Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19
WILD WEST WAITS.


have taken NJ public land or purcb1..,
improved land in the Northwest.
}. L: Moyian. representing an Eas,
ern syndicate. was in kalama. Wash
closing a deal for purchase of tim1l.
lands on the Coweeman river The nr;e,
paid rum from $1,000 TO $500 per onar
ter section.
1t is reported that Eastern parr-..
who have large timber holdings in SEn,.
county. Wash, have secured an ONT.
on a splendid millsite on Fidalgo isia,I
near the Straits. and purpose erectiug a.
large sawmill thereon, says the VIII
com Reyeille.
An analysis Of the Oregon prIne a.I
that Of Germany, made al the exo.ri
ment station at Corvallis. shows thar fl..
home product has IL per cent. OF sugar i.
the juice. as against 6.1J per cent. ,,.,..
in tn imported article.
The North Pacific Norway Fislti..-.
and Packing company, with a CAN'T,
stock of 81 100000. has been formed =.
Minneapolis to engage in the fishing lm.i-
ness and erect canneries in Alasl+
Whatcom, Wash. Is named as the r..
citic headquarters. ssrttss
The Indians on the Squaxin island
reservation, Wash. are having trorIiI,
with White landjumpers, who are tryin,
to rob them of their clam and oystn~
beds. which they have held under treat
with the government fer fifty wear,
They have appealed to the agent for pr..
lection.
Near Centralia, Wash, farmer has
a curiosity i'll the shape of a hens e.,,
1t Is as large as the egg of a goose, ana
has an ordinary-sized hens egg insdp
The outside shell is very thin and double
and is beautifully lowered Mr.. Ken-
accidentally broke the outside shell. thus
discovering the egg inside.
The largest lease which as ever bpro
made of grazing lands in the West VIA!
be cunsummated within Il few dav>
when the Union Pacific Land company
leases to the Wool-Growers' associltiun
of Wyoming nearly 100000 acres Of
land i'll Carbon county. Wyo, for win.
ter range for sheep grazing.
A gasoline automobile brought Ncr.b
a few weeks ago by NJ. de la Marie. far
use on the frozen watercourses and tran,
of the Yukon basin. made a trip of tat
miles into Atlin over the ice of LAX,
Bennett and other headwaters of the
Yukon, and on the run made an avrra..
speed Of fifteen miles an hour.
Irrigation OF arid lands can be easily
accomplished by Montana mans al
vice, consisting of a N-shaped piece Of
waterproof material, provided with a
ring AT the end. which is stalled in tn.
bed of Il stream, Il pole being inserted in
the hem at the rear to rest on either bank
and dam the water to cause an overflow.
1t is feared that Erie Erickson and
Pete Foss have found their tombs in
the great Lardo glacier, British Colum-
tia. Their bodies will remain in their
sepulchre of ice till snow melts in June.
They left here last fall for their claims
on Bear creek. They did not come ont.
and their families are afraid that The
two are among the long roll of dead min
erS.
The Superior Oil company, the larg-
est oil concern in the West, has filed
articles of incorporation at Cheyenne.
Wvo., with Il capital stock of $1O.5Ol.-
GEO. The syndicate is organized as
consolidation of several companies OPP
Grating in central Wyoming in the viciis-
ity of Douglas and Casper. The stock
holders and trustees are oil men and
fnanciers from Pittsburg and Phi!adpI-
phia, Pa, and Binghampton, y. Y.
This season a sixty-pound salmon is
likely To bring the fortunate fisherman
On the lower Columbia river $500 Men
now putting in fish wheels at Rooster
Rock are offering So cents a pound for
the spring catch of salmon. The Gamer
les of the lower river would probably pay
y a cent more: while the cold-storaey
people would very likely 30 one better
and offer I cents. which would make q
An engineer Of the Utah & Pacific
got into Lund, Utah, late the other DAY
and in explanation told an interesting
story. Ont ON the desert he noticed an
antelope being chased by a pack of coy
0tes. The antelope made for the engine
and as it came to the roadway it laid
down on the rails directly in front of The
engine and was run over. The coyotes
stood al0of- but when the locomotive
went on they drew UP and Toasted on
their prev.
Considerable experimenting has been
done by South Dakota farmers with
grass known as bromuS inermis. which
is comparatively new to that region J.
{, Schmidt. a McCook county farmer
who IL making experiments with it again
this season. says il already has attained
growth of over five inches He STATE,
that last season he pastured thirteen
head of calves and yearlings on three and
one-half acres of this grass from early
spring until September
Peter Bengen, an old gentleman rba
resides south of Philomath. Wash. re-
lates peculiar experience which his
wife had with two Of her chickens. Last
winter one Of the fowls became aus,
sick. She placed the sick chicken upon
the operating table and wlrh Il sharp
knife made an incision in the breast ana
removed the craw In this organ wa,
found about four inches Of hemp rane.
I his was taken out, the craw and outer
skin We're sewed up, and the chicken is
we'll and hearty TODAY \ few weeks ago
another chicken fell ILL., The same inv
ugatlon disclosed the same ailment-fuHr
inches of rope The same remedy WAS
applied, and the same result followed