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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-11-27
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HIS LAST WISH

One evening just before dinner the
wife came in to find her husband and
stranger-afterward ascertained to
be a lawyer-engaged in some mys.
FERROUS business over the library
table, upon which were spread sew
eral sheets Of paper.
what are you doing with all that
paper, Henry" demanded the wife.
Il am making a WISH" responded
the husband meekly.
"A wish?'
Eyes, my dear. In your presence
I shall not presume to call 1t a will"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-11-27
Just Wanted to Ask

"Is-:s The d-dentist inT" inquired
the man who had left home with the
intention Of having the beastly thing
out and done with.
Yes, sir" the maid replied. HE
can see you at once IL you wish"
'Oh, no, mol II didn't want to
see him-Im glad he's in. was
afraid he was out in this wretched
weather, you know. Might catch cold.
Good-day."-Stray Stories.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-11-27
Not Fair to Blame Hin,

According to recent stories In the
papers, prison is becoming popular.
A man was recently imprisoned for
the eighth time. The governor, on
making his rounds. recognized the
man. and said: "WhatI You here
againw
"Well. guv'nor.' replied the man.
"just look at the weather"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-11-27
Plenty of Nerue

you've got plenty Of nerve. The
Idea Of stealing my chickens and then
trying to sell them to mer'
. "Well, sab, I thought you'd pay a
better price for chickens you'd raised
yo'self. You'd know what you're
buyin'."
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-11-27
The First Step

Doctor-Your nerves are weak. You
must take month off.
Jones-Then please get my nerves
strong enough to ask the boss for It.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-11-27
His wife Kneu

Guest (who has been invited to din.
ner)--Are you sure it's all right? Does
your wife know I'm coming?
Host-Of course she knows. We
argued about 1t for an hour this morn.
ing at breakfast.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-11-27
No Need for Copies

Friend-Don't you keep copy OF
your manuscripts? st- -,
~. Budding Young Authorize, I find
that 1t isn't necessary. ! get all the
orig nails back. y.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-11-27
What Did He Meon2

us this airplane absolutely safe p
asked the prospective buyer.
safest on EARTH" granted the max.
er, graphically.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-11-27
Good Training

''Is fish brain food?"
"As to that can't say. But 1t La
educational. You soon learn to 90 at
1t gingerly."
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-11-27

About all a pessimist is good for is
to sit around and anticipate misery.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-11-27
Don't he Disflgured.

Keep Coles Carbolisalve in the house.
and heals without scars. At ali good
druggists, 3Oc and 60c, or J. W. Cole Co.,
Rockford, Acknowledgement.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-11-27
RelDard for Honesty

Honesty Is the best policy"
The cynic agent said,
But don't expect a straight life
To reward you till you're dead"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-11-27
WORKED A SOFT BUNCH

How'd he manage to get such
soft snapT'
"Worked bunch OF people with
Soft heads"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-11-27
The Height OF Respect

Tom Ito friend in telephone booth)
Why do you take your hat Off
Al-Sh-s-sh, I'm speaking to my
boss.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-11-27

No matter how good brain man
has, there are problems that tax 1t
to the utmost.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-11-27
Would Write a Pun
I'd surely write
A clever pun
II only /
Could think of one.
Fancy Work

~. Fancy Work
The Surgeon-I1l sew up that scalI
wound for you for $40.
The Patlent-Gee, doc! just want
plain sewing. not hemstitching and
embroidery?
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-11-27
Jazz for Wedding

At the recent wedding of popular
musician in London the wedding march
was played on jazz instruments and
the bridal pair made their exit from
the church beneath triumphal arch
Of trombones
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
STEEL PRICE PLUS
PLAN ABOLISHED
Injustice in the System Is
Ruling of Federal Trade
Commission.

Observation-Disclosures plus" the
system under which rolled steel prod
ucts manufactured and shipped from
points outside of Pittsburgh are
quoted at a Pittsburgh base price plus
the equivalent of freight charges from
Pittsburgh to the place of destination,
was condemned and ordered abolished
in a cease and desist order by the
Federal Trade commission.
The companies against which the
order is directed are United States
Steel and it's subsidiaries, the Amer
lean Bridge company, the American
Sheet and Tinplate company, the
Carnegie Steel company, the American
Steel and Wire company, the Illinois
Steel company, the Minnesota Steel
company, and the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad company.
May Go to Highest Court
The decision, which although final
with the Federal Trade commission,
is expected to be carried to the Unit
ed States Circuit Court of Appeals,
and, if necessary, to the United States
Supreme court, is the result of pro-
ceedings instituted by the Western
Association of Rolled Steel consumers
and aided by thirty-one states under
the title of the Associated States OPP
posing pittsburgh Plus"
These states were Alabama, Arizona,
Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,
Idaho Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massa-
chusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Mis-
souri,, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,
New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma,
Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin, and
Wyoming. The states of Illinois, Iowa,
Minnesota and Wisconsin acted under
special legislative authority and their
attorneys general participated in the
case.
Called Unfair Method.
The commission finds the practice,
under which prices from all other steel
centers were maintained on a parity
with those on shipments from Pitts
burgh and the steel companies were
given the difference between actual
and assumed freight to western and
southern points, to be an unfair method
of competition in violation of the
Federal Trade commission act and a
price discrimination in violation of
the Clayton act.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
Priestcraft Blamed.
Woman Has Duel to Death
With Large RattlesnoRe

Anderson, S. C.-The finding OF the
body of an unidentified white woman,
with a large rattlesnake clutched In
her right hand, and the curved fangs
of the reptile still fastened in her
neck, is reported by a Seneca Is. CO
weekly newspaper. The womans body
was found near the North and South
Carolina boundary line by party of
tourists, it is stated. The tourists
are said to have met two small chill
dren in the road crying and were told
that their mother had gone over a
hill to pick huckleberries and had not
returned. On investigation, the tour
lists found the woman's body and evil
dence of the death battle.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
BILLION is GAINED
BY BIG GRAIN JUMP

Chicago.-Practically $1,OO0,COO, 600
has been added to the agricultural
wealth of the United States as a re-
sui of the sensational advance in
grain values in a little more than a
month.
AT the same time many millions of
dollars have accrued to the farmers
in the Canadian northwest, where
wheat prices have jumped AZ cents a
bushel, as against nearly 30 cents a
bushel in the United States.
This advance has brought about an
emphatic reversal of conditions in
agricultural districts ana is reflected
in general business with a more cheer
full tone everywhere.
July wheat, which sold at S1O3B
on June 9, touched $1.3Oh July II,
gaining Az cents for the day, while
Winnipeg was up to S1.401a, an adj
vance of 414 cents, despite reports
of rains in sections where most need
ed.
July corn has advanced from Is
cents to $1.13 in the same time and
cash No. 2 yellow corn brought 81 1914
in Chicago Thursday, the highest in
several years, as corn is scarce in all
terminal markets. Oats sold at 61h
cents and are up 10 cents of late. and
Eye brought 81 cents, a gain of 20
cents a bushel in the same time.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
112,O78,61I NOW
LIVE IN THE u. S.

Estimates of the CEN
sus bureau show that eleven cities
have grown past the 100000 popula-
ton since the last census There are
now 70 cities having a population of
100000 or more, according to the new
figures. Chicago has a population of
2,939,6O5, according to the statistics.
New York now has a population of
6,O15,5O4. The relative rank of some
of the cities are changed by the new
calculation. New Orleans has passed
Cincinnati, Rochester has outgrown
Jersey City, st. Paul has passed Proyi-
dence. The population Of the country
on July 1 is estimated at 112,078, 611.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
Wheat from Canada to
u. S. ShoUs Big Increase

Ottawa.-CanaL., exported 20,42S,-
1896 bushels of wheat to the United
States during the nine months ending
with June, as compared with 49,
1901, bushels during the nine
months two years ago, according to
a government report. Exports of Can
adian farm products to the United
States were valued at $50 1858, 420 in
same period. against $40. go, OBS in the
corresponding nine months of two
years ago.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
Father "SUore Too Much"
So a Son Stays Him

Hudson, Wis.-Because his father
"was always swearing around the
house" twenty-one-year-old Willard
Kruger killed him with an iron bar
and buried his body in an abandoned
hog pen, says formal confession
which authorities said he made here.
Missing since last Thursday, the body
of the father, Otto C. Kruger, was
found in a freshly made grave under
a hog Shed on the Kruger farm near
Stanton, six miles northeast of New
Richmond, where the youth was ar
rested.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
3 Children Left in Tent
Are Burned to Death

Paw Paw, Mich.-Laurene Sheldon,
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Sheldon of South Bend. Ind,
her three-year-old brother, Donald, and
six-year-oId sister, Genevieve, were
burned to death at Lake Cora, a re-
sort four miles west of here, when the
tent in which they had been left was
destroyed by fire, started by an oil
stove. GeneY.sve had tried to rescue
the others.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
Blame Is Laid on Rich
Women for Bootlegginq

Winona Lake, Ind.-"Some of the
meanest bootleggers in America are
women" Mrs. Elizabeth T. Stanley,
president of the Indiana w. c. T. o.,
declared before the conference of the
World League Again Alcoholism here.
They are too smart for the male en-
forcement officers, she said. You
need a woman officer to catch woman
bootlegger." Rich women are STUN
bling block to law enforcement, Mrs.
Stanley said.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
/. &. 6. Declines to
REUSE Grain Rates

Washington.-Asser that farm
ers would lose from impaired railroad
service more than they could pos
sibly gain from a reduction in rates."
the interstate commerce commission,
in an opinion issued, declared that
the general basis of freight rates on
grain, grain products and hay are
reasonable. The commission dis
missed the complaint brought by the
Kansas public utilities commission
that present rate schedules were in
violation of the interstate commerce
act.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
Cripple Can't "Put EN-
Up" Killed by Bandi!

Chicago.-A gray-haired man lost
his life because he was unable to raise
a crippled arm above his head in re-
spouse to the command of youthful
bandit. Two bullets-fred at such
close range that they left black pow
der burns-crashed into his face and
forehead and the victim fell to the
floor dead. He was Frank H. Zabour,
fifty-three years old. The shooting
took place in the Uptown Social club.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
Olympic Tennis Finals
Taken BY Americans

Punishment Richards and Miss
Helen Wills of America, won in the
finals of the mems and women's sin
giles, respectively, in the Olympic
games tournament at the Colonies
stadium before the largest crowd that
has ever witnessed a tennis match in
France. The victories ,clinched the
tennis team championship honor for
Uncle Sam for the third successive
time
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
FiUe Persons Die as Car
Breaks Through a Bridge

Buena Vista, Colo.-Five persons
were killed near here when their au-
tomobile broke through a bridge and
dropped so feet into the Arkansas
river. They were Bryon Upton,
thirty-six; Miss Ruth Skeels, twenty
six; Billy Upton, ten; Catherine Tip
ton, eight, and Jack Upton, six, all of
Florence, Colo. Mrs. Upton was dan
gerously injured and an infant was
unhurt.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
Six Killings in Chicago
Within TuOelUe Hours

Chicago Derrig, seventeen
years old, killed his father, Henry
Derrig, ST., an ex-policeman, with a
baseball bat The killing, according
to the boy and his mother, was in de-
Tense of the latter. Shortly afterward
Rowland Campbell shot and killed an
unidentified prowler in front of his
place of business. These made six
killings in Cook county within twelve
hours
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
$50, 900, 600 Bushel Drop
in Worlds Wheat Output

Westinghouse reduction of 1885,
100000 bushels in the wheat produc-
ton of eleven of the leading producing
countries of the northern hemisphere.
as compared with last years crop. is
indicated in reports to the Department
of Agriculture. These eleven countries,
producing Ga per cent of the world
crop, will have 1,913,OOO,O00 bushels
of wheat this year, as compared with
2,199,0OO,00O last year
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
Upset Canoe Is Found;
Seven Children Missing

Bridgeport, Gonna canoe in which
seven Bridgeport children embarked
from Garfield Beach was picked up
capsized two miles east of Middle
Ground Light in the sound by the tug
John Glen. The canoe was later iden-
tilted by its owner, George w. Mills.
No trace of the children has been
found
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
Three Are Killed as
Oil Tanker Rams Ship

Newport, R. I.-More than 700 pas
sengers of the eastern steamer Bos-
ton, rammed by the oil tanker Swift
arrow off Point Judith have been land
ed in various nearby ports. The bodies
of two men and one woman, killed
in the collision, have been removed
from the ship after she was beached
here. The dead have not been identi-
fed
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
Yale CretU Wins and u. S.
Takes Olympic Regatta

Argenteuil, France.-Yale's unbeat-
en- varsity crew won the Olympic
championship regatta for the United
States when the eight powerful Eli
oarsmen swept TO a brilliant victory
by three and one-half lengths over
Canada, with Italy third and with
Grc~t Britain, which had been ex-
pected to give the Americans their
hardest fight. fourth and last.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
Lives 100 Years Without
Consulting a Physician

Newton, Conn.-Mrs. Nora Bradley
Kane is dead here at the age of one
hundred and nine years. "Work hard
and constantly and leave all the rest
to God" was her motto, which she
frequently quoted in advice to her
friends She made. the claim that she
had never consulted a physician or
suffered illness until a week before
her death.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
Farmer Bankrupt, Owes
1888, 24O; Assets $I6,25O

Cedar Rapids, Iowa.-A petition in
bankruptcy which scheduled liabilities
of $685., 240 was filed in Federal court
here by Edward Brennan of Upton,
Cedar county, Iowa. His assets are
scheduled at $16,250, and he asks ex-
emption Of $15,550. Slump in land
values was given as the cause of
failure.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
Danger of Smallpox GrotUs !;
IS States Report Disease

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS over the
growing number of smallpox cases
throughout the country was ex-
pressed by Surgeon General Cum
mings of the public health service, who
said the presence of the disease in 35
states threatened serious conse-
uuences unless state health officers ex-
ercised the greatest vigilance in vac
cination and re-vaccination.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
Shots Halt Mob at Mound
City, ILL.,; 2 Negroes Saved

Mound City, Ill.-An attack by
mob on the Jail here, in which two
negroes had been held as suspected
slayers of a white girl, was met by
shots from deputies with riot guns,
inside the Jail. The negroes were
spirited out of the Jail by Sheriff l.
]. Hudson and taken away.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
Pope Bars Women Failing
to Observe Dress Rules

Rome.-More than 100 women have
been refused permission to attend pa
pal public audiences in the last few
days owing to the failure to con-
form to the dress demanded by the
pope. According to the papal orders
the women must. wear high collar
and their sleeves must extend to their
wrists
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
Farmers May Take OUer
IS Elevator Concerns

Minneapolis.-The holdings of SO
grain companies of the Northwest have
been offered for sale to the American
Farm Bureau federation. The offer
was made to o. E. Bradfute, president
of the organization, and one of the
leaders in the new grain-handling COM
pany recently organized in Chicago.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
Miss Wills Playing Turns
Near Defeat Into Wiz,

Colombes, France-The final CLASH
fication in the women's doubles in the
Olympic tennis championships was an
nounced as follows: 1. Miss Wills
and Mrs. Wightman, U. S. A. . Miss
McKane and Miss Covell, England. 8.
Mrs. Sheppard-Barrow and Miss Col
yer, England.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
Army AUiGtor Dies When
Plane Crashes Into Tree

Wheeling, w. Va.-Lieut. Thomas
Brooks, an army aviator, was fatally
injured and his mechanician, Thomas
c. Sarber, was seriously injured when
their airplane crashed into a tree in
Pleasant Valley, ten miles east of
Moundsville, during rain and wind
storm.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
NeWlywedS at go Habe
81 Children to Start

Berlin.-A bridal couple with 81
children stepped to the altar at
Route, Austria. The bridegroom, Dan
lei Falger, was siXty-two; the blush
ing bride, Hevwig Poeschl, sixty-eight
He brought 81 children into the fam
lily, while she contributed only IS.
The whole town helped to celebrate
this mountaineering marriage.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
Senator Wheeler, Democrat,
Joins LoF olleffe's Porfv

Washington.-Burton K. Wheeler,
Democratic senator from Montana, &C
cepted the vice presidential "nomina-
ton" as running mate to LaFollette
which was offered him by The Wiscon-
sin insurgents national committee.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
America Wins Olympic
Summing Competition

Les Tourelles, France.-America
won the Olympic swimming competi.
ton with total of 217 points, IS
points more than the combined total
of the other eleven nations which
broke into the scoring column.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30

Stevens Polnt-An inte7>--o,,------
trio and power line, startinc ~
ton City, in Portage county. ana >
tending north and west for "a ~.
covering the entire northern ~,
mooa ana a section Of Marat
county, is under construction y :
being built by the new Badger :
q Power Co., and will serve goo = :.
ers ana many other patrons in the
lagos of Milladore, Sherry Anb
dale Rudolph, Pittsvine, Amin
Rockville. This is believed to h.
most extensive electric farm anr.
ment project now under wav in
state. -
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30
PERSIAN CAPITAL
RULED BY TROOPS
Murder of Yank Starts War
on Hurnbug Miracles
in Persia.

observation-disclosures and It's suburbs
were put under martial law until sucb
a Time as the political situation be-
comes normal again. Agitators against
law and order will meet capital pun
lshment. The papers which have been
melting the movement against the
government will be suppressed and no
puDlc meetings will be permitted.
Nature of Crime Rare.
one paper says the government
should have come to this decision
sooner and saved Persia from shame
aue TO the murder of Maj Robert
Imorle, United States vice consul, by
mob of anti-foreign fanatics. The
nature OF the crime is very rare in
PERSIAN history. A similar crime, COM
mltted more than century ago. prGc-
ucally enslaved Persia to Russia
Inc editor of another paper regards
the crime of the mob as an act which
VIII strengthen the governments
hands in putting down priestcraft,
with its humbug miracles. Persia, he
says, will never forget Mai. Robert
lmbrie and the work he unknowingly
dld for the future good of the coun-
try.
Priestcraft Blamed.
Evidence revealed shows that the
two Americans were accused by lead
ers OF the mob Of having poisoned the
sacred Fountain" causiTg the death
OF some women and children. spe-
lal man was put to work to propa-
gate this lie, and it was he who, while
running after Nhe carriage in which
the Americans were escaping, told the
shopkeepers this lie and called them
out to wreak vengeance
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30

Sturgeon Bay-"Cherry time" h
arrived in the Sturgeon Bay sectiC
Shipments of cherries in commerce
lots began the 21st, according to
ficials of local companies. In Drepai
ton for the rush shipment t'
deputies of the state department
markets have been assigned to
territory and will inspect lots as tn
are shipped.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30

Tomah-Two hold-up men, who gay
their names as Reetz and Taylor az
said they come from Milwaukee, wei
sentenced to two years each at u
Green Bay reformatory after beng d
rested in Tomah trying to induce u
night clerk at the Hotel Sherman
hand over the contents Of the hot
safe.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-30

La Crosse-Three new parks will
located in La Crosse county for
convenience of auto tourists, picni
ers and residents Of the vicinity,
cording to an announcement Of
rural planning committee. The PAL
will be in the towns Of Onalas
Greenfield and Burns. Nine pan
have been established in the coul
since the forming of the committee
1919.