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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-25
MOVE FOR BETTER HOMES"
Regularly Organized Campaign Has
Met With Gratifying Success in
Securing Support.

There are 81 cities in the state Of
New York organized for the Better
Homes" campaign. A nationwide or
ganizatiOn has been perfected to bring
the better-homes idea to the largest
number of American women. There
are 100000 women in America
whose work lies in their homes. 1t
Is to help these women that this cam
paign is being carried on. 1t is the
ambition of those backing the cam
paign to make every new home built
in the next few years all that the
house must be If it is to be worthy
the name 'home," and to bring about
the remodeling of every old house that
is ugly, uncomfortable or inconveni-
ent to live in.
Less than so per cent Of the Amer
lean people are home owners and it
has been claimed that only 20 per cent
of these dwellings come up to the
recognized standards for a good home,
There has never been so great an in
terest in the building of new dwellings
and improvement of houses already
built as shown by the records of this
year.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-25
usE THE WASTE BASKET

Eagle River citizens sometimes find
in their mail mysterious "chain let
teri usually one containing a special
prayer for happiness, or good luck, or
something equally as foolish, and
along with it a threat that bad luck
will pursue them if they don't wrlto
a similar letter to three of their &C
quaintances. In other words, they are
threatened with dire things if they
break the chain" The nuisance has
started up again in this country, and
Uncle Sam has sent out warning to
pay absolutely no attention To such
letters They usually spring from the
mind of some thoughtless, irresponsi-
BILE busy-body who hasn't sense enough
to know that unless the chain was
broken there isn't enough men in the
postal department to handle this class
of foolish letters and nothing else.
Don't be skeptical enough to give the
"chain letter" a second thought. Drop
it into the waste basket-and if you
haven't waste basket the kitchen
stove will enswer just as we'll
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-25
HOME =
TOWN !
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TOO FEW OBJECTS OF BEAUTY
Great American Sculptor Criticizes
Conditions He Says Exist IN the
Smaller Cities.

Speaking before the Ninth Recrea-
ton congress, at Atlantic City, on the
subject of Beauty in the Home
Town." dorado Taft, American sculp-
tor, declared that the reaction Of the
average American to art is that Of the
doughboy who said when he saw his
first French cathedral:
Gee, how did all that happen"
The Chicago sculptor contended that
the only objects of beauty the average
small town in America possessed were
it's trees and its girls. After the tour
list had been shown the garage, the
hotel and the cemetery the points of
interest were exhausted, he said.
what we need as a nation,' SAID
Mr.. Taft sis to teach our children to
use their hands in delicate and skillful
crafts; to give them more creative
games. Our ideal today is expressed
In the words of the man who said to
his small son Johnny, study hard,
so some day you won't have to work
with your hands,
Imagination is cultivated by the
lack Of the Juggling movie show of the
cities; that Is why our great poets
come from the country or small towns !;
but the young artist must first have
the glimpse, the dream, the vision in
more concrete work of art before he
can go back to his pillow to create"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-25
Wanted. a Million Homes.

awe are short about a million
homes" declared Herbert Hoover in
recent speech. "In cities such
shortage implies the challenge Of
congestion. 1t means that in practi-
cally every American city of more than
100000, from 20 to 80 per cent of the
population is adversely affected, and
that thousands of families are forced
into unsanitary and dangerous quar-
ters. The condition, in turn, means
large increase in rents, a throw-back
in human efficiency and that unrest
which inevitably results from inhibi-
ton Of the primal instincts in us al
Ior home ownership. 1t makes for no
MAIDS and Migrants. In rural areas
1t means aggravation and increase of
farm tenantry on one hand, an in
crease of landlordism on the other
hand, and general disturbance to the
prosperity and contentment of rural
life"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-25

TN Philadelphia there is little house nesting meath
towering skyscrapers which is owned by the Amerl-
can people, who bought it years ago and who
today carefully guard it against the dangers OF fire
and storm The citizens in Philadelphia take patriotic
pride in protecting it for you and me- It was once
the home of Betsy Ross Within its walls our flag
born.
Our fag-did you contemplate it? A little
English girl who lived in London many years ago and
who later came to this better country and became
very useful citizen used to tell how with her nurse
she used walk along the bank of the Thames and on
the many ships there look upon the flags of the world
She knew not where they came from nor what their
coors meant but for design and color she early chose
the American flag not knowing that some day it would
be her own the prettest flag that foated in that
harbor which hospitabe to all the flags earth
1t is a beautiful flag, simple in design. 1t bears
no complicated coat of arms no irregular lines, no
intricate design Many flags are so burdened with
devices that they difficult to make and for that
reason in many lands few people the flag of their
own country and they it only when regiment
may pass parade or they privileged to behold
decorated building Of state But not so with u.s.
The flag is part of every well equipped household
No home is complete without it.
The Department of Commerce now proposes to
standardize this beautiful and simple emblem of the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-25
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United States It has been made by almost any meas
ure and proportions oft times differing. To change
this that all flags may at least appear the same the
Department of Commerce proposes to determine fixed
dimensions the flag in ten defined Sizes from small
to large in which it will have the cooperation of the
various government departments and the Fine Arts
Commission.
1t was John Adams who introduced the resolution
which made the Betsy Ross plan our flag official His
resolution, which adopted by the American Con-
gress June IA, 1777 declared that the flag of the
thirteen United States be thirteen stripes alternate
red and white that the union be thirteen stars white
on a blue field representing new constellation.
At that time Washington said ''We take the stars
from Heaven, the red from Mother Country,
separating it by white stripes thus showing that we
have separated from her, and the white stripe shall
go down to posterity representing Liberty" Hereto
fore, the generally accepted proportion of flag
was that the length should be twice the width. That
proportion at least has been accepted good form
There are seven red stripes and six white The out
side stripe at top and bottom being red the white
field covering the width Of the four red stripes at
the top and now there fortyeght stars the field
of blue If you haven't flag in your home, either
get one or make It is the symbol not only Of
American life but of the American home. Have the
emblem of your home in your home
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-25
STATE FIRST
IN DAIRyING
Cooperative Movement Aims to
Get Money for the
Farmers.

Milwaukee, Wis. Especially Wiscon-
sin is first among the dairy states.
Here's the record on that:
Wisconsin ranks first among all
states in the volume Of milk produced,
which is 10 per cent of the total pro-
duced in the United States.
Wisconsin ranks first in the total
production of cheese of all kinds Ap-
proximateIy two-thirds of all the
cheese produced in the United States
is made in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin ranks first in the produc-
ton of American cheese which is
about three-fourth of the American
cheese made in the United States
Wisconsin ranks first in the pro-
duction of Swiss, brick and Muenster
cheese, and second in the production
of Limburger cheese.
Wisconsin is next to first in the pro-
duction of butter, producing IL per
cent of all the creamery butter in the
United States.
Wisconsin ranks first in the produce
ton of condensery products, produc-
ing upwards of one-fourth of the total
production in the United States.
And yet with this money-making
background the amazing fact is that
dairymen are not making fair re-
turn, that dairying actually is unpYoft-
able.
Organization Needed.
This in itself is challenge to the
business brains of our state, says H.
A. Moehlenpah, president of the Bank
ers' Finance Corporation.
Mr.. Moehlenpah along with other
bankers, businessmen and farmers
proposes that our farmers shall cash
in on their production, that the dairy
industry shall be placed on a real
business basis.
In order to achieve this result
great cooperative meeting was called
to be held at Madison on Feb. 2, the
farmers being asked to join with
bankers and business men in nation
wide advertising and publicity cam
paign, which has threefold purposes;
first, development of a better mer-
chandizing system for Wisconsin's
quality dairy products which shall in
clude organization, Standardization,
packaging, labelling and advertising;
second, to assist state supported agen-
cies in organizing groups for the pro-
duction of high quality dairy products;
third, eventually to return to the farm
ers engaged in the production of quail
ity dairy products all the financial re-
turns over and above legitimate ex-
penses of merchandising.
1t is fundamentally plan to make
money for the farmers. Thus far
dairymen have centered most of their
attention on the development of their
farm program. Now it is proposed to
take up the other side of the industry,
the money making side.
The movement is significant and i'm
portant from another standpoint,
namely, that of drawing city and farm
folks into closer contact.
AS farmers make more money the
state will share in their increased
business and prosperity Benefits will
grow out of closer relationship be-
tween the farmer, the businessmen and
banker. So altogether this coopera-
tive movement easily is the biggest
thing Wisconsin has ever undertaken.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-25
culture American Homes.

The trouble with Americans is that
they do not stay long enough in one
place to make their homes as beautt-
ful as the colonial homes with the
scftening effect of age upon them, and
the homes of Europe. To be sure we
have better plumbing and better ven
tilation, but most of our homes are
garishIy new. But who knows what
may happen if the Better Homes"
movement goes on? We may have
homes that our grandchildren will look
forward to as their rightful inherit
ance with pleasure. At any rate, the
present generation and the children of
today will enjoy these better homes
that have been carefully planned for
them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-25
THE FEATURELESS FLAPPERS

THE fapper is not to be con-
4 demned per Sc because she IS
a fapper
But she is to be criticized be-
cause of the methods she uses
to become a fapper.
If you mean by fapper an
unsophisticated, innocent, child
like young girl, with the legiti-
mate child short dress, curly
hair, red cheeks, bounding spirit,
then let nature make the flap
per.
The artificial fapper Of today
is disgusting, and to an honest,
serious man she is an object of
pity.
She has used artificial means.
She is using the cosmetics that
destroy her skin, rob her of the
distinctive features that belong
to the sweet girl. She is a feG-
tmeless creature. She is an I'M
attractive person. She is an OBJ
ject of pity. She is female
deserving the protection and
prayers Of honest people.
The drug store cannot produce
natures rose and hang it on the
cheek Of a girl. No artificial
power has ever been able to put
the flash in the human eye, or
the sweetness in the human soul,
or the magnetism in the human
heart. The moving dummies,
the drug store fappers, the cos
metic females are hideous, pitt
able, and featurelesS.
The mothers of the country
are responsible for the feature
less girl and for the destruction
of female beauty. God have
mercy on the country when the
featmeless fIapper becomes the
! social queen.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-25
Cooperative Marketing

TN every part of the country people learning the lesson of
| cooperative marketing.
Georgia is learning Of this and progressive
kind of marketing wisely and we'll Every day the people of
this drawing and to perfect realization
of the things that will pass by the enforcement of the
right methods of progress
This fine cooperative marketing idea applied to cotton
produced very fine results Georgia Watemelons have
been put basis because of cooperative market
ING and the peanut growers obtaining excellent results
The Georgia farmers accomplishing much in the raising
of peanuts In Cochran Georgia. last week. peanuts sold
high $107 per ton.
California leading the country in cooperative marketing
There twenty-five distinct statewide marketing associations
in this state; others being organized
This great question deserves be carefully studied by all
who are interested in real progress along agricultural lines
Proper organization of various agricultural products into
cooperative marketing associations this state will
rich degree Of prosperity It is something worth thinking about
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-25
opadlsnt Daughter.

Daughter, did 1 not see you sitting
on that young mans lap when passed
the parlor door last EVENING" YES
and it was very embarrassing. l wish
you had not told me to-" Good
heavens! l never told you to do any
thing of the kind !' "You did, You
told me that if he attempted to get
sentimental l must sit on him.
Pathfinder.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-25
Bird Blessed by the Savior.

A medieval legendsis that the cross
bill, bird of the family of finches,
whose bill is peculiarly formed en-
abling it to extract substances deeply
imbedded, worked at the thorns OF
Christ's crown, seeking to extract
them and its plumage became stained
with blood. For this act Of mercy
it was blessed by the dying Savior.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-25
Held rhsorv Refora maroonj

About 1870 Maxwell established the
theory that waves of light were due
to an electromagnetic disturbance in
the ether 1t was not until 1896 that
Marconl applied provisional specih-
cation of apparatus for signaling by
electric waves.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-25
Larue Wlrelesa Station.

The biggest wireless station in the
world-at st. Assist, about twenty-seven
miles from Paris-was recently opened
for traffic. The station is equipped
with II masts, each 800 feet high. Mes
sages sent out experimentally have
already been received in China and the
Argentine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-25
EXCHANGE Of Values.

How long would you live in your
community If there were no churches
there? If the church helps to make
the community, why don't you help to
make the church Exchange.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-25
= ON
\ slIAs9 so a.H
FOR N23 ''''=

REAT men use arithmetic to
N1 reason. Small fry use 1t to
figure percentages. The big fellows
live during and after life. The
other gang never lives at all. They
just ooze out Think it over
Simple sum in addition. God is
Love. That's a number-One. You
are made. in Gods image. That's
another number-One. Very well
then, add 'em up. The more you
express Love in your daily life, the
more you resemble God. Get it?
One and one are two Now then:
God is good, an God is Everywhere.
Therefore, Good is available every
where. That's two. Add up again.
Two an two make four. So why
not love humanity and find good in
everything. There's no mistake in
the figures. The boy that don't like
arithmetic don't know what It's for
Maybe we need new curriculum il
the little red school house.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-25
Closed the Hotel.

"Home from your summer cottage
so soon?"
Eyes, had to come back to get rid
of our friends"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-25

Crusaders Knew Good Thing.
The Crusaders introduced buck
wheat into England from Asia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-12
MARBLE TOURNAMENT is
PLAYED IN SEA OF MUD
Rain Fails to Dampen Enthusiasm of Agate FanS-Leroy
Sweeney and Lewis Williams New Champions
New Champions,

Lewis Williams. 13. of 1920 y.
HauEh St. School No. So
The first tie game in any Of the
elimination contests was played by
Lewis Williams and Francis Fordyce.
II. Of School No. Is al School No. So
There we're four players in the final
game and each of the leaders ended
with four marbles. It was necessary
to play another game to decide the
tie
The game at School No. ~ also
came near being a tie Leroy Sweeney
and Harry Grick, II. We're tied for
some time. Then Harry succeeded in
getting one more marble than Leroy.
AS the game progressed Leroy took
ten shots at Harrys shooter before
he knocked it out of the ring. and
won the game.
The two new sectional champions
bring the total of sectional champs
to nine. The other three to be chosen
will be revealed in sectional games
next Saturday.
After the sectional games the
twelve champs viii play for the city
champ will he sent to Atlantic City
with his mother Or father to play for
the National championship. The
Times will pay the expenses of the
trip. and give the winner a bicycle
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-12
PARKER IS GIVEN
TERM IN PRISON
Alleged Bank Robber Must
Serve Time, +

Following the sentencing OF Dewitt
Parker, one of the persons held In
connection with the robbery of the
Alert State Bank in May. 1922, Deputy
Prosecutor William Remy announced
today Alfred Isley. another of those
implicated, Will be sentenced Monday
when he will enter a plea of guilty.
Parker was fined 81 900 and SEN
fenced to two to fourteen years in
prison.
Bonds worth S45.OOO were taken
from the bank. of which S11 900 worth
have been found
Isley is the husband of Mrs Ma
mie Isley. who was found guilty OF
conspiracy 10 loot the bank, and
who is now serving two to fourteen
years in the Indiana Woman's PRISON.
She was said to be the brains of
gang that lived at the Isley farm.
eleven miles southeast of Indian
apolis. Cecil Blondy) Johnson, an
other implicated received a sentence
of two to fourteen years in the State
ReformatOry. Opal Isley. II, a
daughter, has not vet been tried in
juvenile court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-12
DRIVE ON POOL
SALES RENEWED
BY CITY POLICE
Five Men in Plain Clothes As
signed to Stop Baseball
Gambling,

With the assignment OF five police
men in plain clothes TO investigate
sale Of baseball pool tickets, police to
day reopened their drive on gaming
devices Of all sorts.
On their first raids. the plain clothes
men arrested John B. McCarty. ~.
owner Of a poolrOom at 2I4O y. Hi
nols St, and Steve Evandorff, 80,
owner Of a poolroom at 5O2 Z. Wash
ington St. for selling baseball pool
tickets
McCarty pleaded not guilty before
City Judge Delbert o. Wilmeth, and
said officers threatened to wreck his
place if evidence was not produced
Three kinds Of tickets were said to
have been sold 30 the officers. Nc
Carly was finei $40 and costs.
Advising him 20 take the first boat
back to Bulgaria, Judge Wilmeth
fired Steve Evanoff $40 and costs on
hi, plea of guilty to selling baseball
tickets Evanoff. police say. has been
In trouble before. He has not yet
taken out first citizenship papers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-12
COUNTY ORDERED
TO PAY S9O,916.3O
ON SIPE CLAIMS
Creditors of DefauIting Of
ficiaI viii Be Given so
Cents on 81,

Sixty cents on the dollar will be paid
300 claimants against the county as
result Of embezzlement Of s143,616.47
by Richard V. Sipe, former county
clerk
The dividend viii be paid as a result
Of an order today to divide pro rata a
sum Of s9o,916.3O held by the county
fer that purpose. 1t is the remainder
of 100000 paid on Sipes defaulteu
bend by the Hartford Accident and
Indemnity Company.
The order was given by Judge H.
O. Chamberlain, Circuit Court. He
also ordered that Schuyler a. Haas,
attorney, who represented the county
against the indemnity company, is
to receive $4,000 for services.
Claims range from one cent to
$1,000. Sipe Is serving two TO four
teen years in State prison, having
pleaded guilty last spring. Others
indicted with him Will be tried May 21.
The county will be ready to be-
gin payment in ten days. it was an
nounced. A small surplus will be
kept until the settlement of a re-
ceivership against Sipe now pending
in which the county hopes to re
cover $50, 600 more. A second divi-
dend that will nearly clean up the
claims will then be paid.
In addition to Haas payment. Mrs.
Noia B. Parrish has already received
$4,000. She brought the suit that
uncovered the defalcation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-12
SHANK REVOKES
EIGHT LICENSES
FOR POOLROOMS
Owners Had Been Convicted
of Law VioIationS-Three
Retain Rights,

Licenses Of eight poolroom pro
prietors found guilty OF violating
liquor laws were revoked today by
Mayor Shank. Action was taken
under "a ruling of the city legal de
partment that licenses may be re-
voked for law violations.
The mayor refused to revoke three
licenses because the holders were CON
victed during 1922 and not this year.
Those whose licenses We're not re
voked are Elva Smell, 4O1 w. South
St, sam Radokovic. 731 y. Warman
Ave. and Christ RogefeIl, 843 E.
Washington St
Licenses OF the following were re
voked.
Charles ". Jackson. 74S W. Mich
igan St, Leo Kistler, 1011 +. Maryland
St; John Balm, 776 ketcham St; Joe
and Frank Zunk. 2S03 w. Tenth St:
Carl Chaleff. 7o2 Holmes Ave. Peter
YankhoT, $40 S. Illinois ST; Mester
Potakova. 469 w. Washington St. and
Nick Demakoff, 702 Arnolda Ave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-12
CLEAR WEATHER
NOW IS PROMISED
Heavy Rain Helps Crops,
F0reCaSter Says,

Clear skies and cool weather are in
prospect for Sunday, J. H. Arming
ton, weather bureau meteorological
said today. Following the heavy rain
fall of 223 inches in the past twenty
four hours he predicted clearing
weather for today with a minimum
temperature Of less than so degrees
above zero during the night. BY Mon
cay the mercury will begin to rise he
predicted.
Rain was general throughout In
diana Friday night and was heaviest
from Indianapolis north. The rainfall
viii be Of great benefit to the crops,
Arlington said.
Some trouble was experienced by
telephone, electric and street car com
panies as a result of the rain storm
Friday night. Two trolley poles on
Massachusetts Ave. became highly
charged early today and an emergen-
cy squad from police station threw a
guard around them until wire repairs
were made.