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Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-04

had gone to Kansas-and were awaiting
their chance to build. People lived In
tents, in shanties. in wRgons-auy way at
all, till houses could be built. Cold weather.
drove many to shelter elsewhere, but many
stayed. some living in tents even with the
thermometer at 20 below zero. BY spring
there were 5000 people there. by summer
there will be Al. 900. Already Dowic has
paid for and thrown open 5000 acres Of
his land.
Dowie's plans have expanded with the
city. He is building big schoolhouses lie
is planning a university. He has a college
already. but he wants a greater school lie
plans a great capital. He has followers
and settlements all over the country AMI
Zion Is to be the head city. lie plans to
rule from there and his city must b.
worthy Of him. lie hopes to see his tcNtil'
factory covering fifty acres within u
decade or less. but he does not expect 10
see all or much Of Zion given up to com
mercc, for 1t is to be the intellectual ana
spiritual capital Of the Christian Catholi'
church.
Dowic Now n Political Power.
incidentally Dowio has become n political
power in Lake County. In a few years he
will be stronger and will loom up in
Illinois. That is because Zion City votes as
Dowie directs. II has a municipality, aud
Dowie kindly steps aside and allows II
mayor chosen as HE people desire. But
both candidates, or all Of them, are mcm-
hers Of his church and Of his cabinet. and
his views rule Zion through whoever may
be elected.
Nor is there n great deal for the mayor
and his council to do, for Zion is ruled
largely by the leases on the land, which
provide that no person shall sell liquors
or tobacco, pork or oysters, or drugs, nor
shall any one living thereon practice
medicine. surgery or dentistry. II these
clauses are violated the land revcrts to
Dowie, or after his death to trustees OF
the church, to be disposed of as they see NJ.
One need not belong to Dowie's churcr
TO lease there, and the believer in medicIu,
may call in n doctor from outside. II,
can use drugs IL he buys them outside an,
need not pay his tithes into the church I
he Is not a member. If one Is willing I,
obey the ten commandments plus Dowie'
additions and to live according to tn,
sanitary code OF the old Jewish law, n
will find Zion City n nome among
: kindly and Industrious people, who, be
p cause they spend nothing on drink an,
c tobacco, are unusually prosperous.
= In fact, the most amIable Of goats Nigh
k live happily with a whole flock Of sheer
: But ii he is unwilling to follow the leade
n he would be apt to feel extremely lone
) some. JOHN SWAIN.
fashion, with velvet sauce, and for dcgscr
be sure you bring a stew Of good Chris
tians and a mouthful of ladies'"
The astonished waiter said:
Sir, we don't serve such dishes"
yes, you do" said the guest, ~polntini
+ to the bill OF fare. "Oeufs n la Aurore-
! culottes la royale sacque velout-compot
: de bon acknowledgements de DANES"
l "All right" said the walter; "ready I
q two minutes, sir"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-04

the water and does not sink until its mo-
mentum is gone.
Mr.. Edison's plan of solution was appar-
emily so different from that Of Santos-Du-
mont that | asked the aeronaut how he re-
gardcd the matter.
81 don't think our ideas are so far
apart" he replied. "He told me / was on
the right track. ! don't believe in doing
away with the balloon entirely yet, but |
am making the gas bag smaller ard %increas-
ing the motive power all the time, so
perhaps after a while | shall come to Mr..
Edison's plan. Unfortunately, what he says
about the reward of the inventor is true,
but l have never cared for that part OF It.
] never tried to get a patent on my part
Of my airship and do not intend TO.
Whatever money | get in prizes l shall
devote to further experiments in the air
ship line.
Il was glad to talk with Mr.. Edison. He
is a practical man. He has promised to
give me the first battery he turns out OF
his factory and ! shall use it on my airship
for the purpose of lighting the gasoline
engines with an electric spark. This Is the
safest and quickest way, and Of course the
battery will be so light that It will ada
value to my equipment without adding un-
necessary weight"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-04

rs. MARY ELITCH Is the only
woma keeper of a geological
garden, and her name is known
in this regard among people in
terested in geological gardens the
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-04

this in the bank at WaukCEan In your
name, hire a buggy or buy one, and go to
work. Get the land. Get three-year options
on every acre Of 1t. Make the best terms
you can. Provide for cash payments
where you have to, get mortgage arrange
ments where you can. Get all the time you
can. Let no whisper get out that you are
acting for Dowie."
Following these instructions WhcelocK
moved up and Town over the territory.
moving gradually westward, paying less as
he went away from the lake, till he had
covered the whole $500 acres and
secured options on 1t at an average price
of 5000 an acre. These options alone cost
Mr.. Dowie 500, 900 in cash. They were on
contracts which provided that any time
within three years he might close the bar
gain and take deed. They provided fol-
time payment and also that the forfeiture
Of any payment would turn back the land
to the original owner. The owners retained
the right to farm their lands until nna'
deed was given to Dowie.
The highest price was $500 an acre foi
lake shore land. That seemed n stag.
gerer to the Chicago people who ha.
ideas" about the value of north shor,
land so far away. A little later a rea
estate man offered Dowie $500. 600 cash I
he would step aside and let him assume
the responsibility OF the bargain. Blu
DOwie refused. The offer was increased be
yond 81, 900, 600, but he still refused. |
was easily seen that with so large an
so compact a tract. well situated. he haO
but to run in railway sidetracks, give ava.
sites to manufacturers guarantee freedom
from taxation and found a boom town q
the largest size.
Zig Land Sales.
When he had paid for the first 100
acres, he called the faithful to Zion an
began his big land sale. Special train
carried thousands to the city, where a
odd mixture of religion and business wa
shown in his plan to lease" for lie
years at prices which would return n prof
of $15, 000, GOO on the deal.
Chicago expected a colossal failure thcI
and there were numerous prophecies thu
Dowle had at last passed the zenith an
was descending toward a grand '%sunset,
But this has failed to happen thus far. tt
faithful obeyed their leaders voice an
nocked in. The city was opened in Jul
of last year. BY autumn there were hui
dreds Of houses up. The lace works wei
running and new buildings were going |
for them. Men, women and children can
in every conceivable way. ] remember Sc
ing i'm a hollow near a creek, in the ba,
part Of Zion City, an |encampment OF Kal
sas people who had com all the way
prairie schooners-just as their fathe
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-07-17
A Lesson in Health

Healthy kidneys filter the impur-
tiles from the blood, and unless they
do this good health is impossible
Foley's Kidney Cure makes sound
kidneys and will positively cure al
forms of kidney and bladder disease
1t strengthens the whole system
Sold by Frost & Spies.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 8, 1878
United States Land Office, Ashland, Wis.
July 18th, 1902.
Notice is hereby given that in com.
pliance with the provisions of the act
OF Congress of June 3rd, 1878, entitled
"An act for the sale of timber lands in
the states Of California, Oregon. Nevada,
and Washington Territory" as extended to
all the Public Land States by act of August
T. 1892, Mrs. Anna E. Kennedy, of Ashland
County Of Ashland, State Of Wisconsin, has
this day fled III this office her sworn state
ment No. 1872, for theIpurchase of the SW14 OF
Section No. SO in Township No. Is N. Range
No. W., and will offer proof TO show that
the land sought is more valuable for it's
timber or stone than for Agricultural pur-
poses. and to establish her claim to said land
before the Register and Receiver of this
Office at Ashland. Wisconsin on Tuesday,
the 23rd day Of Sept ember, 1902,
She names as witnesses;
Angus D. Mcdonald, John Dowd, Oliver
Sproule, John Fraser, all of Ashland. Ash
land County, Wisconsin.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are requested to file
their claims in this office on or before said
2Srd day OF September, 1902.
AUGUST DoENITz,
Register.
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The Wisconsin Central Railway

Maintains daily train service be-
tween Chicago, Milwaukee, Mantle
voc, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Ash
nd and Duluth, reaching Eau
Claire, Chippewa Falls, Marshfeld,
Hurley, Ironwood and Bessmer as
well as the principal points Of Wis
consin enroute. Connections with
roads running south, east, west and
north, are made at terminal points.
Pullman sleepers are attached to all
night trains and meals are served
A La Carte Any agent of the
Wisconsin Central BY. will be pleas
ed to give you further information,
furnish tickets and reserve sleeping
car accommodations.
JAS. G. POND, Gen. Pass. Atg.
Milwaukee, Wis.
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Noted Correspondent and Travel err.

Noted Correspondent and Travel err
Few newspapers in the United
States are able to command the
service Of as brilliant corps of
correspondents as that of the
Chicago Record Herald. It's
choice of a Washington CORES
pondent is Indicative of the
Record-Herald policy of obtain
ing the best there is to be had.
Walter Wellman, the well known
authority on political subjects,
and one Of the ablest writer's of
the day, acts in that capacity.
Mr.. Wellman was born in
Mentor, Ohio, Nov. 3, 1858. At
the age of IA he began his news
paper experience, establishing at
that age a weekly paper in the
little town of Sutton, Neb. In
1873 he returned to Ohio, and a
year later established the Gin
cinnati Evening Post In 1884
he became the Washington cor
respondent of The Chicago Her
AID, and in 1892. he visited Cen
trial America and the West
Indies, and located the landing
place of Columbus on Waiting S
(San Salvador) Island, and mark
ed the spot with a huge stone
monument. Mr.. Wellman S
dashes to the north pole are well
known. In 1894 he made the
first of his two artic voyages of
exploration, reaching the lati-
tude of 81 degrees northeast of
Spitzbergen. In 1898 he return
ed to the north, penetrated to
Franz Joseph Land, returning
again to this country in 1899.
On each trip he met with Won
derful success in the discovery
of new islands and lands and
brought back with him scientific
data and information of great
value to the American Geograph-
ical Society.
Mr.. Wellman has been a
voluminous writer for scientific
magazines and popular periodic.
Gals. On returning from his
artic trips he renewed his con
nection with The Record Herald
and is now the Washington cor
respondent of that paper. His
incisive discussion of contem-
porary affairs has given him a
high place in the regard of
statesmen and scientists of the
day.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-07-17

Liverita the up-to-date Little
Liver Pill; sc boxes contain Is pills,
1 )c boxes contain 40 pills, 25c boxes
contain 100 pills. Sold by Fox Bros
Washburu, Wis. If
A novel feeling of leaping, bound
ing impulse goes throught your body
You feel young, act young and are
young after taking Rocky Mountain
Tea. Frost & Spies
You never heard Of any one using
Foley's Honey and Tar and not be-
ing satisfied Sold by Frost & Spies.
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The senatorial situation is that
if John G. Spooner is not re
elected, Isaac Stephenson will
take his place. Do the people
want such a change, and if they
do, can the state afford it? Mr..
Spooner is statesman of nation
al reputation. Mr.. Stephenson
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Six Million Boxes a Year.

In 1895, none; in 1900, 100000
boxes; that's Cascarets Candy Ca
thartic's jump into popularity. The
people have cast their verdict. Best
medicine for the bowels in the world.
All druggists, 1oc.
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Bellavita, Arsenic Beauty Tablets
and pills for the complexion; 10 day
treatment SOC, 30 days treatment
$1.0O. Sold by Fox Bros, Washburn'
Wis. If.
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is not, and never will be. Each
is a good man in his place. The
place for Spooner is in the sen
ate, while saw mill is the pro-
per sphere of Mr.. Stephenson.
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Keep Your Bowels Strong.

Constipation or diarrhoa when
your bowels are out of order. Cas-
carets Candy Cathartic will make
them act naturally. Genuine tablets
stamped c. c. C. Never sold in
bulk. All druggists, Ioc.
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FARMING IN THE NORTH.


stage. Ten years ago the man
who bought a piece of land away
up north and told his friends he
was "going farming was
laughed at. They tried to per-
suade him to give up such a
seemingly noLsencial idea. And
many man, after q few years
work, did give up his idea of
farming and go back to the mills,
for the work was hard and it
took great deal of time to make
a small clearing.
But the man that stayed, the
men that worked perhaps in a
mill for ten hours a day and then
walked several miles home all
during the summer in order to
get money to support them while
they were working on the farm;
these are the men that are now
beginning to get their reward for
their years of labor.
Now the farm is in such con-
dition that it will support him.
OF course there is lots of work
still, but now he is working for
himself, no whistle tells him
when to start work, no machine
tells him how fast he must work,
and no foreman stands over him
to direct each stroke.
Once he has a few acres clear
so as to raise some potatoes and
hay, enough to feed his stock, he
is on the road to success. When
he can get a dozen COWS, a span
of horses and some poultry he
can make a living on his farm
and do it more easily than by
common labor, aud each year his
farm is in better condition than
the year before. 1t is safe to
say that the majority of the
farmers in Northern Wisconsin
went in debt for their land, and
many a man started with his
whole stock consisting of one
horse, a COW and some chickens.
Today we find in these same
places comfortable farms, well
stocked, the result of a few
years work. Perhaps the most
noticeable way to ascertain how
fast the country around Lake
Superior is being settled is to
take a trip on one of the boats.
A few years ago the country was
completely covered with an up
growth of green brush where as
now as one looks up the slope
from the shore hesees it studded
here and there with farm houses.
Each year there is less farm
ing produce shipped to Northern
Wisconsin, for as the land is
being cleared the amount of
potatoes, vegetables, grain and
hay raised increases proportions
atty.
There is no place where
potatoes and hay can be raised
to better advantagethan in this
section, for the soil is adapted to
them and they will grow where
ever the seed can reach the
ground. There are hundreds of
tons of hay cut every year where
not a seed has been sown. In
fact there are lots of farmers
that depend on getting good
proportion of their hay by cut
ting along the old logging roads
and railroad tracks.
Strawberry raising is some
thing that a good deal of at
tention is being paid to. and the
business is increasing every
year. The finest strawberries
raised are produced in this
section, and as the cost of pro-
duction is small the farmers are
giving them increasing attention
In mum Der of instances farmers
have marketed hundreds of
dollars worth OF strawberries in
q Sinole season. The berries are
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The spectators in the Municipal
Court on Thursday last held a pa
thetic scene. There sat Judge War.
den, his paternal countenance show.
ing every sign of the sympathy
which all could see he felt, for two
ladies, who had wendell their weary
way from distant "Slabtown," te
receive the fatherly advice of the
Judge on several questions Of
domestic Jurisprudence. One
lady raised her gentle voice and in.
quired if his honor thought it strict
ly proper for her neighbor to send
out her nine youthful images of her
self, to make alterations on the
features of her lone
The other seeker after wisdom
asked the Judge if he considered her
neighbor justified in amusing herself
by landing right hand swings and
left hand jabs on the innocent coun-
tenances of her family or in practic-
ing base ball pitching with fruit jars.
using her and her familyfor targets.
The tears stoodiR the judges eyes
as he listened to these tales of woe
and it was plain to see how deeply
he was moved. The court room was
silent except for an occasional sob.
The two ladies from ''Slabtown'
cast shy chances at each
other and the Judge, while the child
rem looked wistfully around; for a
brick or jar of some sort. When the
Judge had Gained himself he spoke,
remarking that if the ladies
would take their respective children
into their respective bedrooms and
apply a slipper at the proper time
and place it would have a most
pedceIul 0uocG.
Then after promising each couple
of police to protect their lives and
limbs he dismissed them and they
went on their way rejoicing at the
words of wisdom they had heard.
4 certain young gentleman in our
town decided last week that he had
endured the hardships of batchel-
or's life long enough, so he. sought
out one of Washburn fair maids
and they were united in the holy
bonds of matrimony. Here their
troubles should have ceased, but
Monday evening about fifty Of
the groom s friends called and in
sisted on congratulating him and
drinking to the health of the happy
couple, and by the way, they in
sisted on the groom furnishing the
wherewith to obtain the drinks.
Although they brought a great
variety of old wash boilers and COW
bells Henry quietly went to bed.
His friends showed great persever-
ance until u O'Clock. Then as nc
groom appeared ladder was
brought, a window opened and
Henry was carried out into rig in
which he led che procession up Bay
field street although his wardrobe
was limited to but two very essential
articles of apparel.
A couple of the wide-awake en-
ployes of the Hines Lumber Co.
were the victims of uneXplainable
accidents during the past week. A
teamster who left the mill with
everything in good condition, dis
covered upon returning that some
where between the mill and Omaha
depot he had lost a wheel off his wa
gon. He was rather surprised by
the discovery but when he realized
that he still had both his horses he
returned for it and explained to
nvnrvono ba not that hn drove wit h
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the best OF prices, ana Unelf
cultivation is very profitable.
There are no finer vegetables
raised anywhere than in Bay
field and Douglas counties, and
the farmers find the very best OF
markets with their home people.
Prices are higher for their pro-
ducts than in any other portion
of the state, while the crops run
larger, and two and three crops
a year is not unusual, notwith-
standing the seasons are not
very long. There is no region
anywhere that natures it's crops
quicker than the lake country.
There are now land agencies
scattered all over northern Wis
consin, and town that has not
got a real estate Office of some
kind engaged in settling farmers
and new Corners, is more the ex-
ception than the rule. There is
a regular boom in the agricnl-
tural lands of the north, and the
prices are being pushed up by
the dealers, who are endeavoring
to correl all the lands that can be
purchased. However these men
are offering the very best
possible terms to settlers, and a
firm at Washburn recently
started has instituted the policy
of not only selling on time, but of
furnishing stock for the settler,
and If he wants lumber he can
get that too. There is the
staunchest kind of faith in the
New North, and new settlers are
coming in daily from all sections
ofthe country.
.THE Battle Only Half Over, "
is the name that is given to a
circular that is issued from
goodness knows where, but
bearing the postmark of the
Madison post Office. The cir
cular lays stress on the statement
that "the Danger Which Now Con
fronts the Republicans of Wis
consin is in the Election of the
Legislature" 1t attempts to
make light of the candidacy of
Senator Spooner, and goes on to
state in effect that in the Selec-
ton of legislatures that the only
points to be considered is wheth-
er the candidates are for the tax
reforms and the primary cleo
ton hobbies of the nominee at
Madison. The TIMES is and
always has been for measures
that would equalize taxation, and
is heartily in sympathy with all
such measures. That's why we
kicked two years ago when the
legislature killed the tax bills.
It is no more than justice to the
people that they demand that
the railroad companies pay $500.
900 or 100000 more of taxes an
nnally, be enacted into laws, but
is an absolute injustice that such
meritorious measures should
have the 'selder" of the Primary
election attached thereto. The
peoples interests lie more than
in any other manner in the en-
actment of legislation that will
make the great corporation tax
dodgers come to time, but there
is no sense in attaching to this
great question the hobby of
Primary election. They are
absolutely foreign elements in
state affairs. And again Sena-
tor Spooner is a vital issue and
should not be supplanted by any
such men as Uncle Isaac Step
henson. Let the legislature be
selected for it's competency and
the character of the nominees.
Men should be named who be-
lieve and will work and vote for
equitable taxation, and they
should be pledged to John G.
Spooner. So Tar as the primary
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The forecast of The TINES on DR..
Coburn's case, in Curb stone' two
weeks ago was upheld in the muni-
cipal court last Thursday. Three Of
the neighbors swore that the com :
planning witness was a man that
they would not believe on oath, and
the Doctor says that he didn't shoot
at the horse, so there was not much
evidence for the state and Mr.. Co.
burn was aquitted. It still looks as
though it was a case of apoplexy.
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DO you want to borrow any money
and pay it back in monthly install
ments? If SO call on
L. N. CLAUsEN.
Secretary.
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three wheels, Just for a joke
The other unfor tunate tried to take
short cut from one dock to the OF
her but after he had proceeded a
couple Of steps his friends had to
fish him out.