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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-11-02
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Mon
ihon on Saturday night received eleven
cars OF cattle from Del RIO station in
Yavapai county.
TARGET SHoOTlNG.-Company b.,
G. A., held the first Of series OF tar
get shoots on their range, five miles
east of Phoenix, yesterday. Shots were
fred at 100 and 200 ranges with good
results. Capt. Parks. the newlv=elect-
ed captain Of the company, is much
pleased at the showing made
MORE PlES.-The young people of
District IA will give an auction" pie
social at the school house next Friday
night, Nov. 9Th. Each young lady IS
expected to bring a pie, and the young
men their pocketbooks. \ good pro =
gramme has been arranged. All ara
invited.
A NEW TIME cARD.-A new time
card went into effect yesterday on the
EI Paso & Northeastern railroad. thar
may be of interest to travellers going
east. Train No. 4 viii leave El Paso
1900 p. m, mountain time. arriving
Santa Rosa same time as at present
(6:25 a. mo- no. 1 viii leave Santa
Rosa 300 p. m. and arrive FL Paso
1880 a. m, mountain time.
MUSICAL ROGRAMME.-The pro-
gramme Of special music for the teach
ers' service at the Christian church
last evening was: Vocal solo, Rock of
Ages by Bond, Mrs. E. T. Young:
vocal solo, "Flee as a Bird" by Dana,
Master key Lewis; vocal solo, Thy
VIM Re Done" Mrs. Tiffany; anthem,
by the cho-r.
HALLOWEEN PkRTY-Sore of
Miss Lillian Sisty's little friends gave
her a Halloween surprise at her home
on West Adams street Ghost stories,
fortune Jelling and fun filed the even
ing. Among those present We're Misses
Lucille and Florence Swanson. Louise
Swetnam, Edith Stein, Alice Redewil
Dixie George, Marie ClaussOn, Bernice
Upton, Bessie Taylor and Crissie Gil
christ.
GONE INTO ESS.-Walter J.
Esoos OF Chicago has entered into part
nership with Edward Michel Of the
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-11-02
Speed Limit on the Rails.

Letting out another notch on the
electric motor, the Germans expert
mcnting with high railway speed have
now put the record rate up to 140 miles
per hour. This speed was maintained
for about four miles in the middle sec
ton Of q specially prepared track Cf a
little more than three times that
length. one Of the scientists who rode
on the car expresses to The World the
opinion that no attempt at higher
speed is desirable. NO system of in
stating yet invented" says ne. could
insure safety even at the speed we
have just travelled"
The experiments in Germany have
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-11-02

Commonwealth Auction Co, which will
be run under the firm name OF Michel
& Roos, Mr.. Roos is known to the
residents of Phoenix as he spent some
months here last winter and he was SO
wen pleased that he intends TO make
Phoenix his home
ANOTHER AGENT-The Spring
field Fire and Marine Insurance Co.
of Springfield, Mass, has appointed !
Ernest Walker, agent for Phoenix and
Maricopa county L. j. Bennitt is also
an agent of the same company but 1t
evidently figures that the more rust
lers it has in the field the more bust
ness it can do. 1t is one of the largest
and best known companies in the couu-
try
BOUGHT A RANCH.-The only
thing that keeps ]. Ernest Walker from
buying up this valley and taking it off
the market is a lack of money. AS il
is he is picking up a lot of good things
and there are so many in sight he
don't know which one to capture first
Yesterday he bought the Olaf Olsen
ranch near Glendale and is giving fire.
quent illustration of the faith he has i'm
the future by his Investments from
time to time.
NOT A FiRE.-Iast evening the en-
gineer at the city water works had
occasion to blow his whistle to sum
mon another emplcye of the company.
About the same time a locomotive
whistle was hesrd. and the men at
the fire house thought there was some
thing doing. as did a great many
people who were attending the band
/ concert The hcrses were hitched up,
I but no alarm came in. and the cause
of the excitement was soon learned
by telephone.
PROF. LAUDER. COMiNG.-Music
/ lovers viii be pleased to learn that
+ Prof. Lauder. the renowned Pianist.
will include Phoenix in his Pacihc
coast itinerary and will give at least
four recitals in the Fifth Avenue
/ Christian church some time IN Decent
Der He is an old friend Of Prof end
/ Mrs. 6. =. Cravens. who have oern i'll
i>strumental in persuading him % visit
+ Pbocnix Prof. LADDERS concerts are
really lecture recitals. In which nut
/ one authors compositions are re2derad
4 at each concert. ard during the zen
/ ing a very entertain ming lecture rs de-
liveTed on the author and his prod1c-
tiCns. HIS repertoire includes 6, dozen
+ or more composers. and local mana
gers may designate the ones prefer
red.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-11-02
Bullets Really.

A Wamego girl was spending a
couple of weeks with friends on a
Wabaunsee county farm. She arose
early the first morning and walked
down to the pasture gates. where the
farmer was milking his cows. Several
calves that We're there gambCling on
the green attracted her attention, and
she exclaimed: "Oh. looks at the little
caldets!" Them amt caldets, miss, -
replied the farmer, they're bullets
Kansas City Star.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-11-02
S0lz0DON
Tooth Powder
GOOD for Bad Teeth
Not Bad fer Good Teeth
Gives the Toeth PeerIy Lustre
RIG @SX NEW 2Se
New Toy Automobile.

The toy stores are now showing an
automobile for boys that may be pur-
chased at from $40 to $50, according to
the workmanship and finish. OF course
it isn't really an automobile. except in
outward form, for its real motive pow
er is supplied by the feet of the rider
The boy sits with his feet through an
opening in the floor of the vehicle, and
he thus operates pedals that supply the
power. The steering apparatus, how
ever, closely resembles that of the reg
ular auto, and the whole structure OF
the wagon is along similar lines, even
to the horn attached to the steering
lever. AS expensive playthiugs they
re certainly novel
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-11-02

bearing on practical railroading
It has been stated bv the Germa.
experts that ninety three miles per
hour is about the safety limit for pas
senscr service on ordinary tracks. Ex-
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-11-02

periE1entcrs for the Pennsylvania rail-
read recently put the extreme p-acti-
cal rate at ninety-five miles per hbur
This substantial agreement CT authori-
ties dealing on the one one hand with
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-11-02

the electric moter and en- the other
with the steam locomotive seems u
remove the 100-mile-an-hcur train for
the time being from the list OF spec
ulative possibilities.-New York World.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-11-02
The UncIe's viii Power.

willie Waite's uncle can make him
GO anything he wants him to do
"His uncle must be a man Of greatl
win power"
Eyes. indeed. He can win half a mil
lion dollars at least -Philadelphia
Press.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-11-02

become sensationally interesting both
to participants and spectators. As
The world remarked on the FIRST at
tafnment OF "a really ph-e-cu2nal
speed, the tests have little practical
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-11-02

We are never sorry when man IS
held up in saloon on the contrary,
we hope his wife VIII hear of it, and
hold him up again when he gets home.
-Atchison Globe.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-11-02
We Are Optical Specialists

Our business is confined exclusively
to the making and fitting of eye glasses
and spectacles.
In this we can undoubtedly be oe
valuable assistance to all who feel the
need of advice that comes from long
years Of experience, a thorough knowl-
edge of the subject and an up-to-date
equipment that is the outgrowth OF
constant application to our work, com
bired with the most reliable and hon
est service.
Modern business is like warfare, and
although the sinews are of a peaceful
character, the contest depends on good
generalship. modern weapons. and a
strategy that goes hand in hand with
constant vigilance.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-11-02
Good Lenses Are Of First
Importance in The Con-
StruCtiOn Of Glasses

Every lens has an optical center
which should be in the mathematical
center OF the lens. In regular stock
lenses the optical center is Liable to
he anywhere but where it should be,
which defect causes a prismatic effect
that is highly injurious to the delicate
muscles of the eye.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-07-23

frame building would. He will have
a six room two story house, and it
will be one of the swell dwellings of
the town of Mason when completed.
Mr.. Olson has thirty acres of cleared
land and raises good crops, devoting
most of his time to hay.
Among the other principal farms
is the place of U. L. Briggs in what
is called the Maple Ridge settlement.
A view showing the crops growing,
with the farm house in the distance,
accompanies this article.
Chris. Schmidt, Sam Bowers and
Charles Anderson are the possessors
of self binder which is used in thier
fields in the harvesting time. Wheat
has been very successfully grown in
the town of Mason, and is becoming
quite business with some of the
farmers. A threshing machine is
owned on the old Welcome farm, and
it has capacity of 800 bushels of
grain day.
While travelling through the agri-
cultural districts of Mason our atten-
ton was called to nice lot of land
which is being disposed of rapidly at
$3.50 an acre. This same land was
purchased by the holders less than
half dozen years ago in a 1900
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one of the most complete there is in
the county. This company employs
225 men ard Saws lumber for about
seven months ia the year. They
own their own timber and have vast
tracts of white and norway pine,
which they log at certain seasons of
the year. They usually have in four
or five large logging camps, and
these are looked after by Joseph Cor
kerry, who is in charge of the woods
operations. Besides their own
camps they let a good many con-
tracts to small jobbers. The sys-
TEN of dams, sluices and other Incl
dentals to the handling of logs along
White River is said to be perfect
and complete. 1t is estimated that
it will take this company seven or
eight years to finish cutting the
logs that they will take from their
forests Considerable hemlock and
hardwood is also being manufactured
in to lumber and the growth of the
manufacture Of these articles by
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withheld from market and set
Element discouraged. But the
individual farmer has made his
showing and it is equal to the
best. So far. however, asa gen
eraI movement to settle the town
is concerned, there has been but
little done. However it is rea-
sonable to look forward to big
jumps in agriculture in this
region, because it is country in
every way favored by nature to
come to the front. There are 70
miles of turnpike roads in the
town of Mason, and eight miles
ofnew road were built during the
past year. Mason started in on
the plan of completing road
when the work was started, and
the result is that every mile of
road is of the very best. There
are no poor roads in the to wn of
Mason, and the keeping of them
in repair costs practically moth
ing.
The town is governed by the
following officers: Supervisors,
F. A. Buol, Chairman; Swanty
Anderson and Chris. Iverson:
Treasurer, Norman Campbell;
Clerk, j. W. Remington; Asses
sor, Jonas Pearson. They are a
capable lot of officers and under
the administration of Chairman
Buol and his supervisors the
town of Mason has been doing
things on strict business prln-
ciples.
One very noticeable thing about
the road work is the willingness of
all classes of people to have expendi-
lures iudiciously made for new roads.
There are several instances of mile
of road being built for the accomoda-
tion of one or two rev settlers.
When these roads are put in they
are not cheap and i'll constructed af-
fairs, but are put 10 o frst-class con-
dition right on the start. The re-
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suit is that other settlers buy lands
along the highways and eventually
there will be big gain to
the development of the country from
this manner of doing business.
Mason has good school system
The school in the village is graded
and Professor Hazeltine is assisted
by three teachers. Bibon and the
rural settlements also have their
school houses. A very creditable
school building occupies prominent
spot in Mason, and from the size of
it and the number of teachers re-
quired, it is easy to determine that
the people of Mason believe in edu-
cation.
Reverend Ell. Yderstad is pastor Of
the Norwegian Lutheran Church
which is the principal denomination.
He also holds meetings in different
settlements, farms q little, and is
what might be termed as very en-
terprising clergyman. The Catho
lies also have church, but the SER
vices are not in charge of regular
pastor, and a priest from some of the
neighboring towns always looks af-
ter the spiritual welfare Of that de-
nomination.
The White River Lumber Com
pany is the big manufacturing in
stitution of Mason. Their mill is
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Mason and Bibon and the Country Around Them.

aud G.. E, Lamb, secretary. All
are among the kings of the lumber
world. Ole Pearson is the local
superintendent, while Charles |.
Larson is in charge of the store. E.
J. Ohr is cashier, John W.
Remington, bill clerk; and o. M.
Axness, book keeper
Among the business houses and
institutions of the place is the
Mason House of which Norman
Campbell is proprietor; the Club
House, another hotel, presided over
by Emil Swanson. The White River
Lumber Company do most of the mer-
camille business, altho ugh Mattson
and Collins are working up quite a
successful business. G. r. Ahern is
the jeweler; Melstrand & Nyland
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-07-23

The town of Mason, situated
on the line of the Chicago ST.
Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
railroad, is one of the rich agri-
cultural regions of Bayfield,
county. Many years ago a
large number of pioneers took
homestead lands within the
borders of the town-made a
profit off the timber, stumped
their lands and opened farms.
Today these same people have
rich and beautiful farms; many
have handsome residences,
plenty of stock and all kinds of
farm implements and machin-
cry. A very striking thing to
the visitor of the rural district
is to note the number of large
frame houses, modern in most
respects, while somewhere near
stands the old log house which
marked the original residence of
the pioneer. There is not much
of any influx of new settlers into
the town of Mason, although it
has every advantage that could
be asked for. 1t is like many
other towns where numbering
has been the chief business for
years and where land has been
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ground. Mr.. Hardelin has choice
lot of peacocks which he exhibits
with lots of satisfaction. He de-
scribes his Soil as sandy and clay
mixture and believes it to be as pro-
ductive as any that can be found.
He raises hay, oats and root crops.
Mr.. Hardelin says that one advan-
tage of the Bayfield, county country
is that there never'is water to drown
a person out or to destroy the crops,
while at the same time there are
lots of springs and streams that fur
nish water to every place. He has
spring back from the house dis
lance and pipes his water supply to
his residence. Mr.. Hardelin is a
splendid example of a successful
farmer.
Peter A. Olson has a nice farm
started near Mason, and is also show
ing good deal of the ingenuity
characteristic of this country. He
has miniature brick plant, and al
though be never had any experience
in brick making previous to his pres
ent attempt, he is making a success
of his efforts. A rudely constructed
affair grinds up the clay, the build
ing clay and sand is all taken from
parts of the farm, the bricks mould
ed by hand and dried in the sun,
then baked by simple contrivance,
and the brick is turned out in this
way at the rate of 1000 day.
These bricks are then used in the
building of new house which is al
ready two-thirds completed. Mr..
Olson says that in this way his brick
residence is costing him less than a
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combining farming and logging for
the past sixteen years. He has
splendid buildings upon his place an d
the farm is always pointed out to
visitors as one of the fine farms Of
the town of Mason.
Just across the road from Mr.. And
erson's place is the farm of Thomas
Hardelin. Nineteen years ago Mr..
Hardelin homesteaded this place,
shortly after his arri val from the old
country. He has he usual allot-
ment of 100 acres which Uncle Sa m
gives to the homeseeker. Thirty
acres is cleared and stumped and it
is in excellent condition. The old
log house is now used as storage
place, while the new and hands ONE
residence occupies choice spo o
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-07-23

Into the land of "The forest prime
val, where the lofty pine trees reared
their feathery tops to the lake
breezes, came the lum herman. The
forests disappeared and in their
places severed tops and worthless
trunks lay scattered over the ground.
Then followed destructive fires, and
in their wake only the blackened
stumps and charred logs were left to
tell the tale of what was once a
source of large part of the lumber
supply of the Northwest. Kind
nature in time covered the unsightly
areas with mantle of younger
growth but it has been left for man
who devastated the greater part of
Northern Wisconsin to reclaim to
usefulness its thousands of acres of
fertile soil.
In the vicinity of Washburn are
many examples of the work that is
changing the land of this section
from barren waste 20 some of the
most profitable farms in the state.
Land is rapidly being bought by
practical farmers who are settling
upon it and making home for
themselves and their families.
They are all in a prosperous
condition and to a man speak in
highest praises of their land and it's
fertility.
Here and there through the coun-
try is a pioneer agriculturalist, who
while others were devoting their time
to the numbering industry, which
offered speedy returns and ready
cash, turned to the soil for liveli-
hood and as result can spend his
remaining years in ease and comfort
while many of the other class are
less fortunate. True the life of the
farmer who attempts to subdue the
wild land once covered by a heavy
growth of timber is not an easy one,
and the returns are slow, but day by
day he adds to the value of his farm,
year by year his stock increases in
number, and his land increases in
value; his added wealth is in such
form that it cannot be dissipated
and before he realizes it he is in COM
Portable circumstances. This has
been the experience of those who
have persistently stuck to their
farms IN Bayfield, County.
The farm scenes presented in this
paper show some of the results that
have been attained by these men as
well as some of the newer homes that
are now being built. One of the
most enthusiastic of Bayfield, County
farmers is Mr.. Carl Hirsch. His
farm is on the Engoe road about
four miles from Washburn. Mr..
Hirsch is an old farmer and has had
experience in several parts of the
state, but has found no place so much
to his liking as the farm that is now
his home. Mr.. HirSch has o meadow
from which he has taken three tons
of hay per year for the last six years,
with no fertilization whatever and
this spring the prospects for crop
are as good as ever. He has some
small fruit which yields abundantly,
and has fine start for an apple
orchard. 1t might be inferred by
people living farther south that frosts
and cold would prevent fruit raising
SO far north but Mr.. Hirsch is auth
GRITTY for the statement that some
years ago when frost nearly destroy
ed the small fruit crop farther south
his crop was uninjured.
A little farther south on the Engoe
road is the farm formerly owned by
Mr.. Engoe but lately purchased by
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make the clothes for the place,
being in the tailoring business; DR..
Devine heals and cures the suffering,
N. N. Thompson handles soda water,
confectionery and fruit Charles
Johnson looks after the barbering
for the community and A. Able is a
paper hanger and decorator of
known ability.
Bibon is one of the villages in the
town, being situated at the juno
ton of the Omaha with the Duluth,
South Shore and Atlantic railroad.
1t is one and a half miles below the
village of Mason. At this point the
Chicago Lumber and Coal Company
have mill plant. The company has
a paid up capital stock of So, 500, 900,
J. HI. Kruger is manager of the
concern, and F, A. Buol, chairman
of the town of Mason, is assistant
manager. Joe Mauch is foreman of
the saw mill and Frank 'Pelton is in
charge of the planning mill that is
operated in connection.
This mill runs night and day
and employs 100 men, besides
doing large logging business
and employing many men in that
line. They have just put in a
camp with IS men employed at
what is termed Camp Neatly in
Iron county. The company has
two miles Of railroad which they
have graded and put into opera
ton the better to handle their
logging. This connects with the
d. S. S. & A. railroad. Last year
the company purchased from
settlers and farmers a large a.
mount of timber, aggregating in
all 100000 feet. They also
purchased the product of three
portable saw mills which are To-
Gated within the town. During
eleven months of last year the
company sawed $4,000, 900 feet of
lumber, most of which was hem
lock and hardwood. John Kop-
pen has charge of the pine and
hemlock shipments for the COM
pany; G. K. Estess. the Inspector
for the National Hardwood AS
ISOLATION, is in charge of the
hardwood shipments and grad
ing; Charles Neatly is in charge
of the woods operations. The
mill is a single band, and is a good
one in every respect The COM
pany owns and operates a store,
there is alsoa boarding house in
the village, restaurant owned
by Mrs. Corrigan, post office of
hich F. Bonneville is in charge.
A Jaunt Among the Farmers.
Through the courtesy of Chairman
Buol, who has every interest of his
town thoroughly at heart, the writer
was en- abled to spend a day among
some of these farms.
Swanty Anderson, one of the SUI
pervisors Of the town of Mason, is
counted among the successful farmers.
He has forty acres of cleared land
and got two tons of hay TO the acre
on his hay land last year. He also
raised $50 bushels of choice potatoes.
Last year he raised fifty bushels of
spelts. Mr.. Anderson has twenty
head of horses and is something of a
logg er. He came to this region
tWenty-three years ago, and has been
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acre tract for $500 It is only an.
other evidence of the rapid advance
in the cost of farm lands, and this
condition is found all over the coun-
ty. 1t is due to the fact that people
of all classes have got so that they
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-07-23

know that farming in Bayfield,
county is no longer matter of ex-
pertinent, but can be as successfully
carried on here as anywhere in the
whole northwest.
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such a company as the White
River Lumber Company indicates a
big future in other classes of trees
than pine. There is untold wealth
back Of this company. Mr.. John A.
Humbird, of ST. Paul. is presidents:
f. Weyerhauser, vice president
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-12-11

sage Of December 2 1902 I called atten-
ton To certain needs OF the financial SIT
! uation. and l again ask the considera-
Ton OF the congress for these questions.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-12-11

For several wears past the rapid Develop
msnt OF Aiaska and the establishment OF