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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-10-03
Covered With Stamps.

Many letters arriving in Ash
land from Germany recently have
been so covered with postage
stamps both ON the front and
rear as to leave but little room
for the address. Six thousand
marks in stamps are found on
some letters. At the old rate of
exchange these stamps would
have cost $500, and based on
marks, the rate is 10000 times
greater than it was before the
war.
In the days before the war Ger
many, conforming to the standard
practice Of international mail
transmission, could send a letter
to Ashland for the customary blue
stamp of 20 pfennings, one-fifth
of a mark, or approximately 5
cents.
We understand that from now
on for the reason that it is i'm
possible to get enough German
postage stamps on an envelope to
pay the postage to America, that
the German government has Civ
en- up the use of stamps. Officials
of the post office department
were notified today that the cost
of printing the stamps also is
greater than their face value and
that letters coming from Germany
hereafter will bear only a cancel
lation indicating that the neces-
sary postage has been paid.-Ash-
land Press.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-10-03
Little Demand for Labor.

There is little demand coming
to cities for farm labor, according
to officials of the industrial COM
mission, and there has been a
shrinking demand from logging,
mining, highway construction, ho-
tells, restaurants and the retail
trade. The smaller amount of la
Dor asked by these industries has
been offset to some extent by the
increase of building operations,
throughout Wisconsin which is es-
timated to amount to 20.5 per
cent. There has been but small
drop in the demand for highway
labor.
The fact that many large build
ings under construction In Wis
consin is expected to keep men in
the building trades busy for a
long time because they will be
kept busy with the building
operations until well into winter.
There is a slump in factory
work of many kinds. Some shops
that have been working day and
night shifts hive gone back to
single shifts OF to five day work
weeks.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-10-03
EGGS MUST BE FRESH
Cannot Be Held During Fall
and Later Sold as Fresh
Product to Consumer.

Dealers or farmers who hold
fall eggs for higher prices and
sell them during the winter as
fresh eggs are violating the law
and are subject to prosecution, &C
cording to a statement issued by
the Wisconsin department Of
Markets. Such practice results
in waste and lowers the price paid
to producers for eggs throughout
the entire state.
Where eggs are held in damp
cellars they are especially liable
to develop mold or acquire musty
or vegetable favors. Eggs of
this kind are held to be I'M
merchantable and must be culled
out and returned to the producer
or destroyed. The presence of
such eggs makes dealers afraid to
bid up the price during the fall
and winter as eggs which have
been held may be wholly unfit or
of use only for baking and manu-
featuring purposes. Naturally the
dealer cannot pay a high price
for such eggs as he cannot sell
them for table use.
All egg buyers are advised to
candle receipts carefully and re-
move those that are spoiled. Those
found to be shrunken with large
air cells and dark yolks but which
are still fit for use should be
bought as seconds and paid for at
a lower price. Before shipping,
the cases should be marked Held
Eggs"
Housewives can tell whether the
eggs purchased from their grocer
are fresh or not when they are
broken. In strictly fresh egg
the yolk stands up and is we'll
rounded over the top. The white
is thick and viscuous and the air
cell found at the large end is
about the size of a dime. In a
held egg the yolk fiattens or
breaks when the egg is opened,
the albumin is thin and watery
an the air cell is large. The size
of the air cell can be determined
by looking in the large end OF
the broken she'll. The membrane
forming the air cell is easily seen
and the amount of shrinkage can
be determined by its size. The
smaller the air cell is the better
and fresher the egg. Held eggs
always show large air cells and
should not be purchased except at
reduced price.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-10-03
Deadly and Danperous

One man IN 100 who buys illicit
liquor IN the United States TODAY
geps genuine imprisoned and un.
adulterated liquor. This fact is
shown by analysis of $4,000 sam
pies seized in all parts of the
United States during the last year
ana made up Of all kinds of
liquor illicitly sold in this country
"A statement recently made by the
United States prohibition director
shows that the man who puts his
trust IN a bootlegger very often
drinks with Death. The end NAV
be sudden and violent, or, on the
other hand, it may come slowly
as the result of cumulative poi
sons, and often is attributed TO
diseases which these poisons in
duce.
There are, according to Commits
sioner Haynes. four sources of
supply for bootleg liquor. They
are moonshine" liquor, redistilled
denatured alcohol, struggled goods
and liquor illegally withdrawn
from bonded warehouses and di-
verified to beverage purposes. Each
class has its own peculiar dangers.
"Moonshine' is poisonous, first, be-
cause 1T is new liquor containing
all the poisons that would be elm
mated by proper ageing. 1t is vile
because it is distilled under con-
ditions that make it, in most in
stances, unspeakably filthy. Re-
distilled denatured alcohol is poi
sonous because it is impossible to
remove the denaturants by any
means at the command of the IL
licit distiller. Struggled liquor
diverted from bonded warehouses
is usually adulterated to- increase
the volume without diminishing
the intoxicating power. So, from
whatever source it comes, practic-
ally all the liquor that can be
bought in the United States today
is deadly or dangerous. Yet many
men hold the blind faith that they
are getting pure stuff" from
these polluted streams!
One fact, however, is to be
borne in mind. Spectacular and
violent as are some of the cases
of illicit liquor poisoning and in
evitable as are the slow poisonings
often incurred, the number of
men killed by alcoholic drink in
the United States today is much
smaller than it was before prohi-
bition. A larger proportion of
those who drink are killed, but
drinkers today constitute a pro-
portion of the total population so
much smaller than in pre-prohibi-
ton days that the aggregate is
much diminished Outlook.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-10-03

And so, when the boys reported
for duty he stood around and
watched them assemble ON the
court house square, then sneaked
away and hid himself until the
train bearing them from the CITY
mad lett. For a month he wander
ed about the state, THINKING al
ways OF his mother back in the
little home at Stratford
Finally the call of mother love
overcame his fears and so It was
that one dark night he crept into
her home. Throughout the war
and since, neighbors passing the
farm at night often saw the bent
form OF woman moving about
the garden patches. Sympathy
and pity for the lonely woman
were frequently expressed but the
secret was never guessed.
1t was not until the grief-strick-
en- boy met them at the door and
pointed in silent, pathetic grief
to the dead body of his mother
that they knew he had been hid
den on the farm all these years,
a terror stricken fugitive, burrow-
ing from the light of day and
working the little plot at night.
clad IN one of his mothers dres-
ses. Not once has he left the
farm or ventured among his
neighbors. And so ends another
OF Wlsconsin's mysterious draft
evasions.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-10-03

The upper Mississippi bottoms
are threatened by a drainage
scheme. These bottoms are the
most prolific spawning grounds
for black bass and other game and
food fishes, and to the Bureau OF
Fisheries they are invaluable for
stocking lakes and streams. The
bottoms are the natural feeding
grounds for ducks, brant and
geese, mink, muskrat, raccoon and
many other kinds of wild crea-
lures. The promoters have pledg-
ed 100000 toward the project
and will ask congress to appro-
pirate S14,0OO,0O0. Most of this
drainage tract will produce farm
land of little value even when
drained, according to prominent
experts of agriculture.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-10-03
Is Cousin to President

Ernest Coolidge of Couderay.
WIS, who has a blacksmith shop
IN addition to his small farm at
Yarnell, is a, cousin of President
Coolidge. Mr.. Coolidge moved here
from Vermont a number of years
ago. While living in Vermont he
was nelghbor of John C. Coolidge
and little Calvin were regular cal
lers at Ernest Coolidge's home in
those days, Ernest says his cousin
was not much of a playmate
quiet, preferring to sit and listen
to older people talk. He was a
great book worm, too.
IF you had to pay the farm
wife a salary based on her actual
worth, she could command at least
S5,oOO a year, as seamstress, laun-
dress, cook, nurse, assistant hired
man, general manager and several
other tasks" declares Professor
Ruby Green Smith of Cornell.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-10-03
Carl Ahonen,
Fountain Spring House.
Waukesha, Wis.
Didn't Like Bill.

..% only reason given by the
, ~l States treasury for the
N. rss3,.ated withdrawal of the
n. .@- from circulation is the pre-
s IN certain sections of the
|. NY I based upon the supersti-
N, hat it is an unlucky denom-
y, ! M to have in ones posses
/, mat superstition in turn
va y doubt based upon the actual
|~S'one mes, which have pursued
H.. n " with 81 bills in their
NM NJ that actually belong to the
! ,.s Mt. Of the home town pa
Whitewater Register.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-10-03
Boy a Draft Evader

Of draft evasion when
.' 1,oerican man was needed
4 .5e Worlds War, has come
W. IN Marathon county re-
%, ND there being two sides
y 1 ,o,s, the following from {,
.. 55s.i i.I5 Times tell it all; =,
sS' Marathon county's second
a' D,nt Of service men report
p s5 1rtv at Wausau in 1918
S Scb,weighofer one OF the
5 y, was missing. Inquiry,
5' Il his home in Stratford,
Z. II ~ the fact that he had sud
s.' J&i;sppeared and his widow
y ., @5,s. knew nothing of his
o =. week the mother died on
" ,,,sy truck farm just out
I, .ss village Of Stratford, and
I, 'r ,oighbors called out Of soil
y y, for the lonely woman's
5 .,.,o whom they had not seen
I,,ring her customary duties
\. !. u + +5e place, a pathetic circum-
~, came to light.
3 5.,,E Schweighofer had feared
! draft i..1 for two reasons. Rear,
!, his mothers constant and
4 companion he dreaded to
!. her alone, and this fear
,,-pj him day and night. The
! that he must fight against
, 5nd of his birth was a secon-
! ,opsideration, his mother and
some was the main thought
r,s in Wind.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-10-03
gRLEY'S HONEST MAN
Hers Payment for Stealing
IN Ball Park Years Ago to
Hurley Postmaster.

Honestly will crop out after a
rsn length Of time, no matter
In the conditions. Just last week
lsvas proven when a man writes
i Hurley postmaster asking how
lg.h he owed for stealing in the
845aI park years ago and wit
zng a game Of ball. Here it
with the reading:
There are still a few honest
.me in the world, at least
-mg baseball fans. Postmaster
/ B. Williams, who acted as Sec
2y of the local baseball team
Tng the past summer, recently
8ived card from a person
nei Carl Ahonen, who states
lat when he was a boy he sneak
into the Hurley ball park on
EaraI occasions to watch a ball
ne he states that he knew he
8dong wrong when he did this
a now wants to pay the base
n management whatever amount
y Management thinks should be
I'D for his privilege Of watching
b ball games.
The note, written on a postal
'1i follows:
used to sneak into the base
v grounds about three or more
1S now | know l did wrong
Will pay you back. This was
'1y years ago or two or three
9nethlng like that. | was but
COY then, which l am yet, so
-l@ you back if you state how
VA and please forgive me. l
N D.; someone in authority will
2'er this and write please
Carl Ahonen,
Fountain Spring House,
Waukesha, Wis.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-10-03
ONE DAY ONLY
They Come Many Miles to See Him

DIR. Doran is a regular graduate
in medicine and surgery and is
licensed by the State of Wiscon-
sin.
He does not operate for chronic
appendicitis, gall stones, ulcers of
the stomach, goitre or other
chornic diseases.
He has to his credit many won
derful results in diseases of the
stomach, liver, bowels, blood, skin,
nerves, heart, kidney, bladder,
bedwetting, catarrh, leg ulcers and
rectal ailments.
Below are the names of a few
of his many satisfied patients in
Wisconsin.
Mr.. Gus Anderson, Route 2, Ar
gyle, Wis, heart and stomach
trouble.
Mrs. E. C. Cook, FOL So. Hazel
ST., Glenwood, Ia, Ulcers of the
leg.
Mrs. G. Q. Tilleson, Route 8,
Menomonie, Wis, gall bladder
trouble and high blood pressure.
Mrs. Peter Lager, GIT Chamber
ST., Monroe, Wis, hayfever and
nervous break down.
Mrs. John Fills, Box 83, Route
3, Hatley, Wis, ulcers of the
stomach.
Miss Lena Johnson, Deforest,
Wis, goitre.
Elmer Turner, 10 years, R. R. 6,
Baraboo, Wis, ricketts, and anaem-
la.
Remember above date, that ex-
animation on this trip will be free
and that his treatment is differ
ent.
Married ladies must come with
their husbands, and children with
their parents.
Address: Medical Laboratory of
DIR. Doran, 335-336 Boston Block,
Minneapolis, Mimi. 3-3t.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-10-03

Il pi People living alohg the Yu-
r %sF IN Yukon and Alaska
!, ~'4 u, the great ice break will
,S,,L lney organize pools at
i s' r and Dawson where
! ss sums are won and lost at
d ,,5 A pole four inches
), + in twenty feet high is
| S,a AL The Ice in the middle of
/ NJ, A wire cable connects
y % os with an electric stop
\ T n the shore, set to STAN tan
h ', me The second the ice
\ h, .ps pole the clock stops,
Il ~ moment marks the rec
u W., we beginning of the ice
iate a decides Sj all bets. The
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-10-03

How to select maps for school
work is a subject taught to pros
pective teachers by the University
of Wisconsin.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-10-03

pe ,lig and industrial sub
,srso1 studied by one-fourth
>spJr1s who take correspon-
eea aasn ?, courses under the
IN University Extension
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-05-24
FINDS IT HARD TO GET AWAY
Scotsman Who Would Leave This
"Land of the Free" Discovers
Red Tape Intervenes.

Immigrants who think it is hard
to get into the United States should
try to get out after once they are in,
If they wish to encounter real prob
lem,' said native Of Scotland, who
has lived in indianapolis several years
and who has taken out his first natu-
ralization papers.
The man wished to return to Scot
land to live, and several months ago
took up with the British representa-
tives in the United States his proposal
to quit this country for his old home.
Il have been in correspondence with
several British representatives" said
the Scot, land there seems to be an
endless amount Of red tape in the pro-
cedure. The British representatives
seem fearful lest / may become a
charge on Great Britain. / have sworn
to almost everything and hope soon
tn get my passports. "-Indianapolis
News.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-05-24

bility Of building substantially and
well when building dairy barn. Cows
quartered in modern, sanitary barn
are really "contented"-theyg give more
milk. A well-planned barn adds more
value than cost to the market price of
q farm.
The plan shown is typical and could
serve well in the majority of instances
There might be minor changes neces-
sary, due purely to local conditions,
such as the placing of the stalls, the
feed room or the silos. Whatever
change you feel should be made should
be determined before you start build
ing. Here. as in the case of the justly
famoas stitch, change in time may
save nine later; dollars worth of
trouble cheerful,y expended at the
start to save nine hundreds worth Of
trouble at the end AS a general rule,
any workman will put up a better
building If he knows his ground be-
forehand and is able to go ahead with
out the necessity of constant changes
and the attendant pickering and delay,
both in time and delivery of material.
The site is equally important with
the plan. Naturally good drainage Is
advisable, of course. If the land is wet
and soggy, due to springs, or seepage
water from any reason, drain tile will
give good sub-surface drainage. If the
site is such as to make it impractical
to avoid usual drainage difficulties, the
yard should be graded and provided
with surface drainage, or even con-
GREETED. 1t is a question with many
farmers whether this expense is justi-
fed, but at the same time the other
concreting, such as concrete ap-
proaches at the doors watering
troughs, etc, may be done. A concrete
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-05-24
STRANGE Ambitions.

Strange are the ambitions that beset
human life. The circus that came to
Madison Square garden the other day
and by this act officially brought
spring to Manhattan-revealed three
two that have been fulfilled and one
that still remains to be attained.
One was the ''homeliest woman in
the world" She arrived from Europe
recently quite proud of the fact that
that appellatiOn was applied to her.
1t is her living; it has brought her
from obscurity to fame And anyway,
her four children, who are not with
her, are beautiful.
On the same ship was an extremely
hairy individual from Australia. He
longed to become known as the "origi-
nal Tarzan." He now has a contract
that so proclaims, and his name on the
program. He, toe, is proud. He's at
the summit of his hopes.
The one all forlorn. He is Zip, who
ever since Barnum introduced him to
fame has been known as the "what is
it," He has saved his money and has
become wealthy. But despite all this,
his ambition is to some day play "Ham-
let. New York Letter in the Detroit
News.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-05-24
INK STRICTLY ON THE JOB
Good Reason Why indianapolis Man
Felt That His Week Had
Started Out Wrong.

This story has to do with man
whose Christian name Is Joseph and
who works at d factory down town.
Monday Is wash day at his home.
That, be it remembered, was the day
when an explosion at the indianapolis
Light and Heat company's Mill street
plant cut off electric current from
many homes of the city. This man
arose somewhat earlier than usual,
helped FIJI the boiler with rainwater.
wheeled out the electric washer, and
tried to start operations. The washer
would not work. He spent two hours
trying to find what was wrong with
the washer, and finally gave up In dis
gust, going to work, and arriving late,
he found the power off there.
Him, that explains why couldn't
get that washer started" he said. 1t
surely started my week off wrong. 60
Indianapolis News.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-05-24
MEMORIES in OLD BOOKS
One Of the Delights Of Age Is Their
Bringing Back the Pictures Of
Youthful Days.

A book has always been for me 4
friend, counselor, an eloquent and
calm consolation, whose resources
did. not wish to dissipate quickly and
which / reserved for important occa-
sions. Who does not remember with
delight the first books which he de-
voured and appreciated? When the
cover of some old worm-eaten book
turns up on the shelves of some for
gotten room, does it not bring back the
happy pictures Of our youthful daysi
Have you not suddenly seen appear
before you the large window bathed
in the crimson light of evening where
you read it for the first time, the old
elm, the hedge that sheltered you and
whose side served you at once for
couch and table, while the thrush sang
her farewell song to her companions
and the cow-herd's pipe was lost in
the distance?. 1t is over; the
lambs are bleating, the sheep in the
fold, and the cricket takes possession
of the stubble in the plains. The out
lines of the trees are lost in the dim
ness Of night as the characters were
effaced on the pages Of the book. !.
Happy time! Oh, my Black Valley!
Oh, Corinnel Oh, Bernardin de st.
Pierre! Homer! Alfalfa George
Sand.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-05-24
MODERN GAMbREL
ROOF DAIRY BARN
Structure Shows the Results of
Careful Planning.
HAS CAPACITY FOR 40 COWS
System OF Ventilation Connected With
Suction ventilators on Roof Keeps
Air in Stable Clean and
Healthful.
BY WILLIAM A. RADFoRp

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building work on the farm for
the readers of this paper. On account of
his wide experience as Editor, Author and
Manufacturer, he is, without doubt. the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries to William A. Brad
ford. No. 1897 Prairie avenue. Chicago,
H.. and only inclose two-cent stamp for
reply
This is very modern dairy barn of
the popular gambrel roof type, 112 feet
long, 80 feet wide and with a capacity
for 40 cows. 1t was not built up en-
tirely from the good sense and imagi-
nation of the builder and contractor,
but followed definite, set plan. 1t
cannot be too strongly urged, since the
price of plans is reasonable and low,
that the best results in building a barn
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-05-24
Timber Situation Serious.

The accessible timber of the world
is inadequate to the requirements Of
civilization, says the forest service,
United States Department of Agricul-
ture. We now draw one-third of our
paper requirements from Canada.
There is an embargo on the export Of
pulp wood from the crown lands OF
Canada, and this Is likely to be ex-
tended to all forest lands in the Do
minion, completely shutting off the
supply of raw material for the paper
industry of the United States. This
illustrates the hazard Of becoming de-
pendent upon foreign supplies of tim
Der, it is pointed out.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-05-24
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