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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-07-11
Purity VIII Save Game

At a speech before business men Of
New Orleans the other day. Commits
sloner lands. speaking Of baseball
said "Basebau's purity VIII save H.
The big leagues are III for the biggest
season In their history federation is
one thing, crookedness is another
Neither can succeed One must be-
controlled, the other done away with
A clean sport with many men IS one
that every one likes
And That is what the managers and
players have promised me
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-07-11

Superior-Crazed by a moonshine
dehauch. Charles McDorman, -, West
colt, near Superior. killed two men and
then ended his own life. McD0rman's
victims were August Friske, 80, and
John Hyra, A., road construction work
ers. The slayer had lived a hermit
like life for years, residing alone in a
cabin near Westcott, and is said to
have resented the encroachment OF
highway workers He had been drink
ing heavily Tor several days, neigh
bors said.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-07-11

r-stosh-The Ku KluX Khan, some
., aa5 strong according to officials and
10000 strong according to other
...osr4s staged at Oshkosh what was
3aslsrea t. be the largest klan demon
s.rrt.p ever held in this state on In
dependence day Thousands Of men
- and even children in white
49, ana hoods with capes of varied
81 3euadu- the rank Of the wearer,
s5snt the day in celebration at the
W.rpqbss0 county fair grounds. Many
a,,a.5ed from Illinois, Michigan. Min
ra,ars. Iowa. Indiana and South Da-
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-07-11

MadiSon-John J. Hannah, new
member Of the state board of control
succeeding DIR. w. f. Lorenz, resigned,
was elected president of the board at
the reorganization meeting Mr. Han
nan has been serving as secretary q
the board but was appointed board
member on the resignation of DIR. Lor-
enz, Mr. Hannan's appointment went
into effect July l.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-07-11

Madison How Good Is Your Town
i tbe HtIe Of a booklet just issued by
II. Wisconsin Conference on Social
Work with headquarters at the extern
sa division Of the University Of Wis
oons,n Education, public administra-
t@. recreation. library, health, social
welfare. industry. religion, town and
county relations and city planning, are
tbs 10 divisions around which the city
r4yolyes, according to the 10 chapters
On these subjects In the booklet. Many
civic classes in high schools and col
leges are using the booklet as text
for civic courses.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-07-11
Lefty" Groves Stars

Lefty Groves.
former Baltimore
star, for whom
Connie Mack Is
said to have paid
100000 is prov
ing his worth by
his brilliant
pitching so far
this season.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-07-11

Francis f. McGOvern,
Milwaukee, former governor Of Wis
consln, announced his candidacy for
United States senator, following a
similar announcement by ex-State Sen
ator Roy =. Wilcox, Eau Claire They
will be candidates at the special cleo
ton to be called next fall TO elect a
successor to the late Senator Robert
NJ. La Toilette.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-07-11

anesyille-Judge E. Ray Stevens,
Dane county circuit court, overruled
the demurrer filed by the attorney
general for County Treasurer Arthur
" Church and granted an injunction
10 Milton Junction residents prevent
ug ROCK county from spending county
road bond money for concreting a re-
located highway The decision makes
al important issue in Wisconsin's
highway program for it questions the
right Of the highway commission to
use tax money to build roads where
tie routes have been changed.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-07-11

Nadisaa-Buildfng operations in
Madison have taken a decided slump
during the last month, figures complied
rs o.'y Building Commissioner G. H.
Mason show. A decrease Of S118,099
was noted i'm the amount of building
begun ii June of this year as com
Iaral with June. 1924 The total for
i.e last month was S407, sos. In June
q last year it was S525,904.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-07-11

brentwood Euslux ElansmeH, the
women of the CLAN and The Junior
American krusaders numbering many
s7ousands are expected t. attend the
north state Kl8nyoeauon 20 ha beId
July is at I4sdy s1lEtA.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-07-11

Appleton Henry Merritt Wriston,
head IF the department Of history of
Wesleyan university, Middleton. Conn,
has been elected president of Law
regce college to succeed the late Or.
Samuel Plantz. who died in November
lE4 Dr Wriston will come to Apple
ta in September The new president
is 81 years old and probably is the
youngest college president in the Unit
ed States Glen Frank, recently elect
ed president Of the University Of Wis
cons.H Is IS years old.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-07-11

Observation-Disclosures prescription
liquor bin for the fiscal year ending
on June 80, 1924, was BAT 36s, the
state having consumed a total Of 491,-
ga pints, according to "a report issued
by A. H. Wilkinson, Milwaukee, col
lector Of internal revenue. Figured at
a price of 81 a pint for the prescrip-
tion and the liquor, the above total
is arrived at.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-07-11

Racine Bubbles Of oil rising on the
surface of the water in an old quarry
near Racine have caused detectives
to order dragging of the pond Re
ports Of the oil caused revival Of
stories started some time ago that
quarries are being used to dispose Of
automobiles and collect insurance on
the missing machines.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-07-11

Madison public subscription is Il
be started in Wisconsin Ia the near fu
ture 70 erect a memorial to the late
Senator Robert NJ La Toilette. AS
semblyman John w. Eber. Milwaukee,
a member of the legislative memorial
committee declared the committee was
planning to raise $4,000
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-07-11

Tomah-Soren Olson was killed
while working around s. haystack IN
q farm west IF Tomah 4 falling hay
fork struck him 90 the head it is
said one If the tines penetrating bis
skull
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-07-11

Raclne-I I'D r. Griswold. 10, city
editor on The Journal-News for many
years and widely known in newspaper
aud fraternal circles throughout the
state, shot and killed himself at his
home in Racine. III health. the result
Of worry over the death Of his wife
year ago, is believed to have influenced
his action.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-07-11

Bayfield, The second annual 1ndial
pageant Of the Apostle islands, Amer
ica's super Indiana classic, on Che
quamegon bay, takes place Aug. t
Is, at Bayfield,, the top of Wisconsin
The pageant grounds are four mile
north of Bayfield,, around the bend o
Chequamegon bay, almost at its meet
ing place with Lake Superior.
Evening star., 1925-12-13
BY STEPHEN LEACOCK.

T SUPPOSE that everybody who
reads the newspapers is aware
Of the change that il coming
1 over the thing called the Chill
dren's Column, or the Children's
Corner, or the Children's Page. Forty
years ago II was made up Of such
things as letters to little boys about
how to keep white mice, and letters
to little girls about making crochet
work In six stitches. But now, what
with radio and progress and the gen
eral rapid movement of the age, it Is
quite different. Here are some sam
pies that are meant TO illustrate the
change:
AMMO DOMINI 1880.
Letter to little Willie Weakhead
telling him how to make a rabbit
hutch:
Dear Willie: So you want to know
how to make a rabbit hutch for your
white rabbits? Well. it is not very
difIicult If you will follow the direc-
tions carefully. Get from the near
est carpenter a large empty box and
some boards about inches wide.
;I'ou know what an inch is. do you
notD Then lay the boards across the
open side of the box with d space of
about inches between each and nail
them in this position. Good nails can
be bought in any drug store. but see
that you are given ones with good
points on them.
II you find il hard to nail on the
boa. rds, get your father or your uncle
to help you. BE careful in using the
hammer not to hit yourself on the
thumb, as a. blow with a hammer on
the thumb is painful and is often fol
lowed by q blow on the fingers. Re-
member. II 1t starts to rain while you
are working on your hutch, come in
cut Of the wet.
Let us know how you get on and
whether your bunnies like their new
hcme.
Yours, etc, UNCLE TOBY.
tEditor Children's Column)
But contrast with this the modern
thing which in these days Of radio
and modern science has taken the
Place OF the rabbit hutch correspon.
dence'
AMMO DOMINI 1922
Letter from the editor TO little vii
lie Wisebean, grandson Of the above.
in regard to the difficulties which he
s finding with his radio apparatus:
Dear Willie: You write that tho
other night in attempting to call II,
Arizona kQW on your radio. you
found an inordinate amount of static
on your antennae. We quite agree
with YOU that the trouble was per
Eaps due to purely atmospheric con
ditions causing a fall in the potential
You can easily find out If this Is the
case by calculating the differential
wave length shown by your vari-
oIneter.
As YOU rightly say, Your apparatus
may have been put out of order by
YOUR allowing your father and your
grandfather into your workshop. If
YOU are wise. you will keep them out
Evening star., 1925-12-13
By RING LARDNER.

+" o the editor: The mail has just
broughten a letter from the
Peoples Popular Monthly Of
i Des Moines, Ia, which l will
take the liberty of copying IN
part.
I'VE are wondering II by chance in
your busy life you could find time to
write an article or letter for our mag
azine. We should like to enlist you
in our Homecraft Campaign 1t Is
our desire to help our million readers
improve their surroundings. build
beautiful homes, and in general make
the most out of home life. For that
purpose we are printing helpful and
irspirational articles along these lines.
We wonder II you will tell us what
you like best in your own home. Per
haps II is a bookshelf lined with old
favorites or inspiring new ones. Or
a s!nk-into armchair In which you
forget the world or ponder your phi
losophy. Or perhaps 1t is a handy
window seat or china closet which
you have designed yourself. 1t may
even be some precept you have dis
| covered that makes living easier or
pleasanter, etc"
The idear of enlisting in a Home.
craft Campaign appealed so strong
that on receipt of the letter i'm
Illculdtciy nOlleEeO 10 the lNa1aTu VINO
was in her den lit Is not really a
den" as she is no beast, but 1t is a
! small room of of the living room
where she likes to go and ponder her
philosophy and the 2 of us give it the
nickname Of "den'D and says grille I
am going to enlist and at first she
screamed thinking / meant go to war.
but recovered herself and hollered
back you can't kid me because you
| are years older and got f1atter fl.
| and one more kiddie than in 1917 and
you didn't enlist then. so l had to ex-
claim to her that this wasn't no
war was talking about but a Home
craft Campaign and she got all agrog
and rushed in and read the letter and
says l was to reply to 1t at once and
promise them an article on acct Of 1t
being a worthy cause, but wait a min
| ute, she says, it don't seem to me like
| it was fair to write for their million
readers at the expense of your own
ditto, SO why not just set down and
| write whatever you have got TO write
| and send it to your own paper instead
| of them people in Des Moines? So I
have took her advice and will try and
tell you In few wds. what l like best
in my own home.
At the outset I would better state
that design practically all my own
Evening star., 1925-12-13

/ can pretend Ike ! am in Atlantic civ
raising cain. In addition to the con
EentI"nal hot and cold water f;fucet-
nave put in a Bird faucet, which yori
ttfIl II on. ana out comes q tape with
| the base ban results. market reDort,
and big news OF the day. NV soan j.
made out OF the same kind of wa
, they use in recording for i nhono.
sldph. ana Whenever i think of q ideaI.
Tor Il story or motion picture n.
( something | say it out loud with tba
} soap pressed 10 my mouth. and il is
recorded IN the soap which is then
| put through a hardening process 81
il. VI ''s'l
Inc entrance 10 the waste pine is
guarded not only by a stopper. bu,
also by q fine meShed iron screen
| winch serves double purpose. keen
ing Stfa ngerS from entering your bath
room through the drain and preyen-
! ING your rings or Your watch or volIl.
diary or fountain pen or ANYTHING else
or value that may drop off of Won
from going out with the tide when the
stopper is pulled
Across the boardwalk from the tuh
is my personal wash basin. where |
/ ShaFe, and in order to overcome the
ndturai repulSion To that onerous
! duty | have equipped this portion Of
y
play" a record of , Italians talking
morse races so aS can always pretend
IKE am laying back in chair while
somebody else does the work but m
me same time it amt costing me no
% cents including tip. In this section
| OF the room | also have placed my
1avorlte precept-'' -Four out of ever
HNe have pyoIThea
Another ingeniu> item of my IittIe
rove nest Is a bookshelf in the living
room winch is equipped with patenf
! ilshters 50 as when YOU put n booI,
pack after reading il. the friction
lights the lighter and ignites the book
and they amt no danger of YOU read
! Ing it twice by mistake.
one of our neighbors, Ed W-vnn has
| improved his love nest with 81 nonl
tdpie winch every pocket has got n
invisible wire stretched across the
tront Of II, and YOU can't possible
( make bail, 80 when Go. comes Ed
merely suggests a game Of pool. and
he don't half to think up nothing els
because that game is permanent.
Another neighbor. Scott Probascn
| who lives in Chattanooga. fouu,
himself putting every time he went
! upstairs 10 bed. SO he conceived the
ldear OF building Il high stone wall ar
the II. OF the stairs, and now he dom
| never half TO go upstairs or TO bel
| neither one, as the bed is on the 2d H..
where he can't get AT IT.
Evening star., 1925-12-13

As you say Yourself they are too old
to learn and they may meet some in
jury in handling your machine. You
say that your grandfather used to he
very fond of carpentry and once made
a rabbit hutch. Why not let him set
to work now and make a rabbit hutch
to put your father in?
BY the way. if il turns out that
your trouble is In your magnetic
coils. we advise you not to try to
remedy them, but TO buy new ones.
You can get excellent coils from
Messrs. Grabb x Gettit. FOR 800 a
coil, or even more. On this your
father might come in useful. With
thanks for your Interesting letter.
Prof. ]. Knowit, Ph. ID. T. X, D. +.
OXon, IIaw. Oklahoma.
or LET us turn TO another part of
the same field the feminine side.
The change is even more striking.
Compare the two following letters To
the Lady Editor. making inquiries in
each case about the way to arrange 9
children's party for little girls.
AMMO DOMINI 1880
Letter to DolIie Dollhouse. aged IA
who has asked for advice about d
party.
Dear Doliie:
] am so glad to hear that you are
going To- give Il party 10 your little
girl friends for your fourteenth birth
day. OF course YOU must have straw
berries, great big luscious ones. with
lots of cream all over them. And OF
course you must have lovely big
cake, with icing all over the top of il.
and you must nut IA candles on il. Do
you see the idea of the candles. dear?
Evening star., 1925-12-13

over John Mccormack. lie sings beau.
tlfully. am studying voice, too.
am from Ireland. l hear John McCor-
mack is from Ireland. too. If this is
true, could you tell me what part?
Yours Truly, DORA MEFA.
Answer--All of him
Dear Mr.. Wynn--A friend OF mine
told me he knew an Italian who went
up in an airplane and fell out. lie
claims the Italian changed his nation
ality before he reached the earth. How
could that happen?
Sincerely. O. BOYE.
Answer-The fellow went up an
Italian he fell out of the airplane
probably onto some telegraph wires
and came down Pole"
Dear Mr.. wynn am going To the
seashore next Summer for my vaca
ton. ] have been advised TO go to
Atlantic City. but was told to be sure
to never go in the ocean after big
meal That sounds ridiculous to me,
so 7 seek your knowledge on the sub.
Evening star., 1925-12-13

No. perhaps not at first. but if you
will think u minute you will see il.
II means YOU are II years old
and that there il "a candle for
every year. Isn't it a pretty thought,
once you understand il? ! got it out
OF an old Norwegian book Of fairy
stories and though il so sweet.
You had better not try to light the
candles yourself, but get your papa
or Your mama to come and do it, or
If they do not like to. then send for
ii man from the hardware store.
You say that after all the girls
have eaten all they can YOU would like
t. have some games. and ask what
you can play. There are really such
a lot of games that it is hard TO ad-
wise, but among the best Of the new
games IS one called Hunt the Slipper,
which | am sure you would like. All
that you need for playing il with is
an old slipper. one without any tacks
sticking oft Of il being the best.
one of the girls sits on the slipper
and then the player who is chosen
10 begin has to so around and roll
over all the girls and see where the
slipper is. You see it is quite
clever game aud can easily he learned
III half an hour. But remember that
your play must never be rough. In
rolling over the girls pick them up
by the feet and roll them over in
ladyliIte way.
After the game if YOU can get your
papa to come into the room and read
a selection of poetry, such as a coup
le of cantOs from Paradise Lost, the
girls will go away delighted.
With best love and good wishes for
your party.
Aunt Agatha
LADY Editor Children's Column
Evening star., 1925-12-13

And the crowd which turned out and
was, in some cases, turned back for
lack OF seats, certainly must of filled
the heart of Mrs. J. Henry Goofnah
with pride.
Mrs. Goofnah, the honored Madame
Pres. of our Ladies' Thursday Club,
was responsible for bringing the
Grand Opera to Dinglewood. She
had for years been bringing things
to town. For sample. it was her
brought the CheeSecloth Dancers, The
Little Art Theater, so called on ac-
count, ! suppose, Of there being SO
little Art connected with it. She
was also responsible for Professor
knowledge, which was a awful re
sponsibility. And then another year,
she brought the influenza back from
the big city, where she had been Wis
iting her Cousin Ella. But this year
her greatest epidemic was achieved
when she secured the Sans Nocci
Opera Co. for IA three weeks siege.
WELL anyways, l and George
climbed to our seats over the
feet of several mutual friends In
plenty of time after all, and naturally,
the first thing l done after smiling
and bowling to other society women
program. The Opera was a cham
pion heavyweight in German, called
De Gefildertish, and even before the
cast of characters come page which
was enought to start a riot. 1t was
even headed Argument" and read
something to this effect:
"Gurglehansen. the son of the King
of the SchWiterhold. has taken a vow
10 aVenge the death OF Eyesore. He
toll No til
dark forest where he loses il TO the
best of his knowledge on the spot
where the body was found. This en-
RACES the dead king to such an ex-
tent that he declares GurglehanSen
must marry his only daughter or per
lsh. beautiful loye-scene ensues
during which it is disclosed that the
married pair are not averse to the
idea. The despair of the dead King
upon finding his punishment failure,
is so great, that he dies again. But
Gurglehansen cannot tarry with his
bride, he must be off to find the lost
vow. Believing he will never return,
she sings herself to death. Just at
the last verse Gurgiehansen returns.
the VOW in one hand, n reprieve in
the other, and joins his dying wife in
one last close agony, too late"
Well, this was a great help in un-
derstarding the show that followed.
or would have been If only we could
of told just wherea bouts in the story
we had go to. First one would sing
and then another. but nothing much
seemed TO happen, except the ladies
wore old-fashioned long white night
gowns, and the mems suit was made
up, or so it seemed. from the tinware
dept. of the Five and Dime store
SO after while / give up trying
to digest too much of it, and took to
looking at the performers through
the opera glasses which we had
Evening star., 1925-12-13
Lunche0ns and Banquets Necessary,
If We Are to Avert the Great Disaster

Fight" l exclaims How we go
ing to fight? Jupiter, according to
this wise gazabo, is a thousand or
more times bigger than the earth. 1t s
the Dempsey Of the universe, while
we're the flyweights.
Nevertheless" insists Finnegan.
I'VE must fight, if not with our
strength, then with our guile"
What's guile?" I asks.
Hitting a guy with a brick when
he isn't looking" explains High
Dome" For instance, how would
this be for an idea? When Jupiter
gets right near us We'll get together
all the members of the American Con
gress, the English Parliament and the
tIench Senate and put them on top
of high mountain. Then We'll start
them debating
What about?" I inquiries.
Anything" returns Finnegan.
Evening star., 1925-12-13

Win those boys talking all together,
enough gas will be generated to send
Jupiter floating in the air away from
US"
That's all right, l agrees, but
won't 1t come tumbling down on US
again when the talk stops?"
That's true" comes back High
Dome Il guess We'll have to do
this in relays. Well have the states.
men talk first; when they peter out
Wen get the Rotary Clubs of the
world at work. After that We'll line
up the professional broadcasters, fol
lowing which We'll collect all the ac-
tors on Broadway who played with
Booth and bunked with Barrett
But. my dear boy" says /. there
Won be any actors who played with
Booth and bunked with Barrett 400,-
100000 years from now
Don't be silly" chides Finnegan.
That actor is eternal. When the
world is destroyed, if it is, there will
be thousands OF those, as well as
moos OF Gettysburg drummer boys,
women who were kissed by Lafayette,
gals who danced with the Prince Of
Wales, vets decorated by the Monte
negrin government during the World
war, original Bryan men and gents
VINO Jumped up and yelled that they
believed in fairies when Maude Adams
played Peter Pan"
Not to mention" l adds, lads
thatn remember when they didn't
have coal strikes
II don't know about that" saws
High Dome That's going pretty
far back"
Il just thought Of something" re.
marked suddenly.
There is much more chance OF the
world being destroyed than that"
snaps Finnegan. But, go on-what
is 1t that you think Is a thought?"
The earth floats around in space,
don't it?" 1 demands-''like a toy bal.
LOOM"
Yes" agrees High Dome" And
SO does Jupiter"
"All right" says l, what happens
when one toy balloon hits another in
the air? They just bounce away from
one another, don't they?"
What of it, demands Finnegan
why. then" I wants to know,
won't the earth bounce away from
Jupiter when it is hit?''
"Wonderful!' gasps High Dome"
You have made the scientific discov-
cry of the age and the world owes you
its existence"
II feel sure relieved" says I. II