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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-03-11
His Ignorance

"A Teller driving along in an old
Hootin' Nanny car last night with it's
lights out, ran onto a mule that was
laying in the road in front Of Hoot
HOller's house" related Gap Johnson
of Rumpus Ridge 1.-THE durn mule
started to get up just as the car ran
onto him and knocked him over. The
driver of the car gave a boot of his
horn and yell from himself, and the
mule laying on his back began to kick
and squeal.
"'Say, what'n'ell are you trying to
do with my muller yelled it's owner,
running out of his house.
"'You better ask him what he's try
ing to do to me and my car! the Teller
hollered right back.
"And as I'd seed and heered this
much and hadn't no desire to mix in
fight, being as l was all down in the
back, just went on and never did find
out the rest of it. kansas City Star.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-03-11
Ex-King Freed From, Exile

Ex-King Prempeh, of Ashanti, and
sometime ruler, has been released from
bondage in the Seychelles in the Indian
ocean, to his old home in Ashanti, after
% years detention. The ex-monarch
Is convert to the Anglican church
and speaks excellent English. He has
the most courteous manners. Nobody
now talking with him would dream
that he was once the terror of Ashanti
land. After the overthrow of King
Prempeh in the Ashanti revolution of
1896 (when he was exiled), several Of
his chiefs hid the famous golden stool.
the symbol of sovereignty correspond
ing to the throne. British attempts to
find it led to the rebellion of 1900 and
the seige of Coomassie The stool was
eventually found in 1921 by laborers
doing excavation work for a new road
20 miles north of Coomassie. Ashanti
rulers wear golden headdress and, on
important ceremonial occasions, carry
huge red and yellow umbrellas.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-03-11
A Citadel of the Plains

Whenever the history of the South
west shall be written, more than one
long and interesting chapter must be
Element on its plains and the first
permanent settler there" writes
George Bird Grinnell, the eminent
historian of the west, and he is re-
ferring to Bent's Fort on the Ar
kansas and Col. William Bent, Colo
radios first settlement and first settler.
What Fort Laramie was to the Ore
gon Trail country, Bent's Fort (Which,
like Laramie, was also first called Fort
William) was TO the land through
which ran the Santa Fe historic
trail.
1t was in 1928 that William Bent,
his brother Charles and Ceran st.
Vrain began this post, Is miles above
the mouth of the Purgatoire river,
and when they had finished 1t in 1882
ii was a veritable citadel If the plains.
More than $50 MeXicans had labored
on it, building it of adobe, $50 feet
long, 135 feet wide, Is feet high and
with walls four feet thick, imper-
vious alike to Indian arrow or torch.
Two high loop-holed towers stood at
opposite corners and over thR main
gate was a watchtOW er in which was
mounted a telescope which swept the
whole surrounding landscape.
Bent's Fort is rich in history for it
stood on a great highway along which
swept the whole coIOrful procession
Of western conquest. 1t saw the Doni-
phan and Kearney expeditions march
past on the way to Mexico in 1916; it
saw the long wagon trains of the
Santa Fe trade winding along that
historic trail and it was visited by
many famous travellers and explorers.
After the decline of the fur trade
Colonel Bent tried in the early sos
to sell his fort to the government as
a military post but failed. So in 1852
he laid charges of gunpowder under
it and blew it's massive walls into the
air. BY this time the settlers were
arriving and near here grew the pres
ent city of Pueblo.
In 1853 Bent began a new fort of
stone on the north side of the Ar
kansas river about 50 miles below the
site of the old one In 1859 the gov
eminent leased this fort and named
it Fort Fauntleroy, then renamed it
Fort Wise, lin honor of the governor
of Virginia. But when he Joined the
Confederacy at the outbreak of the
Civil war it was renamed Fort Lyon
in memory of the Union general who
fell al the battle of Wilson's Creek,
Missouri. Although the site of the
post has changed several times, the
Fort Lyon, Colo, of today claims as
its progenitor the historic "Bents
Fort ON the Arkansas
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-03-11
Famous Forts in
y. S. History
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
&c. 1925. Western Newspaper Union
Outposts of the Old S. w.
Frontier

When white "squatters" began tres.
passing upon the lands set aside for
the Choctaw Indians in the present
state of Oklahoma a hundred years
ago, the government determined to
establish military posts in that region
to protect its red wards. Accordingly
Col. Matthew Arbuckle, commandment
at Fort Smith, Ark, was ordered to
select sites for two new forts one
near the mouth of the Verdigris river
IN the valley of the Arkansas and the
other near the mouth of the Kiamitia
IN the Red river country.
Arbuckle asked Col. Auguste P.
Chouteau, Creole French trader who
was familiar with the region. to Sc
lect the site for the post on the YER
dlgris and by the middle of April,
1924, Chouteau and Capt. Nathaniel
Pryor, another well-known frontiers
man of that day, had chosen the
place. Within a few weeks Arbuckle
had established there a stockaded fort
and 1t was occupied by a force Of 300
men. This was the beginning of Fort
Gibson, named in honor of Col George
Gibson, then commissary general.
The first few years of Fort Glib
sons existence were uneventful. II
was a lonely outpost with canoe
travel on the Grand river as the only
means of communication with the out
side world until 1923, when the first
steamboat arrived. II 1882 Washing
ton Irving visited the post, and in his
book "a Tour of the Prairies" we are
given some interesting glimpses of
life at this far western military
post.
In 1914 there was organized at Fort
GbsOn an expedition to return to
their peop'e some captive Kiowa and
Wichita Indian children, who had been
ransomed from the Osages, and Gen.
Henry Leavenworth came to the fort
to take command This was the first
appearance of the newly organized
First dragons which numbered among
it's officers such celebrities as Henry
Dodge, Stephen =. Kearney, Edwin
V. Sumner, Philip ST. George Cooke
and Jefferson Davis. George Catlin,
the famous Indian painter. also &C
companied the expedition.
From that time on Fort Gibson was
an important post in the southwest
and with the exception of three or
four years just before the Civil war
il was continuously garriSOned by
regulars until 1890. During the Civil
war it was the center of operations
for the armies which were contrasting
for control of Indian Territory but
after the war the frontier had been
pushed so far beyond it that 1t gave
place in Importance to several other
Oklahoma forts, notably Fort Sill.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-03-11
SIZE NOT MEASURE
OF BRAIN CAPACITY
Evidently Quality Is the
Only Thing That Counts.

Homo Sapiens (1925 model prob
ably will not worry a great deal over
the recently expressed opinion of Sir
Arthur Keith, the great English
archeologist, says the ST. Paul Pioneer
Press. Sir Arthur, who has just fin
lshed an examination of the prehis-
toric skull unearthed in South Africa,
concludes that the tendency of man
is backward in the direction of the
animals whence he sprang. Mans
brain capacity is diminishing. We<are
not threatened with super-intellectual-
ity, but the reverse.
Now, there is nothing new about
this melancholy situation. Mans brain
cavity is smaller than it used to be.
According to the Psychologists, II
reached its greatest size in Pleisto-
Gene times. Some of the Neanderthal
and Cro-Magnon people had brain
cavities as large as 1880 cubic cent?
meters. Pithecanthropus erectus, the
Trinil man, had a brain cavity of
1000 ccm. This was the smallest. ac-
cording to the scientists, of the pre-
historic brain cavities. The Piltdown
race hau brains as large as the mod
ern man-1,500 Gem. Since Upper
Paleolithic times the brain cavity has
diminished from upwards of 1900
Gem. to 1900 Gem.
Yet, despite these large brains, the
Pleistocene races were monumental
dumbbells, Intellectually speaking
Thousands of years were required be-
fore they learned to pick UP q stone
and throw it at something. Other
thousands passed before they found
out how to chip pieces off the stone
and give it cutting edge. Still other
thousands elapsed before they learned
how to fasten this sharp stone to a
stick and make an AK. The old Stone
age lasted for hundreds Of thousands
of years, yet its people, all of whom
had larger brains than the "best
minds" in the the ordinary Presiden-
tial cabinet were able to master only
a few rudimentary things.
s If therefore. modern man has a
smaller brain than his prOgenitors, OBJ
viously something is to be said for
its quality. He learns much more
quickly. Within the memory of those
now living he has accomplished things
far beyond the comprehension of the
hig-brained people. He can outfy the
birds; outswim the fishes; send his
voice around the world without wires !;
harness the lightning, and imprison
sound in box. Size clearly isn't
everything.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-03-11
UnconUinced

Owner of Property (sternly)-Do
you see that notice. "Trespassers will
be prosecutor"
Hobo (calmly)-No, l don't see it, for
l can't read
Owner-Well. you know what 1t Is
now, so take yourself off.
Hobo-Hexcuse me, mister, but l
don't know what it is. I've only got a
bare word for it, an you're a puffeck
stranger to me. For all know the
notice may be: milk and Heggs Sold
ere or "Orses and Kerriges to Rent"
of "Welkim. Weary Wanderer. "-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-03-11

the last few years the most OF
higher government schools in
have opened their doors to
/ women students.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-03-11
That Proofreader, Again!

'What do you mean by implying
that 1 have dishonesty covered myself
with the peoples money!" demanded
the city treasurer. as he rushed into the
Office of the local paper.
whats the trouble?' casually
queried the city editor
Here it is" Indignantly continued
the public official. pointing to a news
item.
The item began: william Binns,
who is encrusted with the public
funds. ."-Evsrybody' Magazine
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-03-11
'i20TINGTON, KY, WOMAN
Makes Remarkable Recovery
=, Ashcroft Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham's
Hd VEGETABLE Compound ReIieyed Her of
Severe illness and Pain

Pinkham's Blood Medicine for poor
blood. I was cold all the time.
would be so cold l could hardly sit
still and in the palms of my hands
there would be drops of sweat. I
also used the Sanative Wash and /
recommend it also. You may pub
lish this letter and / will gladly an
swer letters from women and advise
nv neighbors about these medicines"
Mrs. HARRY ASHCROFT, 632 Beech
Avenue, Covington, Kentucky.
Mrs. Boyer Also Found Help
Gilman City, Missouri.-'T was in
such condition that could not eat
nor sleep to do me any good and l
felt draggy all the time. My head
ached, my right side and back would
almost kill me at times, and l could
be on my feet only short while at a
time. ! was irregular and so nervous,
irritable and respondent that thought
| could not stand the strain much
longer. Ihad been this way more or
less for ten years, but the last two
years was just terrible. l took medi-
cines, but got little relief until be-
gan to take the Vegetable Compound.
| took three bottles before / could
see any change at all. have taken
seven in all and am improving right
along. / have used Lydia E. Pink
hams Sanative Wash and take the
Liver Pills. / can do most of my work
now, and / live on a farm and there
is lots of it to do. wash, iron, hoe
the garden, raise chickens and tend
to the milk. - Mrs. T. M. BOYER,
Gilman City, Missouri.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-03-11
uas, HARRY ASHCROFT -,

n.s- HARRY ASHCROFT
s sr,es AVENUE, CONVECTION Ky
..,i' '5t3 KY was so weak
Cg IaggorIs | could hardly do my
l ~ liza as I could not stand be-
T. ss% " the bearing-down pains IN
v s, Il and abdomen. / sat down
n p q Inc time and did what ! could
n 4 That al way-as washing dishes,
Y 0o 15', Jav a book describing LYDIA
'pintbams medicines was put IN
n a,i'' box, q, | saw how the Vege-
l l,i c1o,'m o had helped others 30
n. Y M 4 4 trial. . ] had to take about
~ a,on I hotties before / gained my
s S5ot but | certainly praise this
S i,sS Then / took Lydia E.
\ tbg world took millions of
In the making, why should we
such hurry?
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-03-11
HuStLing World

Billy Sunday. fully recovered from
his serious illness. said in Rochester
the other day:
We'll, the worlds all wrong, of
course, but it's a hustling world-nO
doubt about that.
yes, Sir" he ended. ITS a world
where if you're not up and doing
you're down and done"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-03-11
Shake Hands With Mr.. vi

If you should happen to be on the
Cote d'AZur and should chance to
meet young man who signs himself
Henry Pu vi, know that you have en-.
cOuntered the erstwhile emperor Of
China who is touring Europe because
he has nothing else to do.-Paris
Figaro.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-03-11

One-half teaspoon Calumet Baking
Powder added to mashed potatoes or
carrots. together with the milk, and
beaten thoroughly, makes a delight
fully light and appetizing dish.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-03-11

h an ,s,, ,Faiiic congestion in large
bed ~ any,, inventor has devised cigar,
h oy a.s hung in pairs from a
ham, 'y ,ao rail and capable of
~'-s IOO miles an hour,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-03-11
OfCourse

Johnnie-For what is elephant
leather used?
Jimmie-For trunks
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-11-16
1924 BUILDING
EXCEEDED IN
TEN MONTHS
Construction in Northwest
Shows s Per Cent Lead
Over Last Year

las mouth had tnr largcst Ocl0-
Der construction volume on record,
according 10 f.. ". Dodge Corpora
ton. Bu.lding and engineering
contracts awarded, during the ~ ont h
in ,ha 3G Eastern States (Which in
Glade ahou, = o: the total con
etrlir,ion volume Of the country
amounted 10 $5l9,12S.2 900. This was
= per cent greater than the volume
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-11-16
Tho Indian Dance

The Indian dance viii! be present.
ed by a number Of real Indians in
full costume and will be well wortA
seein~.
In the second episode il the pres,
ence Of civilization, flom the horn.
OF plenty. Ceres, the goddess o.
grains, Pomona, the goddess Of FRUITS,
Peresephone, the queen Of the vege-
table kingdom. and Flora. The god
OF flowers, place their gifts upon the
altar OF humanity. The country
folks roioirn becausn th"v l."c IN IN :
land Of plenty. l.le husning bee
and the old fashiont | square dance
are part Of the second episode. which
also includes the corn family re-
union
IN the third episode II Nerendryc
-.e first white man to visit tne
: indian Indians, eulogiz"3 corn.
= Wis and Clark barter in corn, ana
while "Tenting Tonight - sung,
glorious corn sustains the warrio.
in battle The poet reciteS about
The Maize. The prince and the
pauper alike live on con- The pio-
neer thrives when his fields are
sown to maize.
In the epiloglc Civilization ASKS
the gods and the goldcsses to give
ROYAL Corn to the Land Of the Da-
cotahs in abundance.
SOrIie and Shafer To Speak
Tomorrow
The corn show will open at l0,3'
a. m. tomorrow when the exhibit.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-11-16
Will OPPOSE
ANY FURTHER
CUT IN TAXES
Chairman Green Announces
Revenue Has Been Sliced
to the Limit

Washington. Nov. lG. -~A) Chair-
man Green Of the house ways and
means committee believes the federal
revenue for next year has been size
ed to the limit Of sound policy in the
rcduc. ions already voted by the COM
mittee in the new revenue bill and
indicates he will oppose any attempt
in the house to increase the tax cut.
In a statement issued as the COM
mittee prepared to complete the
drafting Of the bill, Chairman Green
announced that the door was closed
there to any further pleas for tax re-
lief. The treasury, he said. could
not stand any reduction beyond the
$304 100000 estimated under the re-
visions already approved.
This is taken to mean that the com
mittee intends to stand on the rate
schedules as now adopted, and furth-
crn,)re, that vigorous opposition Will
be interposed to any attempt in the
house. as threatened, to go beyond
the committees proposal for reduc,
tions in the automobile tax.
Business Conditions Cited
Mr.. Green especially emphasized
the opinion that government revenues
should not be cut too closely because
of their large dependence on bushes:
conditions. The fact that since 1921
the actual reduction in revenue ha:
been proportionately less than the re-
duction in tax rates he ascribe(
largely to changing business condi
tions.
While he believed an adequate sur
plus could be definitely counted OF
in the present fiscal year, with onl,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-11-16
IS YOUR CHILD
THIN AND WEAK
Cod Liver Oil in Sugar Coated
Tablets Puts on Flesh and
Builds Them Up

In just a few days-quicker than
you ever dreamed of--these wonder
full health building. flesh making
tablets called McCoy's Cod Liver Oil
Compound Tablets will start to help
any thin. underwcight little one.
After sickness and where ricketts,
are suspected they are especially val
liable. No need to give them any
more nasty Cod Liver Oil-these tab
lets are made to take the place Of
that good, but evil smelling, stomach
upsetting medicine and they surely
do it.
A very sickly child, age 0, gained
IL pounds in months.
Ask Finney's Drug store, A. P.
Lenhart's Drug store, or any druggist
for McCoys Cod Liver Oil Compound
Tablets-as easy to take as candy
60 tablets 60 cents and money back
if not satisfied.-Adv.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-11-16

total for the first ten months o.
las, year, % per cent; Four large
districts have already exceeded
their 1924 totals: New England. tn"
Pittsburgh District, the Central
West. and the Southeastern States.
Contemplated new WORK report
ed last month amounted 10 $S3!,-
Uiv. 800. This was an increase O.
- pcr cent over the amount report
e. :, Sr0.pMha", and ~ per cent
over the amount reported in Octo-
Der of last year. Th:& large volume
Of new work in the plan stage in
diratcs that the demand for new
construction continues N"ry strong.
The Northwest
Hliidium and engineering con
tracts Of last month in Minnie sofa.
the, nako.nS and Northern Michigan
amounted 60 SG.9"2.!00. This was 1"
- per cent decrease from S'Ntrm-
her and an Is per cent decrease
from October Of last year. Inc
more important items Of the Geo
Der record were: $3.9SS,lO0. or 80
per cent Of all construction for
residential buildings: $?27,2no. or
~ per cent, for public work. and
utilities: $Gl0,l00 or per cent. tor
commercial buildings; and $15i.-
coo. or per cent, for hosp tails ana
Institutions.
New cons tructton started in the
Northwestern states during the past
ten months has amounted to SSl.-
10000, giving this year lead o!
: per cent over the corresponding
period Of last year.
Contaminated new work reported
IN October amounted TO Sl3,l2o,l0O
an increase Of IL per cent over the
amount reported in September and
OF II per Gent over the amount re-
ported in October Of last year.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-11-16
PRIZE WINNING LANR
WILL BE SHOWN HERE

The grand champion lamb at
TIE iurior live stock show II
South 81 Paul will be a guest
&c honor" AT he North Dakota
State Corn Show this week and
will be giveI Il prominent place
80 ON Of .hn show windows OF
the city auditorium, where tn"
how VII be held The lamb was
rurrhoeeA ~" .hn 500 L." AND *
being sent here as that compang's
contlibu' ION To 'ho corn sho" eE.
hib;ts. The animal was raised
by Vernon Rairdin of MontevIdoo,
Mimi, who received 81 - per
sound 60" it--thc highest pNc"
over roid 70" q lamb al any sale
in the word.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-11-16
ASSOCIATE OF
JAMES J. HILL
DIES IN n. Y.

s.. Paul, Nov. -LP)--Crawtord
Livingston. northwest railroad buiid-
or and banker and associate of James
J. Hill. the "empirc builder" died
today in New York after II long ill.,
ness, according to word received here.
He was ~ years old.
Up to the time of his death he was
eastern representative of tho North
ern Pacific railway. lie also was ac-
lively identified with numerous de
vclopment projects Of the northwest.
Burial will be in st. Paul, probably
Thuraday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-11-16
Tuesdays Program
for State Corn Show

1000 m to 1880 ?. m,
Visit exhibits
50 ~ Bard Concert Pro-
fcssor Sorlicn's Band,
ormal oo"njn" o. Corn Show
Governor a. G.. Sorir.
Nicholson 4 Graves In Nau-
dcviilr: Comedy Juggling, talk
ng, singing dancing
Address: The Significance Of
he State Corn Show Attorney
General Geo +. Snaf"r.
Musical Farce: "Susan Jarv'
bismarck PlavmakcrS.
500 p. m. Concert Professor
Sorlien's Orchestra.
vauueyillc: Nicholson <
Graves.
Musical Novelties: The swcc;
toned Musical Hand Saw and on
or features. II. J. DUemcland.
ngc n'--l25 people.
The Land Of Royal Corn.
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half of it affected by the major pro-
posed tax cuts under the bill, and
also in 1927. when some of the re-
auctions sin will not be in full
force, no one, he thought. can safe
ly phophcsy" now what business will
be in 1925. \ general slackening up
in the business then, he estimated.
would mean 4 cut in revenue of at
least 100000 and general de-
pre- ssion of more than 500, 600, 900.
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~ order that no on" WILL re hrP'
from hearing Mr. b"hhel'H ',G ''''
m;ttec has decided I" open the hu-
ditorlum free To everyone TOR M.
talk. He vii. appear on tn, n'.',,
gram following the I'terN""n nL'
If vaudeville and other ente''a,n-
1cnt and anyone wishing 10 near Nr
ponneilN bu, VINO u"cH ho' vs." ~
@ttend the cntrrtainment. rr"E'a"
will be admitted f'c" Just BEFORE NJ.
address i begun.
Mr.. ponne.lF canevt:o,d ."'rF'
other engagemcntS, N order t. "r
pear on tn" Nortn llA%"i' Hi"'' '"',
Show program and the directors o.
The show feel very 'ortUnA'" }" So
caring him. ..
Ihc rcPucs. m. Deep @'"' M.
al business Np''~'~ III h.' 80
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-11-16

appreciate work instead. He Is go ,
years old and an eX-service man.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-11-16
CORPORATIONS

Smith Manufacturing Company,
Maxbass, N. d.. to manufacture me-
chanical appliances, $25 900; Charles
+. Stretch, Thomas Smith, ID. Il. Nc
Donald, James A. Buckingham and
William X. Killer, all Of MaXbass.
Cook with Gas. It's the
Ideal Fuel.