The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-06

/ own land and getting some yenison
| for dinner without the machinery OF
| license that it is sure the next legis-
| lature will try its hand at tinkering
| the law, as all previous legislatures
| have done. Of course. the effect Of
law is to conserve the game supply,
! for to take down the bars would pro-
mote killing. Most every one likes to
| woods and shrinks from their exter-
mination.
The notion that there is revenue for
the state in the license system is in
error. The last report of the secretary
of state shows that while the re-
ceipts for hunting licenses were $780,
259 in 1900 the disbursements to game
was $37,762; so that the cost Of opera
ton was actually $500 more than the
! receipts. Only 10 per cent. of the rev.
enue is applied locally. AS ore paper
says: Last year Douglas county
paid into the state treasury $e491 40 for
having the privilege of having it's
game killed off, largely by people from
other counties"
Rural Delivery Increasing.
Colonel c. B. Welton of Madison,
who is a special agent of rural deliv
cry, reporting to the Indianapolis Of
flee, gave me some figures to show the
growth of business on newly opened
| rural delivery routes. The three routes
| are in Missouri, of from 20 to 26 miles
each. One opened in July, 1899, carried
$3.50 pieces Of mail matter. In Sep
tember, the year following, there were
5,741 pieces delivered; and a year Ia
ter 10,49S pieces.
Another route increased from 3,7OO
pieces in September, 1900, to 10,729 a
year later. Route No. 3 from 3,455
pieces in September, 1900, when
opened, to 9,194 year later.
There are special agents i'll the In
states, from West Virginia to Min
| nescta. There are over 200 clerks in
the service in the Washington office
alone. Representative BabcOck, five
years ago, at the request OF the post
office department, championed the first
appropriation bill for this service in
the house, and got whipped 1t called
| for but $15OOOO. This years appropri-
alton will be $6,5OOOOO, and there will
| be no trouble in getting it.
The increase in volume of pieces de-
livered is not mainly newspapers de-
| livered, but Colonel Welton tells me
| nearly proportionate to the various
classes of mail matter. Some newspa-
| pers, however, report 100 new sub
| scribers on a single route. The person
| al hustle of the congressman seems to
| be large factor in securing routes.
| In Congressman Esch's district Alma
| Center, little town of $50 people, has
| recently had it's third free delivery
mail route granted, and it will be es-
| tablished this winter The pay Of the
delivery agents is not large and Wash
| ington county reports that the carriers
| on the various mail routes out of West
Bend are remembered by their patrons
OH their routes to the extent of a sack
! of oats apiece, John Duernberger Of
route 3 receiving about 100 bushels.
The best thing about rural delivery
is the encouragement it gives to good
roads," These are insisted upon by
the department. Twice year inspec-
tors look the route over to see that the
roads are properly worked.
| Speaking of Congressman Esch, he
has secured an allotment of $4,000
packages of seed from the agricultur-
| over the usual number. He has been
allotted also fifty trees.
Cheese Convention in Milwaukee,.
For the first line cheesemakers Of
Wisconsin are to hold their convention
in Milwaukee Jan. to 10. The presi-
dent is w. G.. Dickson of Madison;
vice president, John McCready of Mad
ison, and the secretary U. S. Baer of
the university. 1t will be an educa-
tional meeting on the latest improved
methods of cheese making, both for
eign and domestic, including all allied
products. 1t is the tenth annual con-
vention. The call says: "The cheese
market never had a brighter outlook
for future trade. in frst-class goods,
than now, both in our home and for
eign markets.
New Plans of Forestry.
The Washington department of for
estry sends out bulletins from which
it appears that the thoughtful ones are
looking to young pine forests as the
hope of the country. Says a recent
bulletin of our own resources. 1.-The
forests of Pennsylvania, Michigan,
and Wisconsin having been almost ex-