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Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-10-03

tivates her audience. Her tricks and
illusions follow in such rapid success
soin and with such precision in ca
ecution that the audience is kept on
the qui vive every moment
The tact that Madam Redan works
with bare arms makes her handker-
chief work and other Sights the more
clever. Added to this her gracious
mannsr and tasteful costuming all
combine in forming very pleasing
number that will merit the hearty
applause that she always receives.
Tickets were placed on sale yester-
day morning. AMI indications are that
standing room will be at a premium
Monday night. Prices will be %, 35
and 80 cents.
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Pool at his grocery store to hold until
it can be identified. Nothing has
been heard of the horse and to this
writing no one has put in claim tor
either, and to the end that the owner
of the saddle may see this article and
the more readily know that the sad
die held by Poole is his. it would per-
haps not be ont of place to state that
the saddle in question is of the Texas
make, having wide horn, extra
large wooden stirrurs, hair circing'e,
to the saddle being strapped pair Of
old-fashioned saddle bags having in
them deed to patent churp, let
ter bearing the address Phil Duncan,
Hattiesburg. Miss, and half-u ed
up bottle of Dozier Bitter Apple
Ritters
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at the theater. always providing, of
course. that the play is entertaining,
moral, and legitimately exciting, and
the actors of ability. We are, all of
us. actors in certain sense of the
word, and the love of the drama is in
herlted in every child. How often
we see children trying to imitAre
their elders. This is acting, and
when you seriously consider it, this
instinct is the very germ of the actors
art. 1t is said that no one who goes
to see the Peruchi-Beldeni Company's
performances at the Auditorium next
week will be disappointed. The COM
pany, its plays and specialties are
most highly spoken of by the press in
our neighboring cities and our thea
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-10-03

ter-goers may look for q rare treat in
their engagement i'll this city.
The opening play Monday night
will be the four act sensational COM
edy drama, 1.-The New World,'' pre-
senetd in its entirety with a wealth
of beautiful scenery and marvellous
mechanical and electrical effects car
ried by the company.
There are high.class specialties in
troduced between acts, by host of
clever vaudeville artists headed by
Madam Redan, the Peruvian lady IL
lusionist of the world. Madam Re-
dan fulfills all expectations. Her
work as an illusionist is novel and
finished. She possesses deftness and
grace of movement that at once cap
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-10-03
A RARE TREAT PROMISED
In the Forthcoming Engagement of
the PeruChi-Beldeni Repertoire
Company.

As the zine for the beginning o.
the Peruchi Beldeni Company's en-
gagement approaches, interest in the
same increases. Seats were placed
on sale yesterday morning, and before
night many had been sold.
In these days Of strenuous exist
ence, when men and women alike are
busy with the affairs of everyday ex-
istence, they demand relaxation and
recreation. There is no recreation
so pleasing and so helpful as a night
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Mrs. HeideIberg's Music Class

| desire notify my patrons and 9th
ers. that ! lave secured rooms at No.
SG3 Street, (Mrs.' Gomley's) opposite
school building, where | will continue
my music class. respectfully solicit
your patronage, and promise salts .ac-
tory service. Respectfully,
MISS ALETHEA HEIDELBERG.
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ANSWER READY.
Brief Being Prepared by Attorneys
in Mississippi-L Louisiana Bound
ary Dispute.
Special to the Daily Progress.

Special to the Daily Progress.
Jackson, Oct. 3.@The answer of
the attorneys representing the state
of Mississippi in the Mississippi
Louisiana boundary dispute has been
in the city of Jackson for two or three
days. and the announcement is new
made that the brief in the case is fin
ished and will be given to the printer
at once and then forwarded to the SUI
preme conrt at Washington. before
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which tribunal the case will be heard
Mayor Hemingway Returns
Special to the Daily Progress.

Special TO the Daily Progress.
Jackson, Oct. 3. Mayor Hemming-
way has returned from visit to New
York, where he went for the two fold
purpose of attending meeting of the
grand lodge of Odd Fellows and con.
ferring with the insurance people in
regard to reduction of the burden
some rate now emf orced in jackson.
He returns with the assurance that
jackson is to be given the benefit of
a reduction within a short time,
though he has given no intimation as
to how great the reduction would be.
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puced and fourth in the amount of butter
in the United States. We have at present
over / 900 cheesesfactorieS and about 1,300
creameries.
LIVE STOCK. y
eAs-this is country well adapted to the
production Of grasses, fodder crops,
roots, etc, for feeGa with good water and
plenty of, shade. it goes with scarcely
more than the saying that 1t Is adapted
to the raising of cattle, hogs, sheep and
goats ttheaAlatter being s, Of the Angora
variety. There are already a good many.
of this excellent breed of goats in North
ern Wisconsin. In great measure they
solve the problem of clearing brush land.
They prefer stwigs to grass. and will
browse off considerable area, clearing
it for excellent grazing land The an
CORA is valuable also for it's wool (mo-
hair), which brings good prices, and also
for its feshy which is preferred rby many
above mutton For sheep this is also an
ideal section Hog raising is also coming
to be profitable industry. 1t is known
that pork of a very superior quality is
grown, on peas and clover. This is the
greatest clover land in America and no.
where will peas yield larger crops than in
this section. A case of hog cholera has
never been known in Northern Wiscon-
sin, and whether that be on account of
the climate or the nature of the food it is
quite as significant that 1t costs less to
raise hog on peas and clover than upon
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strawberries, and they grow freely and
abundantly. Small fruits do well under
cultivation, so do the hardy varieties Of
apples, crabapples, plums and cherries
The newnesS Of the country forbidS our
having any extensive show of orchards
However, some of the Oldest farms have
fruit trees which will easily stand a crit
ical comparison with similar trees farther
south. There is no reason why in time
this country, with it's proximity to great
lakes and the Shetering benefits of great
forests will not become as noted for its
cultivated fruits as Michigan, where con-
ditions are quite similar
OUR WATER PRIVILEGES.
lake from which it takes it's name is
charming body of water, clear and pure
But that is true of our entire vicinity
water everywhere Is pure and plentiful
Let this statement be interpreted as
broadly as your imagination wishes, and
you have a correct idea of the condition
Our lakes, rivers and creeks are abundant,
pure and clear as crystal. The lakes and
rivers are well supplied with black bass,
varieties of fish, while the springs and
small streams have long been famous for
the number and quality of brook trout
they contain. This fact has induced many
to come here and make private pleasure
resorts, improving those springs and
creeks, places that were naturally beau
tiful One of these places Beaver Lodge,
Lake. A sample of water taken from
this place was analyZed by the chemical
department. of the University of Mime
sofa, and the chemists said that it was
the nearest to absolute purity of any wa
ter ever examined by that institution
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Where Wealth Comes
ELsy and Always
A Splendid Live Stock, Farming
and Dairying Region

the children of Wisconsin is compulsory
for portion of the year. T h e G Oh
can assure any reader that they need
not fear locating in or around Shell Lake
on the score of education.
CHURCHES.
Those who are members of churches
in the East will be cordially welcomed
by their brethren in the churches here.
The principal denominations are here
represented, seven churches in all, and
the pastors are earnest, Jealous, intelli-
gent, faithful and cultured.
BUSINESS INTERESTS.
All the various branches Of mercantile
life are represented, and stocks compare
'avorably with those of earlier towns
much larger. The largest industry is
saw mill, converting the hardwood into
forms for human use. The bank is
strong institution financially and in the
hands of men thoroughly abreast Of the
times and in full sympathy with every
interest looking to the upbuilding Of Shell
Lake and the county of Washburn. All
the small industries common to enterpris-
ing communities are to be found, but with
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tired. or are in position to do so any
time they so desire. Most of the farms
offered for sale are the property of men
who have made a competency. Some
again desire to sell out because their
ideas and ambitions have expanded and
they desire to go further afield to engage
in ranching, or where they can secure
larger tracts of land to engage in farming
on much larger scale These improved
farms with everything necessary for
man to begin life can be secured at very
reasonable prices, and are especially suit
ed to men who have little capital and
who desire to be convenient to a pro-
gressive town with stores, schools,.
churches and all the advantages Of mod
ern civilization, and to avoid the hard
experiences of pioneering. cd
THE FUTURE. IL
1t is much easier for the new arrival Of.
today to make success of farming, sur
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Plenty Of Building Material
and "Wood to Burn"
Abundant Water Supply, Ample Rain
full, Fine Climate and Good Markets.

larly rich SOIL were no doubt among the
advantages that the first settlers saw in
the Shell Lake country. The results have
demonstrated that they We're not very far
astray in their first estimate of the coun-
try; for every condition necessary to in
sure success in agricultural pursuits ex-
lists here. The soil produces the staple
field and garden crops. The grass is sweet
and nutritious and there Is an abundance
of II. Water is TO be found pure clear
and abundant in lakes, rivers and wells.
A CHALLENGE.
There does not exist today in the
world an easier and surer method of MAX
ing a living than farming i'm Northern
Wisconsin. Men who have lived in this
country from its earliest settlement in
reply to a challenge failed to point out a
single instance of failure among men who
possessed the mental and physical quail
tiles to succeed. A similar challenge
thrown out among business and profes-
sional men would result in scores of dis
NAL failures being pointed out in any
town in the world. The best thinking men
must therefore arrive, as they have done,
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ance as can be found in the corn belt.
Millions of settlers from Europe will
flock into this country within the next
ten years, and they will all need cattle
with which to stock their farms. There
Is therefore. no danger for the supply
exceeding the demand for many years
to come. The verdict of the close OBJ,
servers of the district is that mixed
farming is the most successful. Common
sense also points in this direction; for
the man who is content with growing
cereals has only employment for few
months in the year, and time being
money. it stands to reason that the mixed
farmer, working twelve months in the
year, must accumulate riches twice as
fast as the grain grower
q There is a regular and growing demand
Cfer good stock and the breeding of pure
bred stock offers good inducements to
men who understand the care of animals
and who have little capital with which
to start. And right here is the place to
49, PLENTY OF WILD FRUIT.
@oThere are plums, grapes. currants, cram
berries, blackberries, blueberries and
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and other grasses. The ease with which
clover can be grown, the certainty with
which a stand can be secured, the ex-
traordinary hluxuriance of yrthe,rn clover,
meadows and clover pastures, can scarce
" be credited by one who has never
visited the country. Where .this form of
legumes grows with such success dairy
ing is possible; and that iso one OF the
most lIomising features of agricultural
life in Northern Wisconsin. sr2x NJ .391I a.
DAlRYING. =
4 The country has all of the, requisites.
"A ssoil marvelously adapted Ito / the Apfo71
7duetien OF, food stuffs, the rigAtutemsl
perature, abundant and excellent, water.
plenty of shade and happily situated with
refeTafIc9 to large consuming markets, the
nearby iron mines and lumber camps of
the north and the Twin Cities to the
south. wisconsin stands today the, sec
ond state in theramo1Int of cheese pro-
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SHELL LAKE COUNTRY
Tn Northern Wisconsin

Those particular springs are estimated to
flow more than 1,500 gallons of water per
minute. and the temperature is 4S de-
grees the year round.
FISHING AND HUNTING.
Our lakes and rivers, filled as they are
with the best kinds of food fishes. and
gamy ones. too, are becoming resorts for for
anglers and pleasure-seekers from the
prairie regions of other states and the
cities of the East and South. Every year
adds to the number of comers. Our
woods, too, supply game for the hunter
THE CLIMATE.
The climate is healthful. very much so,
according to the doctors Malarial diseases
are not native to the country. The winters
of course are cold, but uniform, and are
especially agreeable to people from the
East and South. where the winter season
is one of constant changes. The spring is
a delightful time The summer is warm.
vegetation is vigorous. wild flowers are
abundant and the whole country a con-
stant charm The rainfall. while usually
ample, is seldom excessive. Autumn is
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Washburn County Court House, Shell Lake.

at the conclusion that farming is the best
calling that man can follow from a ply
sical, financial and moral standpoint.
Ihe man VINO can farm successfully
sional and business men. for the farmer
not only adds TO the wealth of the coun-
try, but gives new life and energy to
the nation. The population of our cities
would soon be reduced to invalids and i'm
beetles were they not reinforced and
strengthened continually by the new, rich
and vigorous blood from the rural dis
tricts.
AN INVITATION.
And now, if you have any thought OF
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corn. At the same time the idea is quite
common among people who have never
been in this section that good crops Of corn
cannot be raised so far north. The state
ment of Prof. Thomas Shaw, the well
known Minnesota authority on agricul-
tural and live stock topics, touching upon
this point is borne out by the experience
of every farmer in Northern Wisconsin
who has tried to raise corn. While the
variety is different the feeding produc-
ton in the form of fodder is as great
and the corn fields are as fine in appear
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bettering your condition by coming West
we ask you only to come and see and de-
eide for yourselves. feeling willing 70
trust the result with you. if you only
once see US as we are. This is no over
truth as you will attest when you see
the country and witness it's grand produc-
tiveness. and all the excellent points In
its favor, as to climate. location, produc-
tiveness low price and beauty of the
lands offered, and the hospitable, CHEEKY
hearted friendliness of spirit which Is
manifested by the people who have al
ready made homes for themselves IN
Northern Wisconsin.
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give my children the benefit of a good
education?" To this we answer yes"
with most earnest emphasis. The town
OF Shell Lake has one of the best Eng
lsh course high schools, and leading up
to it a system of graded schools in a state
noted for its fine schools. The district
schools of the country are filled with en-
ergetic young teachers. specially trained
Tor the work and full of interest in their
profession The state school laws are
carefully framed, and the education of
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A WELL BUILT, PROGRESSIVE ANE
HusTuNc COMMUNITY.

HUsTLING COMMUNITY.
The village of Shell Lake is one OF the
thriving communities of Northern Wiscon-
sin. We said village, but it has popula-
tion enough to give it the rank OF city
'out West" the number of its people
crowding we'll up to the 1000 mark, al
though some of the most modest of its
enterprising citizens say 1900. We said
enterprising citizens, and our readers will
agree with us in this claim, when we tell
them that a subscription paper passed
around in June. asking help to get UP
celebration on the Fourth of July had the
handsome sum of $1,000 subscribed in
single day. A town like that has enter
prise, and it was the enterprise because
it has the country around it to back up
any proposition of the people.
THE TOWN.
Shell Lake is in the southwestern part
of Washburn county, and is an important
shipping point on the Chicago. st. Paul.
Minneapolis & Omaha railroad, about half
way between st. Paul and Minneapolis to
the south and the Lake Superior cities,
Superior, Duluth, Ashland, Washburn and
Bayfield, to the north, which afford market
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Eastwood, elm hickory, butternut cherry.
poplar and some others. 1t will readily
be seen from thisd that the Shell Lake
country is exceptionally well supplied
with building material and fuel.
SOIL.
There is variety of soils as one can
Judge from the variety of timber. About
Shell Lake it is generally clay with a
light mixture of sand the subsoil being
clay. It is a quick soil. very productive
and especially well adapted to cloyers
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mild and pleasant, extending to the last
part of November, and snow sometimes
does not fall until December, and then
it is often abundant.
PASSING US BY.
The phrase "to go further and fare
worst is as true today as it was the
evening it was first written 1t Is a truth
that many homeseekers and investors are
daily passing by this rich province and
going to distant fields; ignorant of the
fact that they can. secure the best of
farming lands right here. close to market
and higher educational and other atN1-
tages, as cheaply as they can in distant
parts outside of the pale of the advan-
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tages of civilization
The conditions here are what they were
in Iowa and Illinois twenty years ago.
The shortest cut to wealth is to buy new
lands cheap at the present time Wnen
land that can be secured at from 81 to
$40 per acre Is actually worth $100 per
acre, based upon its producing capabili-
ties.
OUR PIONEERS.
Man ever seeks the most congenial sur
roundings in which to dwell. and a coun-
try that offers the least obstacles to his
securing an easy living and a plentiful
supply of water, together with a particu-
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UNIFORM SUCCESS.

No one who has observed the ordinary
rules of success has been known to fail In
this rich section of Northern Wisconsin,
and there is nothing to record but the
uninterrupted history of progress and of
poor men growing rich. healthy. happy
and contented. To succeed in this re-
gion has not been the exception but the
the rule. Instances can be given over and
over again, of men who came here be-
tween ten and twenty years ago with 3
capital of 5000 or less who today have re-
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rounded as he will be by men of tried
experience On every side, than 1T was for
the early pioneers who had to purchase
their knowledge of the country in the
expensive school of adversely. The many
pitfalls that the early settlers stumbled
into can now be avoided. The best meth
cd of tilling the soil, found out by hard
experience, is now freely impaired to the
new arrival, and his path to success, pro-
vided he Is constructed of the right ma
terial. is comparatively easy one. There
are scores of men in the district who
came into it between eight and fifteen
years ago with less than $500 in capital,
who are now in position to retire and
live upon their means had they desire to
do so. .,
BUILDING MATERIAL.
Northern Wisconsin has enjoyed a
growth of timber which has required
thousands of men many years to cut and
pay. This is now of great value to the
considerable which was looked upon by
the big lumbermen as too scattering to
country, as 1t furnishes cheap building
material. In this county there are eight
varieties of coniferous trees, viz: White
pine, Norway pine, jack pine, white fir,
spruce, hemlock. cedar and tamarack.
Other timbers that are yet and have been
of commercial value are: White and red
oak, white, yellow and black birch, white
and black ash. soft maple, sugar maple.
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FUEL.

That is a question that gives no worry
to the people of this favored section
First there is an abundance of hard and
soft woods. and second the hard coal de-
pots of the Northwest are only short
distance away, Superior and Duluth, on
Lake Superior. Washburn county is the
second county south of the earths greatest
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RAILROADS.

AS We have already stated Shell Lake
is located, on the c., St p, M & o. rail-
way, or better known for short as the
"Omaha' line, with headquarters in st.
Paul, and fully alive to the needs of the
territory 1t traverses, and furnishing al
ways accommodations which has made it
a favorite with patrons. A glance at the
map will show Washburn county's rail
ways crossing it in form not unlike the
letter x
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the West.
:: A PICTURESQUE LOCATION.
The town site was very wisely laid out.
The streets are wide and we'll kept; lib
eraI mileage of sidewalk is being main
tained, and the town presents clean and
progressive. appearance. The, principal
business blocks and dwellings are attractive
from an architectural standpoint, The lake
from which the town takes it's name is
one of the most beautiful inland bodies of
water in Northern Wisconsin. 1t is great
reservoir (for it has no inlet or outlet),
circular in form and nearly three miles
across either way. The water is deep, clear
and pure, and for black bass fishing no
better place can be found. All around the
lake are dry banks that slope gently from
the waters edge far away back and tim
bered with many varieties of hardwood
and evergreen, making the place unusual
ly attractive and picturesque, and what
is practical, affording excellent drain
age.
SCHOOLS.
To the man with q family, coming West
one of the most important, and deserved
ly so, of the questions he asks in his
heart is: Can I in the Western country
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THE PRESS.

, THE PRESS.
Shell Lake is swell Z and strongly repre-
sented the newspaper aline Nothing SO
surely reaeets@ hesaexaetacharacter of
people&ass hessregulars-local paper. The
peoplep.of Shell. Lake have reason to be
proud of their papers. as they show in
each issue the current 1ffeNof the commu-
nifty. Persons who: contemplate locating
in Washburn county cannot do better
than to send for sample copies, and what
is better subscribe for a time, for either
the Register or the Watchman, or both,
and get acquainted with the people be-
fore going.-----.
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Good Catch Of Black Bass and Pckee CAUGHT in Shell Lake.

the growth of the surrounding country
new establishments will be needed. The
various secret societies have lodges.
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A PICTURESQUE LOCATION.

acilities not common to many towns in