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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1920
Page
4
The Washburn Times notes the defeat of a bond measure to fund a new high school building. It commends the current Board for proposing the plan and argues they can manage needs in the coming years without lowering the schools’ high standards or losing state aid.
The Wisconsin delegation at the Chicago Republican convention largely voted for LaFollette, despite the outcome being a foregone conclusion. Only two exceptions broke from the LaFollette line, leaving the delegation described as having a sorry showing.
The speaker criticizes Wisconsin's delegation for a weak convention showing with two exceptions, noting the party chose a North Dakota vice-presidential candidate who failed to win his own state. The remark blames those who selected them as representatives.
Melvin A. Hall notes in National Geographic Magazine that the Boekit Barisan mountain system along Sumatra's western coast hosts ninety volcanoes, with twelve currently active, as geologic forces shape the Karo Batak plateau and the Tuba lake region.
Goat's milk in Naples is touted as a sanitary, healthful solution to aid the extremely poor with a food free from adulteration. It notes an infant death rate of 155 per 1,000, claiming Naples has a lower rate than major European cities.
Jud Torkins speaks of remaining steady as he avoids excess after the season. He vows not to become a father who overindulges when the Santa Claus outfit is stored in the attic.
The Interstate Commission probes railroad valuations with government and carrier figures. Reproduction costs and inventories imply total road value far above book values, with major lines like New York New Haven Hartford and Boston and Maine showing large excesses. Hulme notes these are minimum figures due to inventorial and engineering differences across agencies.
Redwood is noted as highly fire resistant and strong relative to its weight. It remains hard to ignite, burns slowly, and withstood the 1906 San Francisco fire. It is light, stiff, and durable, making it suitable for general construction and especially valuable for poultry yard applications needing rot resistance.
Coconuts are cited as highly valuable in tropical regions with the palm growing wild and used in many ways. The nut’s meat provides food and the center liquid is a refreshing drink, sap from unopened flower buds can ferment into a strong intoxicant, husk fuels fires, fibers make rope and mats, shells serve as fuel cups and utensils, and leaves wood provide mats thatching and timber for huts.
The text describes ancient needles without eyes used to pierce skins and pass roots or thongs, evolving to holes and eyes. It notes stone and bronze needles for dragging through hides, with later bone needles featuring eyes found in reindeer caves in France and lake dwellings in central Europe.
An English device, a spiral-spring belt pump, reportedly lifts 1,000 gallons per hour from 100 feet, using a grooved pulley and weight. The belt discharges water over the top as it turns. A Southern rail passenger in Canada heard similar chatter about finding a colored woman, quoting a ticket agent in Savannah News.
Marines at Guantanamo Bay Cuba captured two 200 pound turtles while patrolling the bay. Each creature yielded more than 100 eggs when killed. The eggs have soft shells and taste like the yolk of a hen’s egg. they are boiled hard and peeled.
Sheriff will sell at public vendue the SW quarter of section 23 and N half of section 27 in township 49N range 6W Bayfield County Wisconsin containing 480 acres more or less per judgment. Sale date July 87 1920 at front door of Washburn Court House at 0 o clock. Plaintiff L O Dart v E P Raymond Elizabeth Raymond Monica Ralph and Twenty Sixth Street Bank.
Services as follows until further against Oscar O Dean Lawrence C Larson L M Berry L F Jensen Richard R Kaddatz and S W Erickson in Bayfield County Wisconsin You are summoned to appear within twenty days after service to defend the above entitled action in the court and a default judgment will be entered if you fail A W MacLeod Attorney for Plaintiff Washburn P O Address Bayfield County Wisconsin
By order of a May 12 1919 judgment of foreclosure and sale sheriff James M Long will sell July 10 at 9 am at the Washburn courthouse front door the Northwest quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 1 Township 47 North Range 2 West cash terms. Bagley Reed and A W MacLeod represent the plaintiff.
Money to loan on City Property and farm lands. Call or write Geo. G. Macdonald Bristol Block Ash land Wistf.
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