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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
Summer ON Lac Vieux Desert.

DIR. and Mrs. B. H. Everest of
Oshkosh are. now at their island
home on Lac Vieux Desert, arriv-
ing week ago for full summers
vacation. DIR. and Mrs. Everest
have been coming to this section
for many years during the sum-
mer and have an exceedingly
pleasant home near the Wisconsin
Michigan line-in fact the line
passes a few rods north of their
island in the famous old lake, Civ
en- it's fame by Father Marquette
and his band of missionaries who
camped on it's shores during the
sixteenth century.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
Your Choice.

Your choice of beautiful Silk
Blouses at Renk's store; on sale
while they last only $4.98. Git.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-16
Brief Nature Studies
By J. OTIS SWIFT

Members of the Rotary Club of White Plains on nature hike in North Castle gath cred around Eben H. P. Squire of the Brook lyn Chronological Society, who had just caught an elongated little black beetle with soft wing covers not embracing the sides of the abdomen, and an orange thorax. It was of the family Lampyridae. many species of which, like the firefly, are nocturnal and have luminous organs. In some species the females are wingless, like the glow worm.
 The lampyridae are generally thin bodies, the edge of the thorax extending on either side, sometimes projecting over the head. The colorful, pugnacious lampyrid beetles of the genus Chauliognathus are called soldier-bee- tie. The Pennsylvania soldier-beetle is a long svelt corporal with black spot on a golden thorax, and narrow elongated black mark on both yellow wing covers Found on gold. enrod, asters, etc.. late in the season, it's antennae point upward for little way, and then spread in a wide curve.
 There are fireflies in South America with light so bright one may read newspaper print by it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-16
Tue Silent Man
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

The conversation in the smoking room of the liner ragged. The boy with loud, pene- Etrating voice and the old man with the deep gruff voice had it neck and neck; both were giving hot information about locomotives in Italy, about tobacco smoking in Thibet, about personal methods and tastes in sleeping, eat ing and drinking, and about almost every in- consequential thing in the universe. The man, from California, whose voice droned like q June bug, watched his chance, and whenever the old man stopped to suck his long stemmed pipe, and whenever the young man paused to light another cigarette, he boomed in and spoke rapidly of San Francisco and Los Angeles until one of the two champions came back and silenced him. Over in the corner sat heavy man of about sixty His eyes protruded little and he fixed them in a hard stare upon one speaker and then upon another His lower 1 lip, thick and fleshy, hung down most of the time, but occasionally he would draw it up and suck it, as though he had forgotten some thing, or had just thought. of something. or was about to speak. -'
 But he never did speak, He would appar- ently get all ready to make a remark, and then think better of it and subside. Now that is the sort of thing that creates the greatest impression of wisdom, that air of "Oh, what's the use? Why say anything?" Gradually we found ourselves making this man our test audience. When any of us said anything particularly clever he gave a sly glance at the silent man to see whether he had made a hit.
 The preacher afterward told me he thought the man was a bishop, the lawyer was sure he was judge, and the Jew put him down as a, millionaire business man, probably a silent partner of Morgan, Rockefeller and company.
 Little by little he gained the ascendency over us Of those who talked we could easily get the measure. Just an accent, platitude. double negative, any little wag of the tongue frequently reveals ones education, na- tive place, ancestors, Hnd biography. But when a man won't talk at all there is no tell ing how big he is. So we all sat around and strove to please this instinctively chosen wor- shipful-master of the assembly. And by and by two husky men in uniform came in, one got on one side of the old man and the other on the other; they helped him up and out and put him to bed. For he had lost his mind. Instead of being the wisest among us he didn't have any sense at all.
 "That just shows what fellow can do if he can keep his fool mouth shut" said the lawyer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-16
EVASION IS No CURE

Commissioner McLendon's attempt to escape responsibility for the failure to clear up the city shortages deludes mo- body, except possibly Mir. McLendon hmm self. Says the commissioner It must be clear to anyone that a system which permits money to be stolen m July 1923, and then 20 unGetected until July, 1924, is a bad system What the public re members is that there has been grave ground for suspicion in respect to the municipal financial records for about a wear. and the public also remembers that Mr. McLendon, with full authority to act has not brought about thorough i'm uuiry into all the records, but that. on the contrary, he sought for a tlme to protect offenders even against inquiry
 Everybody knows that men are not honest or dishonest according to amy sys- lem of accounts The effort to confuse the issue of official neglect of duty On Mr. McIendon's part, and later on the commissions part, by seeking to lay the blame upon such an inanfmatP timing 3S an accounting system IS f1dlcrOuS No intelligent person takes any stock m it. The trouble Is not only, as Comptroller Armstrong courageo1sly states, that em- ployes are appointed not for their ca pacity but for political reasons; the trouble is also due to the lack of capacity among those elected to public office They don't know how to rum business institution, and their record clearly proves it. They also apparently do not know how to select subordinztes who can assist them because of business trsim- ing and ability To state Mir Arm strong's theory inversely- The trouble arises in part from the political oomsia- erations which have obstructed and de layed an honest inquiry until the crIm- inal division of the courts have had to take hand in the situation
 The people have no confidence in amy system of MT McLendon's devising, for he has not yet shown the capacity to administer system already in force and operating
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-16
Bread

(Folger McKinsey in Baltimore Sun) It is not always bread we eat when bread it
 seems to be Give me the bread of the lilac bush and of
 the locust tree; The bread of song and the bread that grows
 on the bushes by the stream, The bread of life and the bread of love, and
 the bread of the poets dream! The dark bread and the light bread feed the
 mouths of babes and men, And the hungry cry in the wrath of toll for
 their share of bread again; But when I have the May wind and the moon
 OCT my shoulder bright. I have the bread that the fairies bake in the
 magic groves of night. The light bread and the dark bread too the
 wheaton and the rye Ah, for the bread of broader life alone my
 heart shall cry For if I have not mama here because of the
 want of others, shall be glad for the bread I've had when
 I've loved and feel my brothers!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-16
TAMMANY SELECTS A CHIEF

In its more recent appointments to leadership 1t appears that Tammany Hall has leanings towards responsibility On the death of Chief Murphy. Surrogate James A. Foley, a man of high attain ments, was invited to succeed to the lead ership, but Judge Foley declined On Ae- count of ill-health Now Judge George W. Olvany of the court of general ses- sions has been given the choice OT tine organization To be sure, both JU6gc Foley and Judge Olvany are Tamm2mE products, but they are more than that They are men of education and of inn pOrtant public position, qualities thz- in the past Tammany has not demanded, and in fact has rather obviously avoided
 It remains to be seem, however, whether the appointment indicates a real reform in Tammany or whether 1t presages a more subtle method of at tack upon population daily increasing nm intelligent understanding of public af- fairs The spectacle staged by Tamm2my adherents at Madison Square Garden dur ing the Democratic convention indicates that Tammany is merely putting on a front, and that the hack rooms have not been altered There will need to be something more convincing than mere outward show for the public to be com vinced. Meanwhile, Tammany has voted to support the presidential aspirations of John W. Davis So far, so good
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-16
PRoGREss OF THE AyIAToRs

The globe-circling American aviators who reached Paris Monday have had a journey remarkably free from major mishaps, yet it appears that minor i'm pediments have delayed them to eigh- teen days behind their contemplated schedule. It is found, for example, that only about one day in six is good for flying, and that many days were lost waiting for the weather to become pro- pitious. Only one unfrendly reception is recorded, and that only technical, when the soviet decided that there should be no landing on Siberian soil. As it hap pened, the planes were ready to take off before this news reached them, so both sides should be satisfied.
 In a few more days the bold voy- agers should be again in their native land. Their journey will have been ac- complished and their exploit achieved. They will have shown that, barring &C., cidents, 1t can be done. Whether that knowledge is of any practical value time will tell. But time will also bring it's mechanical improvements, so that, after all, 1t will not be the machines of today but those of tomorrow which will per form the functions of tomorrow's de- mands. A greater strain seems to have been made upon the men than upon the machines. This proves nothing that was not already known. As purely sport ing proposition, however, no flaw is to be found in the feat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-16

CTS or funetionx- A city does not even
 make Laws except ordinances pertaining to local health needs. traffic and police regulations and such matters as affect the business interests of the community. 1t IS purely business institution, whose success as such is largely dependent upon the elimination of that public para site known as city politics It is up to the stockholders of this business corpo- ration to say whether they shall have efficient administration of their affairs, or whether they will continue to suffer loss, forfeiture of public progress, incon- venienees and burdens in order to pro- mote the personal ambitions of munici- pal politicians whose chief desire is to ram the city for the spells.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-16
EFFICIENT CITY GOVERNMENT

Citizens the country over who are interested in efficient municipal gov eTnment are watching the experience of Portland, Maine, city of seventy thou sand population, which inaugurated the general manager system last December, which promises to be successful The trouble with some of the cities which have not found the general-m4nager plan successful, as explained by Port lands general manager, is that they went only half way, and did not eliminate mu- nicipal politics, which has proven an Ob- strUction to efficient city administra- tion everywhere. Portland went the whole way, and got rid of city politics, by putting 9 practical engineer in ex- ecutive charge He can discharge amy department head or city emplOye, and engage the services of anyone he pleases- There is a board of directors of five councilmen to whom alone he is respOn- sible, and who cannot discharge him without a hearing. He can go to the council for policies and advice, but he administers the city affairs, and declares that he neither knows nor cares whether a man Is a Republican or a Democrat so long as he performs his duties efficiently He says: T think my best qualification
 
 political experience at all
 Under her city-manager plan Portland is a business corporation. of which her citizens are stockholders, and II is the duty of the general manager to produce results, just as with other business cor pOrations. That IS the keynote of suc- cess in city administration. 4 city ls a business institution, however hard local politicians have worked to make T the victim of political activity Just SO far as municipal politics is eliminated and d city is conducted on business principles will the stockholders, who are the citi- zens, receive that protection and those benefits to which they are entitled and for which they overpay.
 In reality there is no politics in city administration except what has been pur- posely injected for personal or selfish considerations. 4 city has nothing to do with the currency, the tariff, the criminal laws and many other things Ehirh 4ne political or semi-EoItcal m their pow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-16
Forum Of The People
Appreciate Publicity Given Baby Show

Appreciate Publicity Given Baby Show To the Editor of The Age Herald:
 We appreciated so much the splendid pub licity given by you to the Better Baby Show conducted in June by the League of Women Voters and the Business and Professional Women's Club, and we want to thank you for it. We were especially grateful for your helpful editorial on the subject.
 We also wish to thank, through your col umns, the following firms and individuals who, in one way or another, helped to make the baby show a success: L. Pizitz, w. V. NJ. Robertson, Jr., Rabbi Morris Newfield, Hugh Scales, Abe Kaufman, Moore -Handley Hardware O., Col. T. S. Moorman, C. T. Fairbairn, w. NJ. Crosby, Duke Bros. Furni- turs Co. Louis Saks Clothing Co.,, J. Blach & Sons. Highland Ice Cream O.. White Dairy O., Glen Iris Dairy O.. Grammas Candy O.. American Laundry, Ideal Laundry I'm perial Laundry, Wood Lumber O.. Odum, Bowers & White, Guarantee Shoe Co.,. Gin derella Shoe Store, Jaffe Jewelry O.. Hirsch Millinery Co. F1orsheim Shoe O., Orange Drink Co.,, Marinello Beauty Parlors, Boston Shoe Store, New York Shoe Store, New Will liams O., Bromberg Jewelry Co.,, Faust Cafe, Chriss Restaurant, Porter Clothing Co.,, K. |. M. Store, through Mir. Fitzpatrick; Me Cough Bakery, Henley -Spurgeon Realty Co.,,
 
 gist Joseph Alpha, jeweler: Davis Printing Co.,. Knox Photographer, Nelson Real Estate < Insurance Co.,, All American Shoe O., John H. Taylor, Sherrer X Kessler, Forbes Piano Co.,. Zingesser Bakery, Boy Scouts Troup No. 12, Mrs. Mary Echols, D. A.. Echols, Tutwiler Hotel. Rhodes Carroll Fur niture Co.,. Watson Furniture Co.,, Hood Wheeler Furniture Co.,, Haverty Furniture Co, R. B. Broyles Furniture Co.,, Crews Fur niture Co, Coates-McKelvery Furniture O., w. O. Broyles Furniture Co, Greenwood Cafe, R. D. Burnett Cigar Co. Southland Studio, Halter Clothing O., Drennen Dry Goods Co.,, Birmingham Electric Co.,, Girl Scouts, Boys Industrial School Band, Wheeler Business College, Miss Elizabeth La Forge. Mrs. Caroline Engsfelt, Dr. Hughes Kennedy, Mayor McLendOn, Dr. E. l.. Wy man, Jackson Securities Co.,. F. NJ. Jackson, w. B. Leedy r. Restore Brown, Jr, F. I. Tarrant Dr. w. c. Marlborough, G. B. Pulta. Mrs J. F. Carle, Rob Adams, C. c. Lewis & O., Ferdinand Dunkley, Mrs R. S. Nun ger, Dr. Henry NJ. Edmonds, Mrs. Peyton Eubank, J. G. Dickinson. Mrs. Robert Aland, w. c. Currie. E. E. Linlithicum, K. Y. Ben son. Dr. R. N, Simpson. Chas. C.. Steward, T. C., I. x k. k. O., Burger-Phillips Co.,, Chamber of Commerce. Junior Chamber of Commerce. Strand Theatre. Trianon Theatre, Galax Theatre, Princess Theatre, Royal The atre. Lyric Theatre, East Lake Park man agement.
 The above list does not take into account the hundreds who bought tickets directly from our members nor the many mothers who reg istered their babies and attended the show, to all of whom our thanks are due.
 MARY A. MIX,
 LUCY J. WIDEMAN,
 Co-Chairmen Better Baby Show.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-16
Watching The Pdrude
By JOHN PILGRIM

Miss Meggie Campion came to our town four months ago. Miss Meggie is salty breezy, erect person who fairly exhales health and sanity. She had saved her money and proposed to go into business. h 7.
 "I found woman who had a good loca. tion,' she told me today, but she was doing flop. Had lot of good stuff, too. So bought her out"
 Doing well?" I asked Not very much interested, you know. Just making conversa- tion.
 I'll say I am,'' replied Miss Meggie. "A land office business. Sometimes l put rope up on the door to keep customers out until attend to those who were in. Fact"
 I wanted to know why she succeeded where the other had failed. She began with the stcok of goods left by the failure. She bought most of her new goods from the same houses She had, it is true. changed the aspect of the place. It looked more inviting More like a place one wanted to snoop in, instead of a last chance sort of an emporium. Still, the outer differences were not great. Miss Meggie said the big change was in the name. The original owner, she said, had called her place
 "Ye Olde Pilgrimme Shoppe."
 That is sheer feeble-mindedness. said Miss Meggie. No one-not even pilgrimmes- spelled that way. Further, that sort of a title amounted to a confession of fraudu- lency There's an Olde Shoppe on every cor ner now, and most of them sell stuff that was made day before yesterday on Hester street. That sort of a title is an admission of feeble mentality, too. The first to use it may have had a spark of originality, but all the others have been futile copyists.
 "So I just put my name on the front, '' said she Just Meg Campion. That's all. That means something, and it's honest"
 Miss Meggie Campion believes in the old theory that honesty pays. And she has proven ;k
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-16
PTTTSRURG PLUS

Whatever the decision of the Federal Trade Commission as respects the op- erztiOn of PTttsburg Plus, the practice of charging freight on steel products from Pltrsburg to destination points, regard less of where the steel is manufactured, the question which has been already dragged out for years will go to the Unire3 States supreme court for final settlement If the Federal Trade Com mission decides that Pittsburg Plus vio- Iates the Clayton act against discrim- imari0m and unfair commercial policies and practices. the Steel Corporation will appeal to the highest tribunal. On the other hand, opponents of the practice are expected to take similar action in the event. the commission decides against their contention
 Thus the question, which materially affects the interests of steel consumers in many parts of the country, who feel that they are the victims of discrimina- nom for fRSa benefit of those controlling rhe steel industry. will be further drawn out for many months What they are asking Is a free market Neither they, nor economic students can see why a large percentage of the consumers of steeI products should be penaIlzed with flctitiouS transportation charges. Nor cam they believe, as has been claimed by bemeflclaF1es of this system, that-if the practice were abandoned steel prices WUul5 be advanced Such a contention is not supported by the laws of business.
 The Chicago News in this connection says The country IS weary of special privilege and of wantOn interference
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-16
TRIBUTE TO SENATOR WALSH

TRIBUTE TO SENATOR WALSH
 Unfortunate in many things, in one the Democratic convention held in Madison Square Garden, was what it hardly is an exaggeration to call supremely fortunate. That was in having Senator Walsh for per manent chairman. It went to far-off Mon- tana to get him, but nothing done or not done by him in the many sessions has raised even a single question as to the wisdom of his selection to fill the enormously difficult office which he held
 Day after day he had before him a small army of not very docile men and women on the floor of the Garden and in the galleries. He had to exercise over them a power not very definitely defined, to maintain some de- gree of order, and to decide innumerable questions that were made the more delicate and complicated because they had to be set tied oftener in accord with custom rather than with merits. And one by one as they arose he settled them promptly, with knowl- edge and with such obvious intention to be fair that never once has there been an appeal from his rulings.
 There were bitter animosities and fierce determinations in many of the problems pre- sented for the senator's instant solution, but invariably he was ready with the answer and invariably it was accepted by the disputants. He had his sympathies, no doubt, with one or the other of the contending factions, but he showed no trace of them in his judgments, and though these often weresadverse to the hopes or the desires of large delegations and even of large groups of delegations, he ere ated no grievances and aroused no antag- onisms-New York Times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-16

Income Taxes and Exempt Securities To the Editor of The Age -Herald
 Your editorial this morning (speaking of the relatively small amount of income taxes paid by those having incomes over $1O0O00) seems to me to have an interpretation widely different from the one that you assume believe that inspection of the returns will show that this is due in large measure to the foolishness of congress in refusing to honor Secretary Melons recommendation of cut ting off income-tax free securities. I know of more than one large fortune where tax exemption of one kind or another makes an overwhelming difference. A well-known case IS that of Senator Couzen's of Michigan whose income of probably over $500,000 an, nually is divided almost wholly from such sources unless he is much belied.
 N. T. BACON. Autaugaville, July If, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-16
The Right Word
MORE WINNERS
Find tbe Error in This Article,
By CURTIS NICHOLSON

(Find the Error in This Article) A large number of belated answers to the next to the last test has been received They came too late for examination before the re, cent announcement of winners. However, they have been corrected with the result be- low.
 Perfect Papers
 The following three names should be added to the list of those who received 100 per cent Joseph Yenoham, Louise Dayton and Catherine Mahoney, all of Chicago. Catherine Mahoney attends the St. Mary's high school, Louise Dayton adds: "I hope I made a good grade, as I was 70 years old this week.
 Only One Wrong
 Ralph E. Hansen, Augusta Leinard, and Mrs Imo Gale Millhuff, all of Chicago, had only one wrong. Ralph E. Hansen prefaced his list of sentences as follows
 T take this opportunity to thank you for the help your valuable column has given me. forward the series each week to friend in Toledo, O., and she reports that she files many of the clippings in a scrap book for use in her classes now as q student, and later as an English instructor"
 Finally, Philip Reidy of Chicago had only one wrong.
 Most Assuredly r4"' Frank Emrick of Chicago, in connection with his answers to the test mentioned above, says, 'Shouldn't the nominative case of the pronouns be used in the following sentence. which I observed in a picture subtitle: Her and me live across the street?" She and are, of course, correct.
 Yesterdays Error
 Wrong: The reason should" is used is because the reply will be
 Right: The reason should" is used is that the reply will be