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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-12-29
Breeding of Buffalo Mystery.

Whatever of romance in regard to
the American buffalo may have van
ished with the passing Of the old
West, the life history and breeding
of these animals are still mystery
to the biologist.
Just how old a buffalo gets to be
is not known. AS far as the records
show, the Methuselah of the species
is one in Paris which is said to be
thirty-one years old. The oldest buff
faloes in the government herds are a
venerable cow on the Wichita pre-
serve, now twenty-fOur years old, and
Kalispel Chief, the leader of the Mon
tana herd, now twenty years old.
1t is known that the cows begin to
breed in their third year. When they
stop is a biological mystery. There is
a record of a COW breeding in her
twenty-sixth year and one on the
Wichita preserve had calf at the
age of twenty-five. The normal num-
Der of calves and the exact ratio Of
sexes are likewise unknown.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-12-29
INSIDE STORY OF A. e. F. IN
"FLASHES OF ACTION"

This picture shows American boys
going over the top and falling in
action--This true version is the only.
way public can realize what they
did.
To sit calmly and comfortable in
a chair and witness the most gigan-
tic struggle in all time-The World
War-has been made possible thru
the invention of motion pictures and
through the daring U. S. Signal
Corps photographers, who risked
their lives and in many instances
were killed or wounded in grinding
out the cameras story Of the worlds
greatest conflict.
When the war ended the U. S.
Signal Corps had one million feet of
war films in it's laboratories in Wash
ington. Experts were put to work on
this with instructions to "dig out"
che best 5000 feet. It required month
after month to make the selection and
arrange the scenes in continuity and
the result of this work was CLASHES
Of Actions" the pick of all the Sig
nal Corps film.
Nearly a thousand Legion Posts
have exhibited this film and in a
great many instances the theatres
could not handle half the crowd.
Remember five reels of continu-
Gus thrills and a comedy film. Matt
nee and evening.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-12-29

was all over to come and tell me?'
Ray said in a husky voice.
"She wanted 1t to be that way"
the doctor said. Still he was smiling.
How could he smile at such time?
How hard and inhuman doctors be-
came.
Il don't believe word Of it," he
said. ''She wanted me, 1 know. 1
heard her cry. That was it, You
kept me from her. You wouldn't let
me go to her and she-she-wanted
me-
my dear Ray, just minute" the
doctor said, but Ray had rushed past
him and was in his wife's.room. Tears
were in his eyes. ~
Oh, he'd never forgive himself that
he had consented to do what the doc
tor had told him to when suddenly
he noticed that Lillian was looking at
him. her eyes wide open, smiling hap
ply \
ibid you hear him shout out O.
Merry Christmas to you, Ray? she
asked
ut was the baby, who cried?"
mot a cry, my love, Merry Christ
mas was what he said"
Lillian, my own, my own" he MUIR
INJURED, and bent down over her. And
now the tears came freely. He didn't
care at all about them. Nothing mat
tered. For the tears-they were the
tears of joy!
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-12-29
Remarkable Microuraphic Feats.

photographers have wed with one
another in the execution of the most
minute specimens Of writing. The Ten
Commandments have been engraved in
characters so fine that they could be
stamped on the side of nickel, and
on several occasions the Lords Prayer
has been engraved on the side of a
gold dollar, the diameter of which is
six-tenths Of an inch.
There is an account Of rare piece
Of work brought to pass by Peter
Bales, an Englishman and clerk of
chancery. 1t was the whole Bible In
an English walnut no bigger than a
hens egg. The nut holdeth the book ;
there are as many leaves in this little
book as in the great Bible and he
hath written as much in one of his
little leaves as a great leaf Of the
Bible"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-12-29

Ray Clarke paced up and down the
been so happy-sO free from nervous
ness for so long time.
He hated the great beauty of the
outside world. When he heard people
wishing each other Merry Christmas"
he almost hated their smiles and their
cheerful voices.
How deeply he loved Lillian. She
was worth all the Christmas presents
in the world Of course. There were
no two ways about that
And the doctor had said with such
a genial, merry twinkle in his eyes:
''Well, 1 fancy the young son and
heir will be a Christmas present from
the missus to yOu!?
He had laughed at the time, and
Lillian had blushed and smiled and
laughed, too. The doctor was such
friendly old sOul-he had been the
doctor when Lillian had been born.
And he was fine, too.
But perhaps he counted too much on
Lillian's strength. Ray had been sent
out Of the room and he had been alone
here now for so long
AT first he had been so full of high
spirits. But the delay had been so
strange. They hadn't told him there
would be any such delay. They had
simply sent him out of the room and
had said that everything was all right,
and that they'd come and tell him
soon to be back to see his child.
He would go upstairs. He couldn't
stand this another moment And it
was so quiet. He had fancied it
would not be quiet. Then he heard a
strange Shrill voice.
How curiOusly it sounded. Was
that Lillian. She must be very ill to
have voice sound so curiously. He
never heard it like that.
They couldn't keep him from her.
She would want him, too. Of course
she would
He hurriedly ran up the stairs. The
doctor was at the top Of the stairs.
swat a moment not so fast not so
fast" the doctor smiled st was COM
ing to tell you
Couldn't you have let me come to
her? Did you have to wait until it
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-12-29
AT THE RIALTO

Thursday; Constance Talmadge in
The Primitive Lover. Ben Turpin
comedy.
Friday, Official war film, Flashes
of Action, shown under the aus
pices of Edgerton Legion Post
number 80. Our Gang comedy, Fire
Fighting. Matinee 2:30.
Saturday; Earl Williams in You
Never Know. International News
and Aesops Fables. The Cat and
the Swordfish.
Monday and Tuesday, Turn To
the Right with an all star cast.
Harold Lloyd in 'High and Dizzy"
Matinee at ESQ.
Wednesday and Thursday, Rodolf
Valentino in Blood and Sand.
Coming, The Old Homestead and
Rags to Riches.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-12-29

he heard shouting across streets, wish
ing others "a Merry Christmas"
Now and again the wind blew loud
ly, but not shrilly Gnor harshly nor
with wailing sound. The wind, too,
seemed to be quivering with happi-
ness. All of nature had joined to-
gether to be as beautiful, as radiant,
in honor of the day as possible.
The hills were covered with snow.
The branches of the trees were laden
with it. Icicles hung from caves and
from corners of houses, and windows
were frosted with exquisite designs.
The shrubs, too, were covered with
snow. 1t looked more like Fairyland
than anything else.
In the house they were waiting, wait
ing, waiting.
How tense and long seemed the wait.
How nervous, how frightful, and yet
how marvelous-if all went well.
But just suppose everything didn't
go well? Suppose anything happened?
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-12-29
Notice

The tax books of the Town of Fulton
are now in my hands for collection.
will make my office as follows:
will alternate between the banks q
Edgerton during the months Of Januar%
and February, commencing at the 10
bacco Exchange bank Jan. 9Th.
At O. P. Murwin's store, Fulton,
Jan. 21st.
At w. J. Davis store, Indian Ford,
Jan 18th.
The rest at home.
The usual 2 per cent penalty will be
charged after Feb. 1st.
T. B Houfe, Treas.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-12-29
Tobacco Notes

Henry Scott of Stoughton was in
Edgerton Wednesday wishing US all a
Happy New Year. Henry Scott is a
good deal of a cheer producer.
Mr.. M. Green, Eber Arthur and Mr..
Reed of GAINESVILLE were among the to-
bacco men in the Edgerton market on
Tuesday.
Mr.. J. A. Dickerson, who for the
past three years has served the Ameri-
can Sumatra Tobacco Co., will sever
his connection with that company on
Dec. 31st to enter the employ of the
Consolidated Cigar Corporation.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-12-29

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Tobacco Exchange bank
will be held at it's office in the City of
Edgerton, County of Rock, State of
Wisconsin, on the End day of January,
1923, at three o'clock in the afternoon,
for the election of officers and directors
for the ensuing year and for the trans
action of such other business as may
properly come before the meeting.
William Bussey, Vice President,
A. Ell. Jensen, Secretary.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-12-29
Norwegian Lutheran Church.
E. A. BOYD, PASTOR

Services in Norwegian Sunday, Dec.
31st, at IL a. m. In the evening So
cial gathering will be held in the church
parlors to usher in the new year.
English services New Years day at
1920, followed by the regular annual
business meeting.
Bethany Circle will be entertained at
the home of Miss katherine Ellingson
on Thursday evening, Jan. a.
The Ladies society will meet Thurs
day, Jan. 4, 1923.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-12-29

For SALES well bred Duroc sows,
bred for March and April. = Willis SEQ
field, Phone 307 20. Off
Miss Myrtle Ruosch is prepared to
do bemstitching in the rooms above
Dietzel's shoe shop, formerly occupied
by Miss Hattie Lueck, milliner, Edger-
ton. 5t4pd
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-12-29

L WAS very
quiet in the
house. Outside
the snowfakes
W e r e chasing
each other with
v i or and a
gayety and a
sense Of the
merriment of
the season.
V0icnS c0Ifl6
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-12-29

Patented Tobacco Press and Bpndl'ng
Box-the time saver and easy Wv
Sold by J. B. Shaw Estate: Edgeer-
ton. Wis. 6t4pdtf
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-12-29
Charms Not Hidden.

Our observation is that when a girl
is proud of her figure she Simply re-
fuses to erect Il board fence around
it.-GalvestOn News.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-12-29
Corn Wanted.

Will pay market price for fifty tons
of corn. Will receive every day; bring
it in.
6tf Edgerton Stock Yards Co.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-12-29
Carrier Pigeons, New Duty.

Carrier pigeons are playing part In
the patrol OF the national forests.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-12-29
Common Council Proceedings.
Edgerton, Wis, Dec. Is, 1872:

Edgerton, Wis, Dec. Is, 1922.
Regular meeting of the Common
Council, Mayor Biederman presiding.
Aldermen present: Ash, Gessert,
Grassman, Schultz, Spike, Westlake.
Minutes of the last meeting read and
approved.
The following bills were read and al
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-12-29

For SALE - Thoroughbred Guernsey
bull 8 months old. cheap. Phone l..
o. Painter, 3l5 + 20. 6t2pd
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-12-29
His First
Christmas
By MARY GRAHAM b BONNER

Copyright. 1921. Western Newspaper Union.
The Washington times., 1922-06-18
The fearful "Wid0lD" Who
Neuer Leapes the Coffin Alone

"Haven they ever got to this trcki" inquired.
'No we are very careful. have made 1t rule to
send along woman with the corpse until the coffin has
safely passed the border We have got the nccs quiet
est most demure little lady who dresses up in widows
weeds She pour out flood Of tears that would de-
ceive the sharpst detectives eyes in the world We send
this girl along with the coffin and If it is transferred out
Of the baggage to the platform anywhere she just
ros out and sits down the edge of the baggage truck
somewhere that nobody comes around to look
it over and nobody bothers her because she looks be
such ptfu little widow in such sorrow in her bereave-
ment."
$50 that is what you mean by shipping drugs in the
shell of corpsei " remarked. "Well, there are novel
ties in the Underworld since abandoned activities which
are new to me-"
This then is one of the latest devices for bringing
wholesale quantities of the forbidden drugs into the
try reasoned with George before he left and asked
him how he could bear be the instrument of destruction
OF many young and innocent people, he undoubt
edly responsible for running
"Oh they all doing it," said George in a noncha-
lant manner as he lighted another cigarette drugs will
always in and there will always be people who will
find ways of beating the law Others doing it. and If
quit it would not end the business have got wife
and family to look after and might well be making
the profit Others"
And now as I conclude with this chapter what have
to say the wicked traffic in drugs want to mention
the most distressing Of all phases Of drug slayey-the
children. II ..... ..-. -...
am afraid to tell my readers what know about this
side OF the business because fear they will believe me-
When assert that the scoundrels who peddle drugs
are deliberately creating drug fends in order to
large their market and that they have found that school
children the easiest victims and they therefore hang
like vutures around schools expect my readers to
shake their heads in incredulous disbelief.
To convince the reader that this unfounded state
men perhaps ought to refer to the distressing report OF
the Grand Jury Denver Colorado the other day. which
handed to Judge Robert Lewis in the United States
District Court Among other things this report says:
"Ohcials charge that school children being given
The Washington times., 1922-06-18
HoID Drugs Are Sn,u00Ied
Oter the Border in Hearses
".You got better schemei" inquired.

"You got better schemef' inquired.
"oh, yes Margaret, it is much more certain, and we
handle it in bigger amounts" George replied, and
then continued eve bringing the stuff across in
hearses Nobody bothers hearse especially If it does
travel the border the place often
81 have got some hearses which specially built
for slowing away the DOPE The big heavy black curtains
are all made double with hundreds Of little compartments
which pack full Of packages Of drugs The posts
pillars, that hold up the top Of the coach followed
out and the holes made just the right size to take the
small cans Of opium There are eight Of these hollow
posts and we stow away good big bunch Of opium
In these eight posts In each hearse.
The floor Of the hearse has a double floor have got
the cuest little way Of getting into this double floor
partment you saw You would find il in your
life We carry quite load Of the stuff in that
partment between the two floors Of the hearse.
The Washington times., 1922-06-18
By Mrs: Margaret HUI
CHAPTER XII.
(Continued from Lost SundoyJ

(Continued from Lost Sundoyj
0 1872 by Weekly Reserved
HAVE already said in previous pages that feel very
strongly on the subject of drugs. myself have been
avictim of the drug habit and have narrowly escaped
the fate which overlook many Of friends 1t my
hope that will be able to accomplish useful service
in the Of these articles in stirring the imagination
Of the American public who do not realize the insidous
and growing menace Of drugs
Perhaps some surprise will be caused by my assertion
that sixty times much opium and other drugs used
in the United States in proportion to the number OF
people, used in other civilized nations And
yet investigation by the United States Treasury Depart
men has revealed the astonishing that the annual
sumption of drugs here averages So grains for each per-
son, while it is only grains in Germany, grains in
France, grain in Italy and " grain in Austria
So there official authority for the disturbing state
men that use in this country enough opium to provide
2R doses for every man. woman and child! Only about
onequarer of this is used in legitimate medical and dental
practices therefore threequarte Of all this wicked poison
is used by dope fends.
The readers Of this page may wonder how is possible
to bring into this country such supply when
government officers supposed to be watch to stop
the forbidden traffic.
As have pointed out in earlier articles the profit in
smuggling the dope is enormous People Of resourceful
and ingenuity engaged in the business and they
spend their entire time and thought in devsng ways to
get the prohibited drugs into the country
have already spoken OF the steady stream OF mar
cocs which flows into New York from Montreal Chorus
girls Of the travelling road companies bring in great
DEAL and there regular professional drug smuggers
pretty girls like Dorothy Waddell and Dixie Dxon-who
finally outlved their usefulness and sent to their
graves to seal their lips.
But there many, many other ways in which the
contraband drugs cross the border would require all
the space in this article undertook to detail all the
schemes and devices for bringing in drugs which drug
smugglers have told me Of But will give instance
here and then pass to another phase of the subject
know q man who is the head Of dope smuggling
ring in Canada. Only few weeks ago he called to
me, and with perfect freedom and confidence told
show business was getting along" I will call him
George" discussed with George the death Of Doro
thy Wadde and Dixie Dixon and few others, and he
shook his head and said that he had long since stopped
hiring girls to bring dope across the border.
"They too dangerous, 1" said George. "They get
to taking and more Of the stuff and they mix up
with men, and the first thing you know they become
garrulous and begin to tell things No. it Is too risky to
use girls or theatrical shows"
The Washington times., 1922-06-18
Turned Into Drug Slaves IS.
bV Careless or Wicked Doctors

But the wretched dope peddlers are not the only
who engaged in the business of making drug adds
have several acquaintance who have been made drug
slaves by doctors Many doctors utterly careless
in their administration Of drugs that before they
through with patient they have inoculated him with
irresistible craving Other physicians there are Who
my knowledge deliberately make their living by selling
drugs and encouraging drug victims. a. 4
1t Is extremely difficult for the law convict doctors
who are drug sellers DOCTOR of course has license
which permits him to have drugs his possession and in
his office He is thus much safer than the wretche drug
pedders on the streets If doctor office is raided
II doctor is arrested with drugs in his pocket it is all
impossible convict him. because he will show that
be has license to have and use drugs .sa4s"
] know . rascally physician who did tremendous
The Washington times., 1922-06-18
- :sssss;=..s.
Young Men Drug Addicts
Rounded Up to Take .
Compulsory Drug Cure by the
City Authorities.

for the traffic, and in many in 49,
stances have evidence that A I;,.l. ch;,...
drugs frequently delivered Gil who W..
and sold in the block occupied by E.,,.l .. d. A..
the East Denver High School. n:.r.: -.
"On Easter Sunday, in Denver,
six new addicts 1--WE know not Oh Dr"s e~hs'
how many others there may have
been who not found) girls
between the ages Of seventeen and
nineteen discovered in Denver and recorded IN tho
office of the narcotic division.
"The traffic in narcotic drugs is horror tous pass
ing belief and look upon experience in the Grand
Jury room while dealing with these crimes hideous
picture. The traffic locally seems to centre in a
group of people either foreigners by birth children Of
foreign parentage We would recommend to the court
that the status of citizenship of every convicted OF
the crime of dealing in narcotic drugs be asceraned and
where it is established that such person an alien, i'm
mediate steps for deportation be taken
"The Grand Jury is greatly impressed with the mme
diate necessity for establishing proper clinics and hos
pitas for the study Of drug addiction and intelligent treat
lnent and relief of the sufferers with forcefu educa
tonal campaign through proper agencies and the schools
for the dissemination Of information looking to the u
mate suppression of the traffic"
That is what is going on out in Denver.
And can show you case after in the New York
courts where little children Of the age of thirteen and
upward have been taken into custody drug sdcts and
peddlers Of drugs among their fellow schoolmates
The readers of this page have not noticed these things
Ny life narrowly escaped being ruined by drugs and
therefore and read these with emotions which
beyond words to express .
could give you the names Of men who have been
rested for running SCHOOLS to teach children how to
the drugs and how to sell the drugs. could show
You how the drug pedders hang about dance halls and
teach the young and women narcotics. could
show you where the public Fairgrounds and parks
made the hunting grounds Of these scoundres who first
supply the children with the drugs without expense and
when the habit has been formed teach them to steal tho
money necessary to buy the dope they press them
INTO service drug pedders and pay them for their sales
by an allowance OF dope.
The Washington times., 1922-06-18
'Vamp," Who Worked
the AristOcrats o
World Trapping N
Are Wickedly

could show you evidence that drug peddlers stant
on the and offer sniff of heroin to youngsters
young men and women, and wheedle them into takinf
home little of the drug gift These young peopl,
followed up and provided with narcotics from tim.
to time until the desire for the drug is established
then they have created a customer.
In one school juvenile drug ring comprising twenty.
five East Side lads, discovered and five of the chill
dren confessed that they drug pedders working
scoundrel who had taught them to use the poison and
who employed them peddlers.
Observing the strange behavior of little thirteen.
yearod girl the Jersey City police not long ago followed
up the clue and found they had juvenile drug addict
which led to the prison of four scoundrels who
drug trafckers
And again the reader may ask Why don't the vigilsnt
police put stop to the activities of these drug pedders
This not easy to do The drug pedders sometimes work
The Washington times., 1922-06-18

with surprising disguises. know a young
woman who carried her baby on one arm ant
hand-satchel full of drugs in the other hand
Who would suspect this mother with child
out for an outing in the park, as being
professional drug peddleri
And will mention a very successful druf
peddler known in the Underworld as Chicago
Tessie. She worked with a companion,
man, and they were so shrewd in their opera
tions that they carried on a large business in
the sale of drugs before they were discovered
Tessie usually kept herself short dis
tance from her confederate Her compan.
ion, the man, made the sales, taking the
money, and Tessie carried the supply on her
person and made-the deliveries
When her confederate would make sale
The Washington times., 1922-06-18

"Sometimes get an order Tor
shipment Of dope to distant city-maybe Washington
or st. Louis In this ship the stuff in the shell Of
a corpse"-
"The shell Of corpse, interrupted: "Ths is new
one on me-"
eyes that is what call 1.-THE shell of corpse"
George replied II thought you had heard of that Quite
lot of us are doing it that way with long distance ship
ments."
~ don t understand, said
"Well we get hold of dead body from the morgue or
some undertaking establishment and have the under
taker cut hollow cavity where the lungs and internal
organs are The head and chest and not dis
turbed the lower part of the body Of But in
under the ribs all the way down to the hips when followed
out makes quite big cavity The corpse is very thor
oughly embamed and pack the cavity full Of drugs.
Then the corpse dressed with clothes which include
collar, shirt, coat, etc