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HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
The local oratorcal conteßt was held
at the high school Tue.dav evening.
The six young men who took part, are
Kenneth Smith. Albon Lindemann, Har
ry Blythe, Neil Rudi, Owen Snodgrass
and Milton Davidson. The first three
a, ih represent the school at the I* gue
contest, the time and place of which
will he announced later.
A number of pictures of scenes in
Yellowstone Park were shown while the
audience were assembling.
Messrs. D. 0. Mahoney, W. N. Cof
fland and A. E. Smith acted as judges.
It was a pleasure to see the smiling
face of genial W. 11. Hunt, inspector of
graded schools, at the contest, Tuesday
evening.
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The cold wet weather of the past
two weeks has sadly interrupted the
baseball practice at the fair grounds.
The team has, on the whole, been well
supported by the boys. Nearly every
iiight finds plenty of "scrubs” to fill
out an extra nine and the practice ends
in a lively game.
The schedule for the season is as fol
lows:
April 30—Vlroqua at Sparta.
May 7—Viroqua at Viola.
May 14—Viroqua at La Farge.
May 21 —Sparta at Viroqua.
May 28—La Farge at Viroqua.
June 4—Viola at Viroqua.
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Messrs. Habart and Chappell acted
as judges at the declamatory contest
at Soldiers Grove last Friday evening.
Notice
My stallion "Sedueter,” will stand’
the season as follows: On theElef Elef
son farm, two miles south of Viroqua,
everyday. Juuus Ei.lefson.
Norwegian Poet Dies
Bjornstjerne Rjornson, the famous
Norwegian poet, novelist and patriot,
passed away in Paris, France, last
evening, at tne age of sixty-eight
years. He was a leader in the move
ment for the separation of his native
country from Sweden, and author of the
Norwegian national anthem, “Ja vl
elsker dette landet. ”
MARRIED
On Thursday last at Quincy, Florida. Miss Ruth
WatHo® and Mr. Rom Williamson of Jacksonville.
Florida. Tho bride is a daughter of Mr. Aaron
Watson this city.
By at the parsonage of Rev. G. W. Nuzum
on Tuesday. April 26, Mr. Koreat Munyon of
Franklin and Mins Flossie Lieu ranee of Sterling.
At Genoa Catholic church, April 32, by Rev.
Father Kramer, Mr. Frank liaralanl and Mias
Grace Morreili.
—Ladies’ sl2 cepes special at Rogers’
Friday, Saturday, only $7.50.
—Enrollment of new subscribers to
the Censor is just a little gratifying.
And there is room for others.
—Mrs. Hattie Hesseling was pleas
antly surprised at her home on Monday
evening by the Relief Corps ladies in
honor of her birthday.
—ln the Millard divorce case which
was tried before Judge Iligbee at Vi
roqua this week, Mrs. Tletta Millard of
this place received a decree and judg
ment of $12,000 being one-third of Mr.
Millard’s property. La Farge Enter
prise.
—The scientists assure us that the
seventeen year locusts will not visit
Wisconsin this year. Glad of it. Think
we had a sufficient blast in the late
blizzard. That and the run of politics
Wisconsin will be subjected to ought to
be ample for one year.
fOLEYSSONET^IM
for childrens mafo , aurt. .Va aplatao
New Dutch
Collars and
Jabos.all the
rage, at
19 cents
Sale of Ladies’Suits, Coats, Skirts
Go at Big* Reductions. Every One a Bargain
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Jsl.
New SHANTON SILK, all the Rage, 39c per yard.
A splendid assortment just received. Unusually good quality at the price.
We are showing it in beautiful shades—Copenhagen, reseda,old rose, brown,
green, tan, blue, black. You will be pleased with them. Special at 39 cents
<l3O in. Percales at 7'-c. <JNew 50c Dress Goods at
33c. Dresses at 48c. <JMen’s 25c Shield
Bows I9c. <|Ladies’ 10c Hose at 7c, 15c hose at 9c.
WiSCQHSIN ISSUES
ME DISCUSSED
County Option and Reduction
of Taxation.
OHIO AND INDIANA RESULTS
United States Bupreme Court De
cision Sets Forth the Saiocn as a
Prolific Source of Crime, Mis
try and Cost in Dollars.
BY J. EMORY STREET.
In my first article discussing county
option I presented these contentions
of those who favor this departure:
That county option Is just and fair
because it is thd American principle
of majority rule applied to the liquor
traffic. *
That the cowiiy is the proper unit,
because all the people in the county
ought to be heal'd on u / question
which affects the taxes of a county.
That the county also Is the proper
unit because of its being the more ef
fective unit for law enforcement.
I did not conclude on law enforce
ment in my first article.
It has been contended by some that
the law enforcement machinery of tho
county ought to be just as alert and
effective when village, town or town
ship option prevails in a county. Ex
perience, however, has disproved this
contention.
The county officials feel that the vil
lage, town, township or city ought to
see to its own law enforcement, inas
much as Its decision is something in
which it is directly interested and in
which the rest of the county hi not di
rectly interested, because it ha not
given its decision by ballet and m
jorlty vote.
The county really is the first unit. In’
our American form of government, and
ft Is so recognized in the state gov
ernment. Political parties recognize
tiie county in establishing county com
mittees, and members of the senate
and assembly are elected to represent
each county according to the popula
tion.
Inasmuch as the county decides by
vote whether its taxes shall be in
creased or diminished when improve
ments are under consideration by vot
ing on bond issues, it is but. fair that
It also should deride whether the sa
loon shall exist within tts borders, be
cause the saloon affects the tax rate.
The American way of making such
decision Is by majority rule estab
lished by ballot.
It must be remembered also that
when the majority of voters of a coun
ty decide on ; ny step the law enforce
ment machinery feels that public senti
ment Is behind it.
It is nlmost beyond human power to
make any law effective, unless tho
measure is backed by sentiment.
Liquor men contend that to banish
The Fair Savings Store
Next, to the Postoffice
t (T A HANDSOMELY TAIL
ORED SUlTS—some at
s9.9s,others at $11.85 and $13.85
—all matchless values. Every
garment in this lot selected be
cause of its good style, material
and making. We present them for
your inspection this week, the
best values of fine tailored suits
to be found anywhere at equal
prices.
$15.00 Tailored Suits at $9.95
$16.50 “ “ “ $11.85
SIB.OO “ “ “ $13.85
$20.00 “ “ “ $15.85
$22.00 “ “ “ $16.95
$25 & S3O “ “ • $18.85
the saloon from the county means a
reduction of revenues of the county;
that someone has to make up the
tax* paid by the liquor traffic.
I have personally looked into eon- •
dittoes in Ohio, where under county
option the saloon has been voted out
of 67 counties, making 62 out of 88
counties "dry," and in Indiana where
under county option 67 counties voted
"dry,” making 70 out of the S2 coun
ties Jn the state “dry.”
State and county officials, business
men and other tax payers claim, and
present figures prove their claims, that
where the saloon has been out of a
county long enough to make the test
fair actual reduction In taxes is shown.
They assert that taxes paid by the
saloon do not begin to meet the crim
inal cost of the saloon, and that when
the saloon has been voted out bank
deposits Increase, retail business im
proves, money which formerly went
over the bar going to the grocer,
butcher, clothing and other merchants.
They charge a large reduction In the
number of arrests for criminal of
fenses, and In the number of Inmates
of insane asylums, poor houses and
other charitable Institutions supported
by county tax.
I have the figures presented in Ohio
and IndlanH by those who make these
claims, and later on I probably will
present them to the readers of !bia
paper.
I refer to only Ohio and Indiana bo
cause I Imagine that if county option
prevails in Wisconsin It will be along
lines followed in these two dates.
Liquor men have contended in Ohio
and Indiana and Michigan that th
saloon cannot be classed as a prolific
source of criminal expense.
In reply to this assertion may be
presented this from a decision of the
United States cupreine court, the high
est tribunal In the world:
"By general concurrence of opinion
of every civilized and Christian com
munity, there are few sources of crime
and misery in society equal to the
dram shop, where intoxicating liquors,
in small quantities, to be drunk at the
time, are sold indiscriminately to all
persons applying. The statistics of
every state show a great amount of
crime and misery attributable to the
use of ardent spirits obtained at these
retail liquor saloons than to any other
source. There It no Inherent right In
the citizen to sell Intoxicating liquor
by retail. It is not a privilege of a
citizen of the state, cr of a citizen of
the United States.”
[TO E CO!fTISTF*T.J
Ladies’ $8 capes special at Rogers’
Friday and Saturday, $3.98.
—Our new spring suits are making
the hit of the season. The Blue Front
Store.
—See Tibbits-Cameron’s fine stock of
umber and get prices on our shingles.
We can save you money.
Mrs. Hattie Hesseling and daugh
ter Vivian, were at I’otosi, Grant coun
ty last week to attend the funeral of
a relative.
—Mrs. A. O. Anderson has moved
from the S. R. Pollard tenement re
sidence into the O. G. Munson house
on Center avenue.
Everybody appreciates goodness—if
it’s the real thing.
"Every member of the troupe likes
Boothby.”
"Gee! What a rotten uctor he must
be!”—Cleveland Leader.
New Hyde
grade Petti
coats 98c,
$1.25, $1.45,
.while they last
The ADVERTISEMENT
Quoted below appeared in a recent issue of The Saturday Evening Post.
• It concerns a matter of vital interest to every man; the purchasing
head of every family- If you haven’t read it, do so now.
Such a bold, straightforward business statement is certainly unusual.
But it so fitly covers the consistent policy of this store, the charac
ter of its merchandise, the service rendered to customers, that we
reproduce the entire advertisement, thus making its application
specifically to the Viroqua home of Hart Schalfner & Marx Clothes.
This Is an Important Feature When
Constructing Highways.
Professor .1. It. Davidson of the
(own Agricultural college, who Is an
authority on the drainage of highways
to those Interested in the construction
of good roads, says that all roads
should he provided with surface drain
age. The cross section should be of
such a shape as to shed all rain at
on* e to the side ditches. To do this
the road must be oral or have a crown
and must be smooth. The first of these
Is a matter const ruction and the lat
ter a matter of maintenance. The side
drainage system should be called upon
to carry as much water as possible
Water cannot bo carried away by the
tile drains until the water has sno.'s
through the soil and softened it.
The crown of a road should be suffi
cient to shod the water readily. If the
t*md is to be maintained and kept free
from ruts and holes less crown will do
than if the road is to be ueglected. The
lowa highway commission recommend
ed a slope one inch to a foot for a
crown in the traveled way. This Is
sufficient for most conditions. The
crown should not be too great. A
steep crown causes the travel to be
concentrated at the center, where nits
will be worn and washing result.
Again, there is some difficulty In vehi
cle- passing. On the side of the crown
the wheels of the vehicles have a tend
ency to grind the road down. This
action, together with the swerving or
tio'v action of the lower part of the
j wheel, has a very marked effect.
The steeper the slope of the road the
more important the crown, for there
| is a tendency for the water to run
| down the track rather than to the side.
! If water once begins to run down the
| center of the roadway It is but a short
time until the road is gullied out.
Couldn’t See Any One.
"Bridget,” cautioned the misfire, a >ae
afternoon, “it any one calls to see ue ]
tell hcr"t‘tn out. l'tu too tired to see j
any oue."
Accordingly a little later a very dear 1
friend who appeared at the front door
received this Incomprehensible answer
to her Inquiry If Mrs. Blank were In: j
"No. she ain’t, mum, an' phat's more
she says she's so toired she wint I
blind.’’—Exchange.
The retail merchant who is so eager to make his own profit
that he forgets his customer’s profit, isn’t doing business in a
fairway. The best merchant is one who is as careful about the
value he gives as about the value he gets.
OEAD that paragraph over; it is quoted from a book sent by us about a year ago
I*■ to all dealers in Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes. It expresses our idea of our
busniess and our merchandise.
This giving of value is the main idea with us; we believe that it is the main
idea of all merchants who sell our clothes. In these days of steady deterioration in
clothes, our all-wool security, fine tailoring and style supremacy are at a premium.
Our dealers realize that a merchant who sells five suits at more' than a fair
profit could easily sell ten if he were fair to his customer; teu fair profits are better
for the merchant than five that are too large, because ten satisfied customers are
better than five uncertain.
If you buy Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes, and are not fully satisfied at any
time, your dealer will make it right; we speak for all of them. Every dealer in our
goods understands our policy in this matter, and that we will go to any length, as a
matter of self-respect to Justify the confidence of the public in our quality.
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Hart Schaffner & Marx
Good Clothes Mahers
Chicago Boston New York
W. F. Lindemann Company
WANT AD. COLUMN
Insertions Under thie Head 5 Cts
per Line. No Ad. Taken fer Less
Than 25 Cents.
For Sale
For Sale or Rent—Eight-room
house. Inquire of N. D. McLees, City.
For Sale—Mammoth Bronze turkey
(tom, 35 pounds; hens, 20 pounds)’ eggs
at 25c bach or nine for $2.00. Mrs.
Annie Conaway, Westby, Wis. 14-4.
For Sale—For part cash and terms
to suit, or could take as part payment
house and lot in some town on Viroqua
railroad branch, theTorger Fortun farm
of 348 acres on West Prairie adjoining
the Dr. Christensen farm. Call at the
farm home or write A. T. Fortun. Oak
dale, Wis. 17-4.
For Salk-Nine-room house with
good barn and tabacco shed and eight
acres of land, all in city limits: will
take a small house and lot in a deal.
A bargain if taken this spring. Mrs.
G. N. Hauge, Viroqua, Wis. 15-3.
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For Sale—Forty acres of land with
house, tobacco shed and barn, located
about six miles northeast of Viroqua.
Will sell at the low price of S2B 00 an i
acre if taken soon. Inquire of Chris.
Alg&ard, Viroqua, Route No. 8. 17-2.
For Sale-One and or.e-qaarter sec
tion of land in Burleigh county, North !
Dakota, five miles from town, good
market. Land ca* all be plowedi. This
is a snap, as you are dealing with the
owner. Price $15.50 pier acre. $5 00
per acre down and balance can be paid
in five years with interest at 6 per cent
per annum. This is the cheapest piece
of land in the county. Address, W. J.
Hickisch. La Crosse, Wis. 16-4.
For Sale—Strawberry plants. "W ir
field’’ and “Senator Duni.p,” the iwo
leading varieties, at $2 a) oer 1,000. 11
also have the followir , varieties. “En
hance,” “Clyde.” “Haverland,” “Aug.
Luther,” Bederwood,” “Corsican” and
“Saunders,” at $3.00 per 1,000. AH
plants passed state inspection. Terms
cash with order. Write to or call on
Lewis H. Evans, one mile from Sparta i
postoffice. R. D. No. 3, Box 1, Sparta,
Wia. 13-8.
For Sale or Rent—Restaurant prop
erty very reasonable if taken soon. In
quire of Casper Nordruro, City.
For Rent
For Rent—Rooms in the Ferguson
block. Inquire of Mrs. B. F. Ferguson.
9-tf.
For Rent—Desirable residence prop
erty. Inquire of Mrs. David Strawn.
Wanted
Wanted—An apprentice girl to learn
the millinery trade at Mrs. L. C. Nor
ris'. If suited, will employ girl after
trade is learned. 12-tf.
Wanted-Girl to learn dressmaking.
Miss Hannah Jacobson.
Jacob La void lies seriously ill at
his home northeast of the city.
—George Johnson and wife are visit
ing relatives at Sparta.
—Yesterday Earl Truesdale pur
chased the Nels Solverson livery stable.
He has already assumed management.
—Wm. M. Bouffieur, wife and son
went to Sparta, yesterday, to attend
annual celebration of Odd Fellowship.
—lf you want good candy at a low
price, investigate the “Red Band”
brand at J. Omundson's. See display
in window.
Safe blowers plied their vocation
at Sparta yesterday morning. Several
| business places were entered, but only
S3O secured.
Mrs. H. C. Wulfgram is the guest
of her father and sister at Kendall pre
vious to their departure for a visit in
Germany.
—Every picture elevating at the
Electric Friday and Saturday. See the
tale of bor.nie Scotland, “The Bride of :
Lair.mermo.r. ”
—On account of the severe illness of j
his father, Ole Upland resigned his po- \
sition as tinsmith at the Martin & Kueb
ler hardware store and departed for
his lowa home.
Last evening Nels Simonson, who
resides just south of Liberty Pole, had
a leg crushed by having a log roll upon
it. He was taken to a La Crosse hos
pital this morning.
# —Lute T. Purdy, yesterday, accom
panied his sister to Rockford,
where he wiil hone to speedly recover j
his health by special treatment. He j
has materially improved while here at
home the past few days. 1
| zzziz-- lOBITUARY S~j
Mrs. Angelina Isham passed away at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Cora Sargent, at 6 o’clock
on Monday. April 18th, having slept for forty
eight hours. Her last moments were peaceful,
Her maiden name was Love and she was born in
Athens county, Ohio, December 22. 1849, and died
aged sixty years and three months. She came tc
Wisconsin when eight years old. She was married
to Martin Horace Isham on Sunday, April 19. 1868.
and so died just one day before the forty-second
anniversary of her wedding day. Six children
were born to this union, three of whom are living:
Mrs. Cora Sargent, Myron Isham and Mary Melin
da Isham. Besides these a husband and four
brothers mourn her loss. A member of the Chris
tian church, she was a regular attendant until her
health failed her. She was a hardworking wom
an. ambitious to do her duty, humble though it
might be, mild in disposition patient through ev
erything.
Funeral services were conducted at the house
and at the church by Father Nuzum and Pastor
McCallum. Interment was made in the Viroqua
cemetery.
Sounds a Warning
At Dodgevilie, a few days ago. a
prominent man who was visiting in that
city met sudden death in a most shock
ing way. He was getting over or
through a wire fence when pierced with
electricity, the wire fence being insu
lated from the electric light current.
On this score of caution the Dodgevilie
Chronicle speaks to pa rents and others:
“Parents should warn children of the
danger of coming in contact with loose
wires or guy wires supporting either
telephone or electric light poles. The
insulation is bound to become defective;
telephone and electric light wires are
in close contact throughout the whole
city, and after the lights are turned on
the city is in peril. This is important
and every person should be alive to the
conditions.”
Reward Offered
A citizens law and order league has
been organized in the city and they of
rer a reward of $25 to be paid to the
person first furnishing the city marshal
with evidence sufficient to convict any
person for a viol ation of the excise law.
By Ordhr of Committee.
Tike Notice. Nurserymen!
I desire to thank my customers fpr
their past patronage aid express mv
appreciation of same. Will call on you
as usual before planting time both
spring and fall. All agreements made
by me will be fulfilled.
Lem Stevling, Nursery Salesman.
The Park Meat Market
is t*e place where you can buy the nic
est meats of all kinds in the land Nice
young fresh pork at 15c per pound, and
round steak at 12Jc per pound High
est cash prices paid for hides.
D. T. Fortney.