Com
pany. who has adopted the family
of Joseph VaceR, a fellow country
man. who has been sentenced to
twenty-five years in the Illinois
penitentiary at Joliet for homicide
"a Chicago.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-27

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-27

Pittsburg, it is said, stands on
ground once given in exchange for d
violin