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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-04-15

Father comes home at six. If I'm
not there he's disappointed"
Julie, plump, blonde, placid, forsook
her soft white banishments and tried
steel against the steel of Selina's de-
clsion.
He leaves you right after supper.
And you're alone every night until
twelve and after"
Il don't see what that has to do with
It," Selma said stiffiy. IF I'm not
there he's disappointed. And that ter
rible Mrs. Tebbitt makes eyes at him.
He hates it there"
"Then don't see why you stay. I
never could see. You've been there
four months now, and l think it's hor-
rid and stuffy, and oilcloth on the
stairs"
Father has had some temporary
business setbacks."
Julie, fond though defeated, kissed
her friend goOd-by.
Selma walked quickly the short dis
lance from the Hempel house to Teb-
bits, on Dearborn avenue. Up in her
second-fooI room she took off her hat
and called to her father, but he had
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-04-15
"He Who Finds Gold Dies
in the AImshouse"

He was a Swiss adventurer, born
in Germany, schooled in the French
army and a member of band Of trap
pers who crossed the western plains
to California in 1888. There the Span
ish governor Juan Alvaredo, made
him a general and presented him with
IL square leagues of land upon which
he built, at the junction of the Amer
lean river and the Sacramento, a fort
which he named Fort New Helvetia.
With an army of so men as a garri-
son, he dwelt here in feudal state, rul-
ing over thousands of Indians who
cultivated his broad acres of wheat,
tended his vineyards or cared for his
herds of 1900 cattle, 10000 sheep
and 1000 horses and mules. Cover
nor Micheltorean, Alvaredo's success
sor, presented him with an additional
IL square leagues of land and so Gen.
John A. Suffer was truly a monarch
Of all he surveyed"
Then on January "a, 184S, Capt.
James W. Marshall. employed by SUIT
ter to build a sawmill at Coloma up
the American river, found in the
sands some shining particles. He told
Suffer about it and although they
tried to keep. secret the discovery of
gold, the news leaked out. One day
in May a man walked down the
streets of San Francisco holding aloft
a bottle of shining dust and shouting,
"GOld! Gold! Gold from the Ameri-
can river!"
The news depopulated San Francis
co. Sailors deserted their ships in
the harbor. A tide of gold-mad hui
mainly surged around Fort New Hell
vetia or Fort Sacramento, as it was
also called. The Swiss kings" stores
were looted by reckless Adventures
who soon followed the first argo-
nauts; his live stock was stolen; his
lands were overrun by squatters.
HE who finds gold will die in the
almshouse." SO runs, an old Spanish
prOverb. Gen. John A. Suffer learned
the bitter truth of that. California
became part Of the United States
and the titles given by the Spanish
governors were no longer recognized.
He appealed to the United States
courts for recompense and justice.
For awhile he was given a monthly
pension of $3.50 but relinquished this
bounty after receiving it IA years.
Embittered and poverty-stricken he
went east and settled in the little town
of Lititz, Pa. There he died in 1880.
Fort New Helvetia, Suffers Fort, is
now the city of Sacramento, the .capi-
tai Of California.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-04-15

not yet come in. She was glad of that
She had been fearful of being late. She
regarded her hat with some distaste,
roses, did rip stitch or two, only to
discover that the hat material was
more faded than the roses, and that
the uncovered surface showed up a
dark splotch like a wall-spot when
picture, long hung, is removed. So
she got a needle and prepared to tack
the offending rose in it's accustomed
place.
Perched on the arm of a chair near
the window, taking quick deft stitches,
she heard a sound she had never heard
before, and yet, hearing it, recognized
it by one of those pangs, centuries old,
called woman's instinct. Thud-shuffie
-thud shuff1e-up the narrow stair
way, along the passage. She stood up,
the needle poised in her hand. The
hat fell to the floor. Her eyes were
wide, fixed. Her lips slightly parted.
The listening look. She knew.
She knew even before she heard the
hoarse mans voice saying, Lift 'er up
there q little on the corner, now. Easy
-e-e-easy." And Mrs. Tebbitt's high
shrill clamor: you can't bring it in
there! You hadn't ought to bring it
in here like this 70
Selina's suspended breath came
back. She was painting now She had
flung open the door. A fiat still burden
partially covered with an overcoat
carelessly flung over the face. The
feet in their square-toed boots, wob-
bled listlessly. Selma noticed how
shiny the boots were. He was always
very firicking about such things.
Simeon Peake had been shot in JEFF
Hanlzins place at five in the afternoon.
The irony of it was that the bullet had
not been intended for him at ALL It's
derelict course had been due to femi-
nine aim. Sped by one of those over
dramatic ladies who, armed with horse
whip or pistol in tardy defense of their
honor, spangled. Chicago's dull sos
with their doings, 1t had been meant
for a well-known. newspaper publisher
usually mentioned Tin papers other
than his own) as a bon vivant The
lady's leaden remonstrance was To
have been proof of the fact that he
had been more vivacious than Don.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-04-15
Famous Forts in
u. S. History
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON
%. 1925, Western Newspaper UniOn.)
A Fort That Once Was a
Territorial CAPITAL


Among the military posts estab-
lished by the federal government,
Fort Whipple in Arizona is one of the
few that can boast of having been a
center of civil as well as military
government and that it once served
the state in which Ii stands as a
territorial capital 1t was built in
1858 near Granite creek by Mai. f.
b. Willis of Col. James H. Carleton's
famous California column" and it
was established there to help hold the
southwest for the Union after Garlic
ton had driven the Confederates out.
1t was named in honor of Brig. Gen.
Amiel Weeks Whipple, who in his
youthful military career had explored
part Of the wilderness of Arizona
before the Civil war and who lost his
life at the battle of Charlottesville.
In January, 1864, John n Goodwin,
governor of the newly-created terri
tory of Arizona, arrived at Fort
Whlpple and Immediately designated
1t as the temporary capital. In May
the fort was moved about 20 miles
southwest to its present location and
by July there had sprung up near it
thriving little town which was
named Prescott in honor of the dis
tinguished historian. During the fol-
lowing years there was a spirited
rivalry between Prescott and Tucson
for the honor Of being capital Of Ari-
zona. Eventually both lost out to
Phoenix, but for a long time Prescott
seemed to have the better claim, part
ly because of its nearness to Fort
Whipple, the center of military affairs
in the territory.
In 1869 Fort Whipple was made
headquarters of the military depart
ment of Arizona and Southern Cali
fornia and there in 1872 came Gen.
George Crook to subdue the hostile
Apaches who had terrorized the south
west from the days of the earliest
white occupancy. Fort Whipple at
that time was described by one Of
Crooks officers as ga ramshackle,
tumbled-down palisade Of Embarked
pine logs hewn from the adjacent for
est slopes, which was supposed to
command something-exactly what
1t Is not known for it was so dilapi-
dated that every time the wind blew
we were afraid it was doomed"
UnimpresSive as the old fort was,
however, it deserves a place in his
tory If for no ether reason than that
1t was the base of operations of
Crooks campaigns against the
ApacheS, as brilliant an achievement
as any in the annals Of the American
army, which brought a greater period
of peace to the harried border than
1t had known for centuries Today
Fort Whipple is only one Of a number
Of posts, which the war department
maintains in the west, whose glory
lies in the past when the red man
rode the war trail against the
whites.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-04-15

ster ran on a French chassis; whose
wants were served by a Japanese
houseman; whose life, In short, was
that of a successful citizen Of the
republic. But she wasn't. Not only
was she dissatisfied: she was at once
remorseful and indignant, as though
she, Selma DeJong, the vegetable ped
Ter, had been partly to blame for this
success Of his, and partly cheated
by 1t.
When Selma DeJong had been Selma
Peake she had lived In Chicago with
her father. They had lived In many
other cities as well. In Denver during
the rampant sos. In New York when
Selma was twelve. In Milwaukee
briefly. There was even San Fran
cisco interlude which was always lit
tie sketchy in Sellnas mind and which
had ended in a departure so hurried
as to bewilder even Selma who had
learned to accept sudden comings and
abrupt gOings without question. "Busi-
ness" her father always said. Little
deal" She never knew until the day of
his death how literally the word deal
was applicable to his business transac-
lions. Simeon Peake, travelling the coun-
try with his little daughter, was gam
bier by profession, temperament, and
natural talents When in luck they
lived royalty, stopping at the best ho-
tells, eating strange, succulent sea-
viands, going to the play, driving in
hired rigs always with two horses. If
Simeon Peake had not enough money
for a two-hOrse equipage he walked).
When fortune hid her face they lived
In boarding houses, ate clearinghouse
meals, wore the clothes bought when
fortunes breath was balmy. During all
this time Selma attended schools, good,
bad, private, public, with surprising
regularity considering her nomadic ex-
istence. She had a beautiful time. Ex-
cept for three years, to recall which
was to her like entering a sombre icy
room on leaving a warm and glowing
one, her life was free, interesting,
varied. She made decisions usually
devolv!ng upon the adult mind. She
selected clothes. She ruled her faith
er. She read absorbedly books found
In clearinghouse parlors, in hotels, in
such public libraries as the times af-
fOrded. She was alone for hours
day, daily. Frequently her father,
fearful of loneliness for her, brought
her an armful Of books and she had an
orgy, dipping and swoOplng about
among them in a sort of gourmands
ecstasy of indecislOn. In this way, at
fifteen, she knew the writings of By
ron, Jane Austen, Dickens, Charlotte
Bronte, Felicia Hemans.
Her three dark years-from nine to
twelve-were spent with her two maid
en- aunts, the Misses Sarah and Abbie
Peake, in the dim, prim Vermont
Peake house from which her father,
the black sheep, had run away when
a boy. After her mothers death Sim
con Peake had sent his little daughter
back east in a fit Of remorse and tenn
pOrary helplessness on his part and a
squirt of forgiveness and churchly
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-04-15

charity on the part Of his two sisters.
The two wemen were Incredibly drawn
In the pattern of the New England
spinster of fiction. Mitts, preserves,
Bible, chilly best room, solemn and
kittenless cat, order, girls-mustnt
They smelled Of apples-of withered
apples that have rotted at the core.
Something Of this she must have
conveyed, in her desperation, to her
father in an uncensored letter. With
out warning lie had come for her, and
at sight of him she had been guilty of
the only fit Of hysterla that marked
her life, before or after the episode.
SO, then, from twelve to nineteen
she was happy. They had come to
Chicago in 1885, when she was sixteen.
There they remained. Selma attended
Miss listers Select School for Young
Ladies. When her father brought her
there he had raised quite a futter III
the Fister breast-so soft-spoken was
he, so gentle. so sad-appeariDg, so win
ring as 70 smile. In the investment
business, he Explained. Stocks and
that kind Of thing. A widower. Miss
Fister said, yes, she understood
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-04-15
SELMA PEAKE

r here's a story by Edna
wei. That settles the quallty
faro'I' probably there Is no
g1es,' gD,rrar writer Of action IN
9.'y . g country AS to snort snort
me dies the woman - men
And as 10 novels--"hy, sme
rY - a dozen to her credit
pas NV are very much to her
al1 -" sovore who has not read
..e4'@ -.d Side Down, " Roast
b-.', ,r.Glumo and Fanny Her
Br.' ", %ss missed lot Of good
u,g AIl her stories and nov
.s-' Ire worth while-clever IN
a. vaIl-writteu clean, whole
p'o. grmpses Of real life. Edna
.. Il called good scout
..1. men and women, whether
lie peaks OF the Colorado
sss.or.r lie canyons Of New
IA chicago. So Big" Is
... ,ha les. ~ all her nov
anyway It was one of the
a.t successes Of I924-pos-
lT .te blegest And that sue
.'o yas deserved, It's a real
.,ary Of real people you would
rf5w btg Is my baby? Selma
r.l5 demand senselessly, How
lie is my mar2
t- Fata- Ufrx belong.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-04-15
Old SORES, PILES
AND ECZEMA VANISH
Good, Old, Reliable Peterson's
Ointment a Favorite Remedy.

Had 81 ulcers on my legs. Doctors
wanted to cut off leg. Peterson's Oint-
ment cured me."--Wm. J. Nichos, 40
Wilder Street, Rochester N. Y.
druggist, says Peterson, of Buffalo,
n. Y, and money back If it isn't the
best you ever used. Always keep Pc
for burns, scalds, bruises, sunburn. and
the surest remedy for itching eczema
and piles the world has ever known.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-04-15
Chapter I

Until he was almost ten the name
suc, to him. lie had literally to fight
M uay free Of 10. From So Big (of
615 and mfantllc derlvation) 1t had
been condensed into Sobig. And Sobig
DpIong In al. fits consonantal dishar-
Dony. he had remained until he was
ten.year-old schoolboy in that In
4 redbIy Dutch district southwest Of
Chicago known frs. as New Holland
nd later as High Prairie. At ten, by
lut Of dsts teeth copper-toed boots,
avid temper. Dirk DeJong.
The nickname had sprung up from
ho early and ldioric question invariably
put TO babies ana answered by them,
With Infinite patience, through the
years Of their infancy
Selma DeJong, dsrting expertly
about her kitchen, from washtub to
baking board, from stove to table, or,
q at work in the fields Of the truck
srm strengthening the numbed back
for a moments respite from the close
set rows Of carrots, turnips, spinach,
or beets over which she was laboring,
would wipe the sweat beads from nose
and forehead with q quick duck of her
t'ld in the crock Of her bent arm.
Those great fine dark eyes Of hers
voa.d regard the child perched lmper-
nnentIy on little heap Of empty pO-
a'o sacks, one Of which comprised
a.s costume. Selma DpJong had little
tme for the expression Of affection.
The work was always hot at her heels.
You saw q young woman in a blue
calico dress faded and earth-grimed.
Between her eyes was driven look
as of one who walks always a little
ahead Of herself in her haste. Her
4H abundant hair was Skewered into
unitarian knob from which soft
'o0ps and strands were constantly es-
Gaping. to- be pushed back by that same
married. duckjng gesture of head and
,5.' oIu. Her hands, for such use,
were usually TOO crusted and inground
"l,a me soil into which she was delv-
n.y. You saw child Of perhaps two
'saIs l.rl9reaked sunburned, and
generally otherwise defaced by those
-...'. a,'.s scratches, and contusions
~, ".. cue common lot of the farm
q. g mother harried by work.
OBJ. moment as the woman
..' ..t.d there In the warm
spring o.the Illinois prairie land.
g. .o"aeei Kitchen OF the farm
N.terad ana vibrated be-
. '...a ... aa a'l abount them an
r.s Impaired to them
'aaangs mystery,
n,v
+ oa2yT Selma would de-
How big is my
r, ,r,
+. -s., ,"... would momentarily cease
a,; io.a. ''E myers into the rich
though slightly .a.. vg'a ism smile a gummy
vide ~ S....' weary smile and stretch
her a-s3 .- one too' would open
would ~. '...s vide, wide. Then they
red p.9s =. o.'. aaet his mouth puck
tenderness sr5 a., DsIs quivering with
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-04-15
Well, that's the end of her
little world for Selma. What
next for the orphan girI7
CTo BE CONTINUED
Greeting Cancels Stamp

One of the most original Stang can
cellations ever put on a piece of United
States mail was that useo by the post
master at Cassville, Wis. June 25
1852, when he wrote Good Morning.
Edward across the stamp when he
recognized the name Of the addressee
as that Of one of his personal friends.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-04-15
RE: S'INW
Soothing and Healing
For Cuts. BurnS.ScaldS
They Don't ShoLU

Somebody asks if the women of to-
day have any illusions. They are not
wearing them if they have-Toledo
Blade
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-04-15

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with headache
and other dis
tressing feelings,
b y simply taxi
ing a few bot
ties of DR..
Pierce's Favor
tie Prescription.
l have had no
return of t h 9
trouble and I
am glad to re-
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-04-15
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-04-15

tonic to all women who suffer. l wish
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-04-15
Women, Why Suffer?

Quincy, Ill.-"I was relieved of
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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-02
TWO PEACEMAKERS
AWAIT REWARD In
ANOTHER WORLD

Texas law takes no cognizance Of
the peacemaker and he must await
his reward in another world as prom
Used by the Bcatitudes.
Though they can't understand why
it is, two negroes now in Jail declare
that something like this must be
true.
Sunday afternoon there were two
couples of them. The girls didn't like
each other.
They sought to settle the battle
for once and all. One used knife
on the other. The victim retaliated
with her fists and teeth.
The escorts sought to separate
them and were a little rough in their
efforts to save the lives Of their re-
spective companions.
And now under the Texas law they
will be tried for aggravated assault
on females.
They sit and ponder.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-02
Elephant Fund Ballot

Every ten cents contributed counts vote.
and the school having the greatest number of votes
when the fund is completed will be entitled to
the big elephant. The school standing second will
the little elephant, while the school having the
third largest number of will have charge of the
elephant christening ceremonies. Mail Or bring your
ballots the Elephant Editor" San Antonio Light
SIT Travis street.
ter votes for ........,.......... school
in the name of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Name vOter)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-02

of which the Rev. S. G. Huey is pas
tor. Sunday.
Each organization participated.
DR.. Arthur Gray Jones, a former
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church here, accompanied by his
wife, is spending the winter in San
Antonio.
DR.. Jones was granted a leave Of
absence in Austin, where he teaches
theology in the Presbyterian Theolog-
zeal Seminary.
With the election of new officers,
plans for increasing the membership
were made at the South Side Chris
tan Church. of which the Rev. Pat
rick Henry is minister.
The board is composed Of five dea-
cons and Is elders.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-02
PRESBYTERIAN
REVIVAL GETS
UNDER WAY
Prospect Hill Church to
Conduct Services for
Two Weeks.

Revival services began at the Pros
pect Hill Presbyterian Church Sun
day, according to the Rev. c. NJ. Del
linger. pastor.
DIR. J. L. Dickens. president of the
Houston Bible Institute, is assisting
the pastor with the campaign. which
will continue for two weeks or longer.
Having held numerous successful
pastoratcs in Texas, Tennessee, MS
sissippi and other states, the Rev. Mr..
Dickens is now pastor of the Denver
Presbyterian Church of Houston.
He is a past president of Trinity
University.
Following the resignation Of the
Rev. Bruce Roberts recently, the Trim
ity Baptist Church has called the Rev.
]. c. Everett to fill its pulpit.
DIR. Everett. the last six years pas
tor of the South San Antonio Baptist
Church, is expected TO announce his
decision within the next few days.
The Rev. Mr.. Roberts preached his
first sermon Sunday at the Garlic
Springs Baptist Church, to where he
was called recently.
The San Antonio Protestant Min
isterial Alliance held its first meet
ing under the direction of newly
elected officers at the Young Mems
Christian Association Monday morn
ing.
Cooperating with DIR. p. B. Hill.
pastor, the board of deasons and eld-
ers has appointed committees to take
charge of the evangelistic campaign at
the First Presbyterian Church next
month. which DIR. C. L. Goodell Of
New York, will conduct.
Members of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association are urged TO attend
the Mems Bible Glass rally at the
First Baptist Church Sunday after
noon. November 10, John X. Beery,
secretary. announced in his report 10
the religious work committee. cover
ing the activities of the last four
weeks.
The Bible school at the Prospect
Hill Christian Church is to have
more adequate meeting place.
approximately $1,000, raised during
the revival which closed Sunday. will
be spent on n large frame structure to
be erected on the church property,
the Rev. L. E. Diehl. pastor, an
nounced.
Evangelist Sid Williams Of San An
tonic, preached in wards No. 81 and
IS. base hospital, Fort Sam Houston,
Sunday.
Music was provided by Mrs. Viii
liams and Miss Louise Gregory.
Members of the Autumn Harvest
Association of st. Mary's Church will
give a banquet at the church Novem-
Der 8. 6 and Z, TO raise funds to pay
off indebtedness Of the new church
building.
Observing Father and Son Week.
the Rev. Il. L. Courtney. pastor OF
Government Hill Christian Church,
will hold week of special services
beginning Sunday. it was announced
Monday.
The choir under the direction Of j.
E. Harris, will provide special music.
Nothing But the TRUTH a play,
was presented by the City Epworth
League union at Beethoven Hall.
The play was directed by Miss La
VIVA Reveley.
Homecoming day was observed in
the First United Presbyterian Church.