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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31
Radio Liars.

Progress has it's handicaps. There
is the radio liar, for example.
He is a creature of environment,
a victim of circumstances, but he
exists, and he has become such an
offender of common decency, that
a procedure had to be developed
to squelch him.
The radio liar has had all of the
natural advantages that the fisher
man liar possess, with the addi-
tional one that he never had to
prove what he said.
He could boast to- his friends
next day that he got station
VWXYZ two or three thousand
miles away and they couldn't call
him liar. Neither could they
dare him to prove it.
But from now ON he will have
to prove it. Radio stations are
issuing engraved stamps bearing
their call numbers.
If the radio liar says he had a
given station on the air tell him
to write the station for a stamp,
enclosing ten cents, and if he con-
vinces the station that he heard
something on their program, one
will be mailed to him.
Exit the radio liar. From now
on, make him eat his words, if he
can't produce the evidence.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31
Last Stand of america: s Elk Herd

The members of the Villas Coun-
ty Chapter Izaak Walton League,
are raising a fund for the Elk of
Wyoming that noble animal now
starving to death by the hundreds.
1t is expected that the local chap
ter will contribute 100 per cent
towards buying up of feeding
ranges sufficient to keep the fast
diminishing herd from starving.
A contribution of from 10 cents
up is asked of every member of
the Villas County Chapter. Mail
your contribution to M. ]. Cypress,
Eagle River. Let's put it across.
The last great stand of a great
American big game animal.
1t is a last stand that is almost
hopeless for the greatest of all en-
emies is causing it. That enemy
is starvation. The elk are starving
by the thousands in Jackson Hole,
Wyoming, most famous big game
region of this country.
They are starving because the
cattle have usurped their natural
ranges and there is no grass left
for the elk in the lowland pastures
when they come out of the high
lands in the late fall and early
winter.
According to the Izaak Walton
League Of America, national or
ganization of sportsmen, which is
carrying on campaign to raise
100000 to buy up more ranges
for the elk, the elk face extinction
unless they receive help at once.
During the summer months the
elk feed in the highlands, where
few cattle penetrate. When the
snow comes they follow their CEN
turies old custom and migrate in
large herds to the pastures of the
lowlands. These are already COW
cred with snow when they get
there. The elk feeds by pushing
the snow aside and eating the
cured grass underneath. The cat
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31
Takes Army of Cleaners.

1t takes an army of GA persons
to keep our state capitol building
clean, this is not counting the
many special helpers required to
make repairs and repainting. This
may seem a large force; but when
one considers the immensely of
the structure and the hundreds of
rooms that must be kept spick and
span, it is not large, probably the
average amount of space would be
much larger than the average
home which one woman attempts
to keep clean. 1t is said that very
little of the furniture and fixtures
ever get stolen or lost and in sew
eral years only one of the big thir-
ty-pound cuspidors has ever dis
appeared, and that one was stolen
by an Iowa football player some
years ago. Of the 300 specially de-
signed cuspidors there are 299 still
in use.-Whitewater Register.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31
Writin' and Work.

'Writin', to the average news
paper man, isn't any more of a joy
than takin walk on Sunday is
to a letter carrier, but some folks
just naturally believe that a piece
of news acts on a pencil pusher
much like the smell of raw blood
on a tiger. Writin', briefly, is
work-just the same as bricks
amt excitin' to a bricklayer, but
you'd be surprised to know how
many people think we typewriter
ticklers are literally inclined in
stead of, generally, just plain hun
cry and diggin' up stuff so we can
earn the wherewithal to eat. All
of which leads up to this-there
may be a wealth of news in a sin
gle statement, but sometimes it's
devilish hard to e1nbellish a plain
announcement with enough high
falutin' words to- make it sound
like something it ain Frank
Snaverly in the Miami (Fla.) Her
aid.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31
Merchant and Community.

The small town merchant is a
necess ,ty, and that which il. neces-
sary should be protected. The
community needs his wares as
much as he needs the community
cash.
But not every small town mer-
chant is alive to his opportunities
and his obligations.
Many Of them fall by the way
side because Of their ignorance of
or Indifference to- the rights Of the
public.
Fifty years ago the town mer-
chant sat in his store and waited
for business to come to him.
Today the successful merchant
is a hunter-he must go out gun
ming for customers-and his am
munition is his stock in trade and
his gun is the local newspaper.
Country people Of today are as
intelligent and up to date as their
city cousins, and they gauge the
merchant by his own actions.
If he is a hustler-if he keeps
his store clean, his goods neatly
displayed, his advertisement run
ming regularly in the local paper
he attracts the public eye, and the
public follows it's eye.
But a clean store, neatly dis
played goods and newspaper adver-
Using are not the only requisites
to a successful career.
The country merchant should
not bank too much on the fact
that he is a necessity
He should be progressive-con-
stantly bidding for trade-devis-
ing means of lettering the condi-
tions of the customers and ac-
quainting them of the fact. He
should consider their welfare, as
we'll as his own.
The merchant should have one
iron creed, and that creed should
never be broken: He should treat
all customers alike, never mis-
representing his goods and keep
his shelves well stocked with
truth.
He should be considerable of
other business men in the COM
munity, for their rights are as
great as his own. They do not
own the town and neither does he.
He should join intellectually
in movements for building up and
expanding the business interests
of the community, for success is
only found on the topmost rounds
of the ladder.
The merchant who has built up
a reputation as public spirited
man, as one who labors for well
being of the whole community
never lacks for customers at his
store.
They migrate toward his door
as naturally as the birds fly south
in winter.
Such merchants gain the conf
dence of the people, for the people
know that the same intelligence
and fair mindedness which he ex-
erts in behalf of the community
will be extended to his customers
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31

. .'.sa immigration into Mexico
. Jumped from 100 a month to
!. ".9 over. due to the wide pub
Y. \ sg y the Gales speeches in
, .-s .ne IooOO Jews detained in
Ian ports to colonize Mexico.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31
Lutheran Church.

North Louisiana is dotted with
giant earthen tanks stored with
crude oil. Wild ducks coming
down from the North mistaking
the oil for water alight in them
never to rise again, as the thick
oil clogs thea feathers and weighs
them down.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31
in commercial life.

in commercial life.
Such business men are success
full because their methods of bust
ness and their very attitudes
breathe success.
They have many customers be-
cause the people admire a hustler.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31

With two fingers you can lift a
girder of duralumin metal strong
enough to hold six men.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31

Horses must go!" is now the
slogan of Chicago, except on a few
specified streets where they will
not interfere with traffic.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31
FRO CROSS WORDS

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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31

One way to get better babies is
to have better fathers and mothers.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31

Elections and installations in
the various societies in Eagle
River show who will head the or
CARNATIONS for the coming year:
F. and A. NJ.
Arthur Morgan M.
F. J. VOTERS. w.
H. P. Hanson-J. w.
0. w. Bader-S. D.
w. E. Seyfert-J. D.
c. H. Weigand- Secretary.
]. B. Cook-Treasurer.
Allan Lucia-Steward.
G. E. Rand Steward.
Robt. Dyer-Tyler.
Eastern Star.
Mrs. Opal Weigand-W or h y
Matron.
c. H. Weigand-Worthy Patron.
Mrs. Lois Wolfer- Secretary.
Mrs. Flora Wei-Treasurer.
Mrs. Freda Adams-Associate
Matron.
Mrs. Emogene Hale on d u c.
tress.
Fern Scott-Associate Conduc-
tresS.
Mrs. Pearl Strong-Organist.
Mrs. T. B. Dutcher-C Chaplain.
Mrs. William Fenton-Marshall.
Ivagene Thompson-Warder.
Ernest Adams Sentinel.
M. w. A.
Frank Carter-V. G..
Edw. Bandow-W. A.
G. c. Knox-Banker.
Francis Johnson-Clerk.
Robt. Persohn-Escort.
M. Morrison Sr.-Watchman.
Ben Kimball-Sentry.
Chas. Hanke-Manager.
P. ]. Gaffney-Auditor.
A joint installation meeting will
be held with the R. N. A. some
time in January.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31
CHURCH NOTES
Congregational Church.


Morning Worship at eleve n
o'clock; Sunday School at ten
o'clock. All are cordially welcome.
Lutheran Church.
Sylvester Eve-English services
at 1880.
New Year Day-German services
at 10 a. m.
Sunday after New Year's-Sun-
day School at 8:45; English SER
vices at 9:45; German services at
10:45.
This is your invitation.
Jos. D. Krubsack, Pastor.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31

Prohibition and politics mix
about as we'll as oil and water.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31

r. N. A.
Mrs. Ida Hanson-Oracle.
Exilda Robida-V. 0.
Mrs. Pearl Strong Recorder.
Mrs. c. Murphy-Receiver.
Mrs. A. Peasley-Marshall.
Mrs. Martha Johnson Chancel-
lor.
Mrs. Marian Magee-Inner Sen
tinel.
Mrs. Rosetta Morrison-O u e r
Sentinel.
Mrs. Maude Acknowledgement.
Mrs. Flora Weil-Musician.
Mrs. Thorpe was elected delegate
to the state camp at Eau Claire in
March.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31
OFFICERS NEXT YEAR
Local Bodies Elect and In
stall Commanders for Year
Following.

Elections and installations in
the various societies in Eagle
River show who will head the or
CARNATIONS for the coming year:
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-12-18

IDEAL GIFTS FOR MEN
THAT ARE SPECIALLY PACK
ED IN ATTRACTIVE HOLI-
DAY PACKING.
s1nterwoven Hose"
: 3 Pairs of Isle thread Black
Gray and Brown $1.00
PARIS Garter Sets
Some with arm bands and other
plain, at 25 cents, so cents and
rs cents.
BRADLEY" Tourist Sweaters
in all the leading shades at SIS Sc.
$3.50 and $500.
EAGLE" shirts the Shirt of
smartness, with and without col
lars in wide selection of colors
So. to $3.50.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26

take me down from this hook"
 But Raggedy Andy was mistaken!
 The funny old man closed the kitchen door and locked it, then he ran into the room where .Raggedy Andy hung and peeped out of the key hole.
 II am playing good joke on Harry Hoolygooly and the old fat policeman" he said, as he winked slyly at Rag gedy Andy, T made two magical pan cakes and they will surely fool your friends! Just you wait and see!'
 II wish you would lift me. from this pot hook so that I could watch too" Raggedy Andy said.
 The funny old man came and readh- ed up to lift Raggedy Andy down, then he stopped. Indeed, I shan't, Rag gedy Andy!" he said. flor if do that, you will wrestle me and let the old fat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26

OUR FIRST LOCOMOTIVE
 Ninety-three years ago the first Amer icals locomotive was given it's first trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26
HEARTS % k TWO
 HSTEQr o.. E ,4 T2HZM BY VIRGINIA rfRhuNe,
 NANoeMA1ER
CHAPTER 34.

CHATTER 34.
 There was silence while the master of the house gulped down his second cup of coffee.
 Marian played with her breakfast, her glance going often to her fathers face. ,
 Lois wiped her reddened eyes and finished eating the waffle and honey on her plate.
 His coffee disposed of, James Hor- ton pushed his chair back from the ta- ble and rose to his feet. He swayed slightly as he stood up, and caught at the back of his chair to steady him. self. ,4 Marian was at his side in an in stant, her hand on his arm. ".Dad!" she exclaimed. What is it? Are you ill!'
 Horton tried to laugh. and passed an unsteady hand over his eyes. His face was unnaturally red. ! "No, I am not ill.," he replied. q am all right now. Just dizzy turn. It means nothing. l have them every little while"
 You have never spoken of them" Marian said. ''Lois," to her sister, who was silently watching the scene, "did you know Dad had these turns"
 James Horton answered before his older daughter could. No, she has not known about them because they are not worth speaking of. They are s,~l. Nhof oil
 "Yes," Lois said placidly, '.indiges- tion will make anybody dizzy. His color is good-so he is not ill, Mar ian."
 She's quite right, my dear," Hor- >ton assured his younger child, smiling at her serious countenance. Perhaps I ought not to have eaten waffles this morning, for I did not feel up to the mark when I came downstairs. Just the result of a wakeful night, that's all., I'll be all right in the open air."
 You are not going to walk to the office," Marian averred. T will tele- phone to the garage to have them send the car around. Then I will drive you downtown"
 You will do nothing of the kind 7" ueT IatueT cOUtTduiCltd. lHc Wdlh will be good for me; Stop worrying, my dear"
 ."Dadw her hand detained him as he moved toward the door. Please stop in at the doctors today, won't you?"
 No, I wOn't!" Horton demurred. q saw Dr. Hagen some time ago about these turns I have. I met him on the street and spoke of them to him. He said that they are quite common in men of my age who eat heartily and take little exercise. Moreover, I guess worry has increased my indigestion"
 (TO Be COntinued.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26
MY PRESENTATION AT COURT
twritten By JULIA HOW'D

You must almost back out even so, but the distance is not nearly so long and it is rather side-backing, not so diff cult.
 After the presentation, you go into room in which supper is being served. You naturally thank your ambassadress for her kindness in presenting you, and talk to any one you may happen to know. After all the presentations have been made the King and Queen walk through the room, lowing as they go, and that is the end of your evening. 1 am told that there was much more thrill in being presented in King Edwards time, for it seems that he was keen observer of newcomers to the court and if his eye fell on one he thought par ticularly pleasing, he arranged to have her presented to him more informally later on. I should imagine from my slight acquaintance with him and all have heard of him, that the same thrill of anticipation will be there with those who attend the drawing rooms of the Present Prince of Wales if he ever be- comes king.
 A few days after the presentation Cor the next day-I can't quite remember) the debutante must go to Buckingham Palace and write her name in the book there for that purpose. The mother and daughter again leave cards on the ambassadress and their duties connect ed with the presentation are over. The probabilities are that the am- bassadress will invite them to lunch or dinner, though must confess I am not quite sure whether that is generally done if they have not previously been known to each other. In my case, a girls being presented at court does not in any way affect her social life in London. She will receive no more in vitations on account of it, nor will she receive fewer if not presented It is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26
FAMOUS HERESIES
By K. n. TINGLEY TEXE ENnGTV(G

For the first few centuries of the Christian era the church had no elab- crate creed or belief except that which appeared in fragmentary form in the Scriptures according to the different disciples of Christ, and as expounded by the fathers. The Apostles creed was not written till long after their time, and is of unknown authorship. The Nicene creed came in 325; that of St. Athanasius still later (though probably not written by him).
 Numerous creeds, or attempts at creed-making, appeared during this period-each founded, according to those responsible for their authorship, on the teachings of Christ as found in the New Testament. The question of doctrine was in the making and each belief-maker was at liberty to place whatever interpretation he chose upon the Scriptures.
 Among the earlier of these sects were the Gnostics-n general name applied to holders of various forms of Specula- tive belief. GnOsticism, from the Greek meaning "knowing." existed in pre- Christian times and references to it is found in early translations of the Old Testament and in the Apocryph9l Book of Wisdom where it denotes q ''knowl- edge of God" Both St. Paul and St. Peter refer to Gnosticism. the latter to express the saving knowledge of God in Christ.
 The Gnostics of the first five or six hundred years of tA Christian era (after which time they entirely dis appeared). held that knowledge rather than faith was the road to heaven. They rejected the literal teachings of the Scriptures and attempted to com bine them in mystical way with the teachings of the Greek and Oriental re- tgions and philosophies. They held God to be unknowable. unapproachable. They regarded Christ as superior EOn who was descended from an infinite God in order to subdue the Fon of the wo,id
 There were many Sects of GnOstics The church pronounced them all lieretics and the fathers preached sgainst them. Along with other here ties they were anathematized at the Council of Nice.
 OUR FIRST LOCOMOTIVE
 Ninety-three years ago the first Amer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26

And even though Harry Hoolygooly coaxed and coaxed, the policeman would not promise to arrest the funny old man.
 So Harry Hoollygooly and the po- liceman just sat our under tree in front of the funny old mans house and waited.
 Raggedy Andy could not see what the funny old man was up to out in the kitchen, but Raggedy Andy could hear him chuckling to himself as if he was thinking of good joke.
 Soon, Raggedy Andy could hear the funny old man open the kitchen door real softly and Raggedy Andy thought, Now he will slip quietly out the back door and escape into the woods, then Harry Hoolygooly will come in and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26
PART II

PART III
 was very thrilled when the longed- for day arrived for my presentation at the Court of King George. Long before it was really necessary, began to ar ray myself in all my gala attire which had been so carefully selected for the I was not the only one who was excited, however. 1 remember the hall at the Ritz lined with employees of the hotel waiting to SC us go.
 On arriving at Buckingham Palace I was ushered into large room (having first left my wrap.) This room was filled with women and little straight gilt chairs. I was terrified, but luckily for my peace of mind discovered friend of mine, one of the three other Americans in the room. She and clung together and watched the people with great interest l remember that we considered that most of the English women to be presented were amazingly dowdy. Many of them were wearing the most magnificent jewels on dresses that had the appearance of having been dragged out of a closet where they had been hiding for years for this occasion.
 
 tions had started. l cannot remember in what order they were made. was much too nervous to observe anything clearly until I reached the entrance to the throne room. Even there I can not remember whether it was I who gave my name to the gentleman at the entrance, or the ambassadress but I distinctly remember the terror with which I heard my name loudly and clearly repeated down a line of gentle men in waiting. When the gentleman standing next to the King said it, l knew my hour had come.
 was given gentle shove by some kind soul, and with knees shaking en- tered the room. In days gone by it was n much greater ordeal than now, for the poor things had to walk from the opposite end of the room to where the King and Queen were seated and then proceed to back the whole way out. This was no easy task with a train four yards long! I am told they had to practice for weeks beforehand. I am sure I never could have done it. Luckily, l didn't have to, as now you enter on one side, make your courtesies to the King and Queen (who bow as ' This was the Best Friend, built at a foundry at West Point. N.. Y. During the previous year Peter Cooper, the New York philanthropist, had constructed a locomotive at his iron works near Bal timore.
 This locomotive, called the Tom Thumb, was tried on the Baltimore and Ohio, but it was too small to have much practical value. One was imported from England in 1929, and served as a model for the American builders, although it was itself q failure.
 It was several years after the advent of the Best Friend before locomotives were widely used on the few American railways, which were owned by the state. Any person owning a~car and locomotive might have theNuse of the tracks. which condition of affairs did not last long. and the roads soon passed into the control of private corporations.