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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-12-21

Count Harasthy went to California.
He stopped at our house the morning
he left and l shall never forget how
he was dressed. His clothes we're
black and he wore bright red stock
ings half way outside, of his pants
which reached half way from knee
to hip.
A little later father moved from
the ferry house into our own house
After breaking about 10 acres for him
self, making about 20 acres in all,
he did not make business of break
ing, but kept one outfit and did some
breaking occasionally. He went into
cattle raising and kept about 10 cows.
Mother made butter that found ready
sale in Sank. Father bought him a
Large dug-out canoe in which we
crossed the river. tos4sell our butter
father standing in the boat with a
pole and I sitting in the stern with
paddle This was between the years
from so to '55, the year he died. He
was town treasurer one year and [
think chairman Of the town board
two years The money he took in as
taxes was Mexican silver dollars,
French five franc pieces, fractional
currency and some silver dollars of
United States, money. The only gold
I remember was English sovereign
and half sovereign. AS chairman he
had to make two trips to Madison to
meet with the county board, one of
few days in October and one in Janu-
airy that lasted two weeks at the
least When he made his January
trip brother Charles and | had about
40 head of cattle to feed with hay
twice a day. And | had to make a
trip three miles down the river to
an island where he had two men MAX
ing rails. They would load me up and
when I got home my brother and |
would tumble them off any way to get
the sled unloaded for the next day.
The first wheat that father ground
he had to take the Hecock's mill
| somewhere south of Mineral Point, a
distance of 40 miles, and it usually
| took about a week to make the trip
with OK team A man by the name
of Staines had a sawmill on Honey
Creek west of Sank. He put in run
of stone and | guess that is all he did.
as fathSs -tooiz~entae4 vAeat.ethere and
the flour made the blacklist bread
l ever saw
About the first breaking father did
was on the southeast corner of his
land, few acres free of grubs and
trees, but good rich soil. On that land
r saw the first wheat growing, 1t was
| called Hedgerow and it was bearded
and very short heads, an inch and a
half the longest but large the other
way and square. | think they measur-
ed half inch by five-eighths inch.
The last of that wheat father raised
when it got into the milk or early
dough stage some disease struck it
and the heads rotted. Father did not
cut it, nor did he ever SOW any more
| have seen occasionally a head of
that wheat growing with other variet-
les The first threshing ever saw
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-12-21
sAYNER Has CONTRACT

S. M. Sayner Of Plum Lake has a
contract for building two new build
ings for ]. W. Monilaw, proprietor OF
a boys camp at Sayner, one of which
is to be 36x1O4 feet and the other
40x42, and a summer cottage 32x76
for j. NJ Hixon with ice houses at
both places. After those are complet
ed he will put up a new club house
for the Plum Lake Golf Club to be
ready for use when the season opens
next year.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-12-21

plenty of singing brightens the whole
cantafa The characters are:
Santa clans Mildred Davies
Mother Deborah Everett
bio ciotor Helen Adams
ri+tlo Sietar Fav Cook
RioRrotbor william R1akelev
itt1o Rrotbar Konnntb Krieclx
Hollv Genevieve Abrahams
Mietlatoo Ruth Law1er
Evergreen Loretta Ziebell
poinsatta Edith McTntvre
Maasanoers-r,aw lawrence price. Robert
Radcliffe James MORGAN and Francis
Kriack
Sandman Wesley Smith
nraam-man Forest Bennett
On Sunday afternoon at 4 p. M.
Dec. oath. the choir and Young people
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-12-21
EuEL SHORTAGE Fire HAZARDS

The scarcity of coal, particularly
anthracite in Wisconsin, has led to
more extensive use of soft coal,
kerosene, gas and electric heaters.
The use of these substitute fuel and
heating devices has seriously increas
ed the. fire hazard.
Soft coal stored in large quantities
is subject to spontaneous ignition.
Storage of this fuel near furnaces or
in wooden bins should be avoided.
The soft coal burns more freely
than hard coal and liberates large
amount of gas and SCOT to clog and
injure flues and chimneys. The liza
bility of chimney fires is greatly in
creased, with the chances of setting
roofs or woodwork in contact with
ehimneys or woodwork too close to
smokepipes on fire. se
The preventive measures are sim,
pie. They are: Proper installation OF
furnaces with a good clearance above
and on all sides, proper clearance be
tween smokepipes and all woodwork
not protected py metal over asbestos
board, removing woodwork in physi
cal epntact with chimney walls,
prompt rebuilding of defective Chin
neys frequent cleaning of smokepipef
and chimney flues, replacing poor
shingles with non-combustible roof
covering and careful management of
furnace, draughts and hampers.
In some cases oil burning equip
ments is being installed with but lit
tie attention to proper safeguarding
The storage of a large quantity of
oil in the furnace room is of itself
hazard. Another serious hazard of
many of these equipments is a grav
ity feed to the burner instead of
pump suction feed from underground
storage tanks. Write us before install
ling such equipments.
The portable oil stove has its haz-
ards Many fires are caused by filling
the reservoir while the wick is burn
ing; failure to keep the wick and
burner clean has caused others Often
these oil stoves are placed too close
to woodwork, curtains, beds or other
combustible house furnishings. I'm
properly fitting and defective wicks
sometimes cause fires. Flimsy con-
struction sometimes causes the up
per and lower section to separate in
carrying, resulting in fire.
Portable gas and electric heaters
must be placed at safe distance
from woodwork or combustible mater
ials. The rubber gas tube is a serious
hazard. Iron pipe connection is the
safest. Where the gas heater is used
only a short time, it may be connect
ed with the flexible tubing of the
be at the, pipe to which the flexible
tubing is attached, not at the heater
Operating electric heaters from a
lighting circuit often over loads the
wires. For extensive use of electric
heaters, a special circuit should be
provided.
1t is always better to be safe than
sorry.-INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-12-21

Chas. Hebard left Monday for a
business visit in Milwaukee.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-12-21

E. F. Hayward of Conover was in
town Saturday
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-12-21

Continued on back page.)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-12-21

Hymn and Benediction.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-12-21
follows:

Fbeaey SOS scrappy preliminary
tDetween the Three Lakes High and
Eagle Highs second team that result
ed in another victory for the local
school by a score of II to II. During
the first period the teams played to
tie, to 6, with Three lakes having
the better of it in teamwork and
snappy playing. But Eagle came back
strong in the latter half pulling out
by five point margin when time
was called
1t was Three Lakes first basket
ball game with an outside team, the
four year high school having just
been organized in the neighboring
town this year They have good lit
tie team and when Eagle goes down
there for a return game, they will
have to hump right along to make
it win.
Ewald for the locals stacked out
eight of the points. Lillrose seven,
and Dotson two Farmer for Three
Lakes was the/ big point gamer for
the visitors, getting ten of their
points. Nelson got. the other two
A full house was out for both
games and with the organized cheer
ing of the student body and the Eagle
River band to liven things up there
was plenty of pep for the evening.
Eagle High defeated Crandon for
the second time this season here last
night by the score of 36 to IL.
For basketball game it was a fine
indoor football game, some of the
toughest stuff ever seen on a basket
ball floor being pulled off, chiefly by
the visitors. 1t was a fast game, so
fast, in fact, that Crandon, trying to
break up the speedy formations of
the locals, resorted to lot of I'M
necessary roughness. Seeing what
they were up against Eagle apparently
did it's share, the score book showing
six fouls called on each team.
The game started out with rush
Belongy Gagged the first basket before
the game had gone five seconds. 1t
was Eagles game from the start, the
boys playing in their opponents ter
ritory practically all of the time. By
the time the whistle ended the first
half the local team had piled up 23
points to Crandon's T.
Crandon came back with better
floor work in the last half but were
unable to do much scoring, only add
ing four more points to their seven.
Eagle made another 10.
LleweIlyn, Crandon's star forward
and most consistent point maker for
that team, got but two baskets during
the evening, thanks to Morgan's eff
cient guarding B. Ison made their
other basket.
As usual Belongy Gagged host of
them, II to be exact. Bent and Numer-
ich each made 2, and Stein 1, besides
free throws
Crandon has good team, about the
fastest the locals have met this sea
Continued on back page.)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-12-21
CARD OF THANKS

John Mayiack, a farmer who resides
on the old Magee farm northeast of
town is recovering bis former health
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-27
THE DOWN-AND-OUTS.

Prohibition is not failure every
where, as its opponents claim. The
down-and-outs" are fewer than they
were before the country went dry, even
if an increase in inebriatiOn has been
noted in other classes of society.
+. c. Moore, treasurer of the Morgan
Memorial Goodwill industry in Boston,
says that before prohibition went into
effect, from II to - DRINKS showed up
every morning at the association head
quarters, begging for help. Today the
average is less than three a week. The
Boston society is head of the Goodwill
Industries which now are operating in
- cities. and reports from these other
stations confirm the Boston view.
At least prohibition is helping those
who most needed its help-the down
and-outers and their families If it is
having an opposite effect in more IA
vored circles, that is their own fault,
not that of the law. The strange thing
about il is that formerly it was in that
dark stratum which we called the "un-
derworld'' that we used to look for sam
pies of lawlessness. inebriety and pitiful
lack of self-contrOl. Now we must seek
them further up.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-27
MONDAY, FEBRUARY p. 1922.
TIE SIN.HOTR DAY

In one way, the length of the coal
miners day might be said to be nobody's
business but their own. They are paid
not by the day, but by the ton, and
six-hour day might make very little diff
ference in the amount of coal dug and
the amount of wages received for it
They are not fighting for more leisure so
ach as for the distribution of their
"nrh mere evenly through the year.
Nevertheless, it would be unfortunate
# % short a working day were estab-
1+.@d N anr mai'r industry, because of
It, IN C and moral principles in
lied The country and the world are
poor, as the result of a wasteful war
and need all the productive effort Of
which men are capable, manual workers
and brain workers alike.
1t is rare industry or business in
which people cannot work more than
six hours without hurting themselves. \
time may come when society can produce
all it needs in an average labor period
.of six hours a day, or four hours, but
that time is yet distant.
Instead of trying to shorten the hours
in this crude way, the coal industry and
other industries in similar plight ought
to be figuring out ways to keep their peo-
pie working profitably on full time the
year round.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-27
The Fish and Game League.
est. Adams Messenger.)

1t is interesting to read that the old
Vermont Fish and Game league, once an
organization Of commanding Importance,
has been revived. The first thought that
will fash into many minds is that here
Is political instrumentality being
brought back to life.
This the Messenger doubts very much.
The truth of the matter is that years ago
the league was not so much in politics
as politicians were in the league. And
when one talks about politicians in Yer
mont one covers a pretty large field. The
word applies TO most men who are at
all active outside the narrow confines of
their own business or profession.
We manufacture politicians in this
state by the score .biennially. Every leg
islature brings new crop because of
the rotation system that obtains in the
towns in the matter of sending repre-
sentatives to the general assembly. Once
a man has been inoculated and it has
taken, he is fixed for life. So we have
thousands of politicians.
When they get together at state
meeting naturally politics become a sub
ject of conversation. Instead of this be.
ing bad it is beneficial. Exchange OF
opinion is just as valuable when it
comes to public matters as it is with
anything else. One of the losses attend
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-27
Protected by George Matthew Adams
By MORRIS

ing the passing of the convention sys-
TEN is the elimination OF a clearing house
for opinion as 10 men and things. 1t is
serious loss, let no mistake be made
about that.
The old Fish and Game league did
much for the advancement of fish and
game interests of the state. Its political
contribution was additional. The new
organization can be of service for the
sporting interests, and if it also serves
rs clearing house, so much the better.
No one need have any fear of its extra
organic activity.
Any organization that brings Yer
monters together from all sections of the
state is bound TO be beneficial. So many
conflicting interests are bound to be
represented that it can not be used as
the tool of any designing man or men.
Safety is in the very diversity of men
and minds. Such an organization is GER
tain to be a cross section of the electo-
rate and if n man can pass muster with
its membership, ii is more than likely he
can pass muster with the voters.
The Messenger hopes the revived Fish
and Game league viii become a substan-
tial organization working for the ends
vhich concern it from its very nature.
To it men interested in the wild life Of
the state should belong and give their
support. No one need fear political ac-
tivity in any wrong sense. for, as has
been pointed out. if it is a generally
belong-to association, its very diversity
of membership furnishes it with Il safe
guard.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-27

state taxes seems imperative. Even the
most conservative expect a state tax of
fifty cents. We think it is safe to say
that if every town in the state appraised
it's real estate up TO the valuation of the
towns having the highest appraisals. the
grand list of the state would be increased
by a million dollars. This would mean
an increased INCOME of 100000. if the
state tax is fifty cents. - Manchester
journal.
The Journal is too modest in it's esti-
mate. In the village of Manchester, ac-
cording to the statement of n well-known
Manchester citizen, piece Of real estate
in the list at $1,000 was sold for SI2,0
a year ago last summer. In Bennington a
few years hack tract of land on Town
Hill that WIS on tie tax list atAS400
was sold for $4,000. These are undoubt-
edly exceptional cases where the pur-
chasers wanted that particular property
regardless of price, but il is not infre-
quent in most of the larger towns in
Vermont for property to sell at from
four TO six times its tax valuation. Were
the real estate of the state of Vermont
listed at two-thirds of its actual forced
sale selling value, we should expect to
see the grand list of the state nearly or
quite doubled, and this in spite of the
fact that in every town there is occa-
Sionally a piece of property listed too
high through mistake; accident or over
sight. The present grand list of the
state is, we believe, around three mill
lion dollars,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-27
IT'S NOT ELBOW GREASE
BUT SOAP FLAKES THAT
TAKES DIRT OUT

Some laundresses wash as if
they would rub the very ridges
off the washboard-and yet the
clothes look grey.
Other laundresses hardly seem
to do any rubbing at all-and the
clothes come out spotlessly clean
and white. ....-
The difference IS that the lat
ter use science; and science has
taught US thatit isn't elbow grease
but soap fat that takes dirt out.
In Rinse, the scientific balance
Of soap fats with other cleansing
materials has been found. Its al
most magical suds just soak cut
the dirt that your muscles used to
have to rub away.
When YOU use Rinse you need
do no rubbing except on the par
ticularly soiled places that always
do need special attention, and yet
your clothes will be as clean as if
you had toiled over them in the
old back-breaking way.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-27
Wrong Procedure.
St. Adams Messenger.


Speaking of resolutions for town meet
ing, the following which is proposed by
Mr.. Wheeler of Waterbury, is the
limit:
That we will not endorse or support
any candidate for the Office of governor or
lieutenant governor who advocates, or Is
in favor of bonding this state for the pur-
pose of building concrete or so-called per
manent road"
How long since it has been one of the
functions of n town meeting to corral or
instruct the voters of Il town as to their
duties in voting for governor? These sug-
gestiOns and attempts TO inject political
propaganda into town meeting should be
stopped 1t is not fitting TO turn our
town meetings into political caucuses, and
the extremely absurd proposition of Mr..
Wheeler shows to what limits this craze
can be OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Journal.
The Messenger hasn't been convinced
yet that the state of Vermont should float
a big bond issue for hard surface roads,
but it is inclined to agree with the con-
temporary that injecting this issue into
town meetings is out of place. Out of
place because it will amount to nothing
I Town meetings have their own issues of
real importance to the several communities
of the state and it is upon these that at
tention should be focused. To divide time
and attention between the live issues and
:
time standpoint) would be wrong proceed
urc. If matters are taken up at their
proper time, the maximum good results.
And, so far as that goes, the real deci-
sion as to a future road policy is to be
determined by the legislature. True, the
governor may veto a bill, but the legisla-
ture then has the final say. The first
place to go to secure economy and to
ward off extravaganza is TO the individual
/ member of the general assembly. He,
with his colleagues, has the real deciding
! power.
! Towns can. if they will, exercise care
and wisdom in the selection of represen-
{ tatives, and counties can do the same
thing with senator's. 1t is possible to get
the kind of representatives town wants
if the time and trouble necessary are
spent. Also, after elections, the constitu-
ton gives the voters a right to hold pub
lie meetings and instruct their represen-
tatives," so at no time is there any rea-
son why a live community should be with
out means of expressing its opinions eff
fpctiVely
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-27
Should Be in Politics.
bennington Banner.)

The reorganization of the state fish
and game league can be made of impor-
lance and value if it can be brought suf-
ficiently into politics so that ii can ac-
tually have some influence We know
that this is the opposite of the opinion
commonly expressed but The Banner is
convinced that it is the correct view.
Nearly half the male voters in Vermont
are interested either in hunting or fish
ing and most of this number in both.
These people pay q special personal tax
in addition to the regular tax burdens in
which they share equally with others.
This special tax which the fishermen and
hunters pay amounts to toward 5000
a year. The hunters and fishermen of
Vermont ought to be in politics at least
enough to see that they get full value
for their money.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-27
Todar,s Anniversaries

1706-John Evelyn. the celebrated Eng
fish diarist and philosopher, died.
Born Oct. 81. 1920.
1T92-Baldomer Espartero, the greatest
general and one of the strongest
men that Spain produced in the
18th century, born. Died Jan. 8,
1879.
1S29--GeneraI Jackson was welcomed in
Cincinnati on his way to Washing
ton to be inaugurated president
1S47-Prince Albert, husband of Queen
Victoria. was elected chancellor of
Cambridge university.
1S72-Congress passed a bill making the
Yellowstone valley national
park.
1SS1-Marriage of Prince Frederick Viii
liam of Prussia emperor William
IL and Prince Augusta of Schles-
wig-IIolStein.
1S91-Charles Foster of Ohio was APP
pointed secretary of the treasury
by President Harrison.
1S97-The Venezuela boundary commits
sion made its formal report TO the
President.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-27
Copyright by George Matthew Adams
Today S Events

Ellen Terry. the eminent English act
ress. today enters upon her 10th year.
Today begins an observance of ma
tional prune week" throughout the United
States
DR. Horatio r. Storer of Newport, r.
l.. oldest living graduate Of Harvard, Is
% years old today.
Waterloo. Iowa, votes today on the
adoption of the city manager form of
municipal government.
The annual mardi gras festivities will
be inaugurated today in New Orleans
Galveston, Mobile and Pensacola.
Hundreds OF educators are expected in
Chicago today for the annual meeting OF
the department of superintendent of the
National Education association.
The attorney general of Missouri has
summoned the prosecuting attorneys OF
that state to confer in jefferson City to-
day on Acknowledgement measures.
Hearing is to be resumed at Meridian
today in the antitrust proceedings lnstl
tuted by the state of Mississippi against
railroads doing business in that state
Secretary of Commerce Hoover has sum
moned a conference to meet in Washing
ton today to consider and formulate reg
ulationS for the control and development
of wireless telephony.
Among the important cases on thu
docket of the supreme court of the United
States, which reaSSembleS today after {
months recess. is one involving the con
stitutionality of the Kansas industrial
c0urt law
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-27
In the Days News.

Ellen Terry, who enters upon her 18th
year today, will be remembered as one
OF the renowned actresses of the English
speaking stage, who for years was the
acting partner of the late Sir Henry IrE
ing. She was born in Coventry, and chris
tened Ellen Alice When but eight years
old she appeared under the management
of Mrs Charles kean in London, enacting
Mamilius in The Winters Tale. Her
first appearance with Irving was as kath-
crime in The Tanning of the Shrew. Miss
Terry'S first husband was G. Z. Watts,
the renowned painter, who died in 1901
but after 10 years the marriage was dis
solved. Her second husband. Mr.. War
dell. whose stage name was Charles Kelly.
died i'm 1S~-. With Sir Henry Irving the
great actress made several Successful and
l0ng-remembered tours of America. On
the occasion of her last professional visit
to America. in 1907. Miss Terry was mar
ried in Pittsburgh TO James Carew, a
member of her company