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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-05-06
NOTICE OF TAX SALE
For the unpaid taxes for the year 1900
STATE OF WISCONSIN,,

Villas COUNTY: 90
I hereby certify that the following list Is the
correct statement of all lands IN the COUNTY d OF
been returned deIinouent and now remain I'M
paid, excepting public lands held on contract,
and lands mortgaged to the state and notlce Is
eel of land herein described as may be necessary
viii, on the third Tuesday of May next being
the 21st day of May. A. D. 1901, and the next
succeeding days, be sold by me at puoilc AUG
ton at my Office in the court house, IN the vi
lage of Eagle River, in said county of Villas, for
the payment of taxes, interest and charges
Dated this 18th day of April, A: D: 1901.
John w. SUTTON,
County Treasurer of Villas Co., Wis.
BY l.. j. Cook, Dep.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-05-06

The governments stock of gold,
$500, $50, 526, is the largest ever held
by any nation, empire or combination
Of men.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-05-06
.ownship 40, Range a.

County Treasurer of Villas Co., Wis.
By l.. j. COOK, Dep.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-05-06

Mrs. A. H Mum, mother Of Mrs. NJ.
A. Thayer, wife of the late Mason A.
Thayer, died of paralysis at Sparta.
The Conservative, 1901-02-07

the domicile of corporations controlling
more than billion dollars of capital?
Where are the benefcent results of the
laws against capital and corporations in
this state? Where is the man, is he in
the state senate or the house of repre-.
sentatives, who will move for the repeal
of these miserable checks upon com.
merce? Why not reverse the machine?
The Conservative, 1901-02-07
The CONSERvA-
TIVE of January
oath. in one of the
HISTORICAL
INQUIRY.


Oath, in one of the
deeply interesting articles for which it
is noted, on the early history of the state,
reviews little work of 100 pages, issued
many years ago by Hon. James M.
Woolworth of Omaha, and entitled
Nebraska in 1857" The book, THE
CONSERVATIVE says, is prefaced by a
map Of Nebraska and "Kanzas," pre-
pared especially for it. The Nebraska
of those days was a giant in territorial
expanse compared with the Nebraska of
today and covered the greater part of
Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and
North and South Dakota. "And yet"
THE CONSERVATIVE adds, Gin all this
vast region there appear hardly more
towns than one can count upon ones
fingers"
The book seems, from the review of
The CONSERVATIVE, to be replete with
interesting matter. The early history of
the territory, from the days of Marquette
and LaSalle, the best routes from the
east to the Missouri river, the projected
railroads to the west, the weather, the
wildcat banks, slavery and many other
topics are referred to. What, however,
seems to have special interest for
residents of this county is the fact that
one of the very few towns shown on the
map of this vast territory is Nebraska
Center. at the mouth of Wood River"
AS Wood River empties into the north
channel of the Platte on the old William
Powell farm, now the John Williamson
sheep ranch, about two miles southeast
of Aida. that must have been the location
of "Nebraska Center"
Who of our readers can tell us any.
thing about this settlement? Forty.
four years ago it was one of dozen or
two towns thought worthy to have a
place on map covering territory four
times as great as the present state of
Nebraska. Who remembers it's existence
who can tell of it's fate?
The history of the state is now being
written by Mr. Morton and DR.. Miller
and it is desirable from every point of
view that the history of Hall county
should appear fully and correctly in the
forthcoming work. If any one can give
us any information about Nebraska
Center" we shall take great pleasure in
preserving the memoranda of what they
may be able to tell us and forwarding
the same to the editors of the history
referred to. TH.SEEKER.
Grand Island, Jan. 20, 1900.
The Conservative, 1901-02-07
Che Conservative.

certain county and state officers. The
state, by statutes, has sought to force
into publicity-and public records-the
private business of not only corpora.
tions but partnerships. This legis-
lation, in fact all legislation aimed at
combinations of capital, has tended to
drive out and shut out from Nebraska
millions of dollars which otherwise
might have been invested here in the
buildings and machinery of industrial
plants. The so called anti trust law of
this state, literally interpreted and
rigidly applied, could and would dissolve
and destroy every strong, energetic and
ambitious co-partnership, firm or cor
poration doing business in Nebraska,
with the purpose and intent of securing
all of the trade in it's line of production.
1t really makes it penal offence to
seek commercial power and supremacy.
Under that law the predatory insects of
party politics have deposited their
larvae for Matching out official
maggots and butterflies, like Old.
ham and Smyth. These brilliant
specimens of intellectual entomology, in
minutest form, have filed the partisan
atmosphere with chameleon glories and
the ears of the groundlings with the
monotony of calamitous prophecies.
But New Jersey, an older and
weather. state than Nebraska, has taken
New Jersey VS.. ~,
Nebraska. That state has
pressingly invited
and legislatively lured into its boundaries
corporate capital in every sort of legiti.
mate line of industry, manufacture and
commerce.
The Conservative, 1901-02-07
THE ROCA INDIAN VILLAGE SITE.

ftOCA lND1AN N1LLAUE
It has been my intention for some
time to give to the public an account of
the ancient Indian village site situated
about ten miles south of Lincoln, Ne
braska. Frequent mention has been
made of it in my articles to the press
and also in my private letters to
archeologists in all parts of the United
States This account will serve to make
permanent the data obtained so far in
my exploring trips over this once active
scene of Indian life.
This village covered territory reach
ing from one mile north of Hanlon to
two miles northeast of Jamaica. The
pottery, arrowheads, axes and other
implements are found scattered more or
less thickly over the above defined
length, and breadth of quarter of
mile on either side of Salt creek. This
makes the dimensions of the village site
about four miles long by half mile
wide.
Those who are not familiar with the
Indian mode of building villages may
think that solid city covered this area;
this is wrong. The village is built
scattering ; that is a group of tepees here
and there as the elevation of ground
favors such collection, first, with near.
ness to water and wood second, advan.
tage of view, to guard against attack
from an enemy, and third, position
where the smoke would not attract
attention from afar, but also near some
elevation or eminence which commanded
the hills and valleys for some distance
around.
This village site (Which have named
the "Roca Site') is admirably situated
with reference to all these vantage
points.
This site was first visited about two
years ago and quantity of pottery was
obtained at that time. The pottery is
similar in every respect to the specimens
found along the Platte river the same
year, and every effort has been made to
determine the exact position this pottery
holds in the annals of archaeology.
A careful study of all available data
on pottery-and there is much-reveals
some very curious and interesting facts
which will be treated connectedly and
at length at future time for this paper
a description of the specimens found
will be enough.
"Blackware" Pottery.
The pottery is known as "black ware"
and is made in the manner described in
a prior paper; by moulding the plastic
The Conservative, 1901-02-07
During many
years the legisla.
tive machinery of
REVERSE THE
MACHINE.

Nebraska has been utilized by repub-
licans afraid of populism, and by the
populists themselves, to turn out statutes
inimical and threatening to capital.
The state has crippled corporations by
annoy ing requirements as to reports of
their business transactions each year to
The Conservative, 1901-02-07

Where are the advantages which Ne
braska has over New Jersey by virtue
Where.
assaulting and cor.
poration- -dynamiting laws which the
Bryanarchists of this state have enacted? I?
Would it damage Nebraska if it became
The Conservative, 1901-02-07

Capital stock of the leading industrial cor
porations of New Jersey:
The Conservative, 1901-02-07

sGock SCOck.
National Steel -. .... $ q 100000 80, ,OOO, 900
American Tin Plate .... 20UO0,OO0 30,O 900
American Steel Hoop. 100000 19,OUO,OOO
American Sheet Steel. 26 1000 600 20 100000
Federal Steel. ........ 100 QUO 100, U0,UOO
ANN. Car & Foundry 30,U00,O ,OU0 SO, 100000
Pressed Steel Car -. =. 12,5OO,OO0 12,5OO,OUO
American Bridge. 49,. 81, 100000 35, ,OOOOOO
National Tube. -. 40 700, 900 30, 600
American Steel g. Wire 4OOOO,OOO 5O,OOO,OOO
Am. Smelt. s. Refining. 325UO,OOO 32,OUOUOO
Am. Sugar Refining -. 81 800, 100 37,5OOOOO
American Tobacco. 100000 80, 600, 900
Internl Steam Pump. 12,5OO,U00 1900, 600
National Salt. ......... 5OO0,O0O 7,OUOOOO
National Starch ...... 85OO,UOO 5,OOOUOO
American Woolen 49,. rs 50UO,0OO 4O,UOUOOO
National Biscuit ....... 25, 5,OOO,0OO 8O,OOOUOO
American Beet Sugar. 5,OOO,UUO 15,OOU,OOO
Royal Baking Powder 100000 100000
Rubber Goods Mfg. 25,OO0,OOO 25,OOOOOO
American Ice. ....... 30OOO,UOO 3O,OOO,OOO
American Cycle. ...... 3,OOO,OOO 6,UOOOOO
American Cotton Oil. 10,l98 600 2O,257 600
National Lead 49,: 15,OOO,OOO 15,OOO,OOO
United States Leather. 64,OOO,OOO 64,UOOOOO
Otis Elevator. ..... 4,5OO,0OO 6,5OO,OOO
Total. al.,........... sS7s, ,1ss, 900 s7s7, ,7s7, 900
Total preferred and common. -. 81 400 1886 600
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-15
The Passing or the Cricket.

The evening song Of the crickets . is
growing faint and intermittent with the
advent Of frosty nights. and before long
our suburban fields and grass plots which
have throbbed with their CHEEKY chorus
will be silent and deserted. The warm
MONDAY sun brings them out on the as
phalt walks where they skip about
blithely. their shining black coats glinting
in the sun, but each night renews the
Search - in the cr a IRE ryeaIs thrm
thetically huddled in inert, benunbed
groups under the chilled grass or shelter
ing bits of board, many OF them with
their blunt little noses rooted into tho
earth in vain endeavor to escape the
breath Of the destroyer. Take one of
them in your hand and in a few minutes
the warmth will cause him to move his
legs and wings and emit feeble little
croaks. but the end is not far off when
the cruel blight. befo ore which all out-of
door life qualis. will have dcpopulated
woods and fields i'll one devastating
swcop Of DISQUALIFICATION Transcript.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-15

tcrial will be required for the Pacific
cable.
The cable ship itself is vessel of
strange interior arrangement, specially
designed for the purpose. 1t is not only
q huge storage department, but big
floating workshop as we'll.
Process of Laying the Cable.
In the hold there are three immense
iron tanks, similar to the land tanks at
the mandatory. thirty-four feet in
diameter, for the storage of the cable.
each having a concal core for guiding
the cable when it is being paid out The
space within these cores is utilized to
hold fresh water. The capacity of it's
tanks in the regular cable ship is about
400 tons Of cable. this being the equiv
alent of about 100 miles of inshoru
cable. weighing fourteen tons to the
mile or 100 miles Of the deep-sea type.
weighing about two tons per mile
The cable tanks are all connected by
ways" or troughs, so that 4 transfer
may he made from one tank to another
or from any tank to either of the huge
paying out machines. Handling Of the
cable made necessary by such transfer
is usually done By means of Il small en-
CINE connected to a drum. and all
mounted on Il truck by which it may
be moved about the deck.
AS the cable is brought from the tank
it passes over an iron sheave. fastened
to the framework of the hatchway
thence around another larger deeply
grooved iron shaeave, and the friction
| OF the cable at this point acts rs ten
sion. 1t then passes several times
around the giant drums of the great
dynamometer, over several pulleys or
the deck and out over the sheave Of the
stern to its resting place at the bottom
| of the sea.
; The dynamometer indicates the
| amount of strain to which the cable is
subjected ut any moment and also en-
ables the man in charge OF the brake
wheel to regulate the strain put on by
the brake to suit the varying condition.
of laying. After leaving the dynamom
eter it passes under and over severa
large retarding wheels before wendin.
!; it's sinuous way into the sea.
When all the available cable has beer
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-15
ARMoR WILL NOT PROTECT.
Nations that Build Heavier Battle.
shipa Make a Aiatake.

ships Make a Mistake.
In an article on the Culture Of War;"
in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly,
Hudson Maxim says the first and most
important lesson which will be learned
from the next great naval battle will
be that armored protection will not pro-
tect, and the fight will be duel be-
tween battleships at long range, aided
by various forms of torpedo-boats and
light unarmored cruisers, throwing high
explosives; and these latter will be the
factors which will determine the fight.
The heavy armor-clad will be discredit-
ed and then there will be a wild scram-
BILE by the nations in the endeavor to
make up for the lost time wasted on
it's construction, and light and very
swift unprotected war vessels will be
constructed, depending for their safety
upon their speed and upon their own
ability to strike death-dealing blows.
These are the true principles which
must, sooner or later, be recognized.
The British government now proposes
Building still larger and heavier battle
ships, and, of course, enormously more
expensive. Within the next decade, and
sooner, in the event of a great war,
this will be learned by the British war
office to be great mistake.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-15

cost OF the work will amount to So
100000 In return for concessions from
the Government, the company will give
compensation in the form of reduced
rates on messages and absolute control
OF the cable If it is deemed advisa BILE
i'll case of war. The route will be from
San Francisco to Honolulu, thence to
the Midway Islands. to Guam and to
the cast coast Of Luzon.
Construction OF the Cable.
The laying of 4 trans oceanic cable is
stupcndous task and one full of
thrilling and picturesque incident. The
cable itself consists, first, of core
which comprises the conductor made Of
strand Of copper wires and the insul-
ating covering generally made of gutta
percha. but occasionally of India rub
Der, to prevent the escape of electricity.
Then comes layer of tanned jute
yarn laid over the gutta percha to pro-
tect it from the sheathing of steel wires
over which come again jute yarn and
Il bituminous compound. The sheat hing
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-15
AN HONEST NAME.

An Illinois Statesman Tells q Good
Story-Knew His Fathers Son Would
Not Lie.
The Honorable Alva Merrill of Chilli
cothe, member for the Twenty-fourth
District State of Illinois House of Rep
resentatives, tells an interesting story:
Some two years ago Mr.. Merrill gave
testimonial stating that Dodd's Kid
ney Pills cured his rheumatism. This
with Mr.. Merrill's portrait were pub
lished in thousands Of papers all over
the United States
On the train returning home from
Springfield one day last winter were
the Honorable Mr.. Merrill and several
other members. After time one Of
them said:
merrill, what time do you get to
Chillicothe?"
This attracted the attention of an
old man who had been apparently
awaiting some Identification of Mr..
Merrill, and as soon as he heard the
name he rushed up to his seat and ex.
tending his hand, said:
You are Alva Merrill and you saved
my life. l was most dead with Lum-
bago and in an advertisement I saw
your picture and your recommendation
Of Dodd's Kidney Pills. I knew your
father and I knew his son would not
lie, and therefore decided to try the
Pills.
Il am satisfied that Dodd's Kidney
Pills and nothing else have saved my
life and have been waiting this oppor-
tunity to thank you personally, for had
I not seen your recommendation l
might never have been led to use this
remedy, but thanks to God, through
your honest name and the honest medi-
cine which you 50 heartily recommend
cd, am still alive.
II have been watching you since you
got on the train 1T Springfield and
thought l recognized your face as the
one I had seen in the advertisement,
and as soon as this gentleman called
you by name. knew you were the man
T had to thank
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-15

pound runs. The finished cable is then
coiled in large circular iron tanks, in
which it is kept under wateR.
Methods Of Manufacture.
The rate of manufacture is unusual
IL rapid, being for the deep-sea type
more than five nautical miles Ia nauti-
cal mile, 1929 yards) per machine in
twenty-four hours; and as the mannfac-
turc is carried on continuously day and
night with ten cable machines in opera
ton all at once it will be seen that
from fifty to fifty-tiye nautical miles
can be turned out in every twenty-four
hours.
The last cable that was made for Mr..
Mackay several years ago. which
stretched across the Atlantic 2,20l
nautical miles in length, aggregated a
total Of 5,4G0 tons in weight, made up
OF the following compound parts: Cop
Per wire, 495 tons: gutta percha, 315
tons; jute yarn, $40 tons; steel wire.
5000 tons. and compound and tar, 1,075
tons. Over three times as much ma
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-15

varies in type with the depth of the
water in which it is laid. The deep sea
type has a shcathing Of many small
steel wires; then through several inter
mediate types the sheathing wires be-
come gradually larger until finally at
the shore end the deep sea sheathed
cable Is again sheathed with strands,
each made up of three steel wires set
triangularly 1t will be noticed, how
ever that the core is the same through
out.
The copper wires for the conductor
arc twisted up together or stranded
They are then passed through the COW
erlng machine, by which the gutta
percha is squeezed round the conductor
in continuous envelope touching it
throughout. The coil is then served with
jute yarns, which are laid spirally
round it, forming an elastic soft bed
ding for the sheathing wires. These lat
ter rs we'll as the outer serving and
compound, are put on in one machine
The served coil passes through hollow
shaft Of circular skeleton frame work
of iron, on which are mounted bobbins
filed with steel wire or jute yarn. as
the case may be. This frame work car
be rotated, and the cable at the same
time being drawn along, the wires Of
yarns are wound spirally round tEt
core. The bltuminous compound is ap
piled by the cable being passed under
q spout from which the melted con.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-15
CO HE most stupendous undertaking
Of modern times will be the lay

60 HE most stupendous undertaking
Of modern times will be the lay
- ing of the new Pacific cable. 1t
will approach globe-circling achieve
ment, for it will be the connecting link
between the existing lines that will place
all parts Of the world in communica-
ton with each other. And pretty long
link it will be. for the distance to be
traversed by the cable will be 6,012
miles. The completion of this line will
bring the aggregate telegraphic system
Of the world up to total Of 1886
miles, all Of which, with the exception
OF 1911 owned by various govern
ments, will be under the control Of pri
yate corporations.
The promoters of this gigantic under
taking are John w. Mackay and bis
associates, Edward C.. Platt, Alder:
Beck, George C. Ward, Albert 3. Chan.
der and William w. Cook. Rear Ad-
miral Bradford Of the bureau Of equip
ment, who has given the enterprise
much study, estimates that the total
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-15
Errors Of the Eve.

The average woman cannot judge how
much a foot is within several inches, but
she can estimate yard very closely,
reversed, says St. Nicholas. II someone
asked you which was the; longer,
horses head from the tip OF his ears
to the end of his nose, or an ordinary
-four barrel, you would naturally say the
barrel, though the horses head is the
longer. The eye is very easily deceived
if it is called on to pass judgment on
something that has not been brought
home to it by experience
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-15
Dressmaking in Paris.

Paris leads the world in dressmakine.
1t is estimated that there are $4,000 per-
sons. employed in the dressmaking estab-
lishments of the city, and if one includes
the workers who design and make the
materials used by the dressmakers, about
10000 persons are engaged in the strug-
gle to satisfy woman's love of chiffons.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-15
Largest in the World.

Walter Baker & Co., Ltd, Dorches-
ter, Mass, are the largest manufacture
ers of cocoa and chocolate in the
world. They received a gold medal
from the Paris exposition of last year.
This year they have received three
gold medals from the Pan-American
exposition at Buffalo. Their goods are
the standard for purity and excellence
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-15
Red Spark ExplOdes Dynamite.

you've got to have a red spark, ~
said a workman. Ito set off dynamite.
I've handled it long enough to know.
Here's all experiment that's been tried:
They took an old fat car and loaded it
with rocks; then they fastened box of
dynamite to the bumper and let the
car run down a steep grade, bang! into
another car anchored at the bottom.
And they found that the dynamite
never exploded unless the bumpers
were faced with iron. 1t didn't matter
how much conclusion they got with
wooden bumpers, the dynamite was
like that much putty, but as soon as a
red spark jumped into it out of the
iron. why off she'd CO."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-15

The plan of destroying hail clouds by
exploding bombs among them was sug-
gested nearly 100 years ago by Prof.
Parrot Of Riga.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-15

No early breakfast is complete without
Mrs. Austins famous. Buckwheat cakes.
Buy it from your grocer today.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-15

The present growth of London's pop
ulation is $500 month.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-15

We sometimes fear that the most
honorable people are only half honest.