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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-31

fifths-the remainder being mainly in
British India, Egypt and Brazil. Since
1900, the United States cotton export
has climbed up into the billions-$n,
237, 926, 092-and it certainly woult
mean something to US if presently Eu'
rope should cease to depend upon
American cotton.
When the civil war was raging II
America, and our commerce was
thereby disturbed, the problem of the
worlds cotton was very much to tine
fore. During this period a student Of
cotton culture worked out the follow.
ing list of countries capable of pro-
ducing the valuable plant:
1st. The coast of British and Dutch
Guiana and French Cheyenne, the island
of Jamaica, and the Bahamas.
I'd. The coast of the Mediterranean along
the Gulf of Comachio.
~ Sd. Egypt. ....'
parts of the Ottoman empire.
5th. The east coast of Ceylon.
e 9Th. India. -
18th. Madras, and along the Bay of,Ben
gal, and in other parts of India, 81
9Th. Australia and the northSisland OF
New Zealand. -
England's colonial possessions ir
India, East and West Africa, the West
India islands, and tropical America
insure her large field. The cotton
industry has been associated with In
dia from ancient times, and the chur.
ka, the Indian cotton-gin, is of I'M
known antiquity. Until the invention
of machinery for use in the manufac-
ture of cotton, India led the world in
the manufacture and growth of cotton
When the modern cotton mill was in
troduced into India it was sent out
from England fully improved, and
there was no gradual change from ole
to new methods; but the cotton cul
ture has largely been left in the hands
of the poorest classes, not directed by
capitalists and able men, as in Egypt
and America; and as a result the quail
ity of the Indian cotton has deterior-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-31

mouth and very solemnly elected solid
pellet about two inches long containing
the bones and fur which he had swal-
lowed with his meal the night before.
After that away he flew, on powerful,
silent wings. He alighted once more on
the deserted squirrels nest, and after
looking about him with his usual eau
ton, dragged out the remains of his last
nights victim, and soon there was moth
ing left but the bushy tail, which was
caught by a puff of wind and blown to
the ground. After that, the owl seemed
to develop liking for that particular
nest, and many were the squirrels, mice
and small birds brought there to be de-
voured. And the top of the nest became
0attened and owl pellets accumulated
On and around it. Sometimes another
great horned owl appeared, and toward
the latter part of February the two were
3ften seen together. Early in March
the old squirrels nest had been converted
into birds nest, and in it were three
large white eggs, from which in due time
issued three large-headed, downy young
horned owls, for whom their parents
we're obliged to do even more killing
than usual.
One day the nest was discovered by
bird student whose name we won't men
lion, and he, on study bent, went boldly
up the tree. He had not gone far, how
ever, when his cap was torn from his
head by one of the angry parent birds,
and as there seemed every prospect of
hostilities being renewed, he came slith-
ering down again. He procured fenc-
ing mask, and, with his face thus pro-
tected, made another attempt, and after
being savagely attacked, succeeded in
reaching the nest. There lay the top
heavy young owls, comically serious
youngsters, blinking disdainfully at the
bird student, who examined them
quickly, but carefully, and left them to
their fond parents in order to avoid any
further unpleasantness.
Well guarded and well fed, the young
owls grew large AID strong. They soon
changed their plumage of down for one
of feathers, and were out earning liv-
ing with their own good talons, at sea-
son when most of our birds have scarce
ly begun to think of nest building.
ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES.
Curious Wall Decorations.
At her home in Madrid Nine Chris
tine Nilsson had bedroom papered
with the leaves of music from the
many operas in which she had sung in
various parts of the world; while the
unusual decoration of her dining room,
being composed Of hotel bills, was
made to serve as sort of diary Of the
divR.a WaAdelin9s.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-31

of face is distinct from that which WI
see in English fishing ports, although
very much the same influences Tor SO
one would suppose) must have gone to
form it, and there must be some al
lance in blood between the races. Yet
the type is distinct. There is pecu-
liar glow of health in the ruddy color
of the cheeks of the men and women
alike, and Herewith the skin of the
face is apt to be worked into innumer-
able small wrinkles, for all the world
like those that you see on the skin OF
shrivelled apple. And, curiously, we
are given to fancy that this is to be
seen more in those that live in an ap-
pie country than elsewhere. This may
be merely fancy, or it may be that the
juice of the apple and the consumption
of cider have really tendency to make
the skin assume this distinctive anC
not at all unpleasant appearance.
Again, you may take it, if you like:
that this wrinkling of the healthy and
ruddy skin is due, in a measure al
least, to the salt breezes which the
faces catch; and the keenness of the
salt breeze, with the sting of the sea
salt in it, is in all likelihood the cause
that the eyes are so often narrowed
so as to be little more than Sits, and
are, at all events, screwed together at
the corners, with continually gazing
into the eye of the wind. You may
see this mostly on the faces of the
men, who have been on watch on their
fishing boats, hour after hour, looking
out in the gales teeth; but the women
have it, too. If it pleases your fancy
to do so, you will have no difficulty in
reading into the faces of the latter all
the pathos, all the hope deferred of the
return of their fisher lovers, and hus-
bands, that Pierre Lott has told of Sc
gracefully, or that a greater and earlier
master of the truths that are called
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-31
TERMS OUTLINED.
Demands Restoration of COndi-
tiOns on the IsthmuS.-

Washington, Dec. 30.-The statement
of Colombias grievances as presen ted
to Secretary Hay by Gen. Reyes and
now being considered, contains three
distinct propositions concerning the
canal, as follows:
That the status of the isthmus before
the revolution be restored.
That the United States content itself
with keeping the railroad open and al
low Colombia to try to put down the
revolution.
That if neither of these propositions
is accepted, the United States agree to
pay Colombia for the loss of territory
resulting from the attitude ofthis coun-
try, the amount of damages to be fixed
by The Hague tribunal.
The claim for damages is supported
by long arguments, and is based pri-
marily on the treaty of 1876, in which
it is held that the United States agreed
to maintain Colombia s sovereignty over
the isthmus
Gen. Reyes hopes to receive in ten
days, or two weeks reply sufficiently
favorable to allow him to return to Co.
lombia with assurance that Colombia
will receive compensation for the loss
of the isthmus. If he can hold out any
reasonable promise in that direction he
believes he will be able to quiet the war
spirit and induce his countrymen to
wait until the questions between Co.
lombia and the United States and Pan
anna are settled finally. Dr. Herran, the
Colombian charge, expects to go home
with Gen. Reyes on leave.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-31
ALASKA FUR coMPANY's HEADQUARTERS

ALASKA FUR COMPANY'S HEADQUARTERS.
east coast of Japan, and the herd from
the Okhotsk sea passes down the west
ern coast of the inland sea of Japan.
A marked feature of the life of the
seal, the herds do not intermingle, year
after year each adult seal returns as
nearly as possible not only to the is
land of the preceding season, but al
most to the exact spot. A wonderful
automaton."
The Pribilof islands of st. George
and st. Paul lie in the Behring sea
about 200 miles northwest of Unalaska
and about As miles apart. Here on a
sloping hill or a broad rocky beach,
the seals establish their "rookeries,"
or breeding grounds, where the ami
mails crowd together so close the pups
are often trampled to death by the
fighting males. The largest breeding
ground is on st. Paul, and from the
summit of Hutchinson hill, up the sea-
ward slope of which the grounds ex-
tend, one can see greater collection
of seals than at any other place in the
world.
= 1t is the bachelors" (young males)
that the land hunter is supposed to
look for; and for half a century this
has been the law of the islands. Ac-
cording to it's original lease, the COM
pany in possession of the Pribilof is
lands was empowered to kill 100000
bachelors q season. This seems large
number, but authorities say it
made for increase rather than decrease,
lessening the number of fighters and
therefore not decreasing the popula-
ton as whole.
The Aleutian Indians tell that the
Pribilof herd reached is smallest size
some SO years ago. when many thou
sand seals lost their lives during an
ice jam. There is no definite record of
conditions during the Russian holding,
but when the islands passed into
Americas possession in 1868, the herd
was of fair size. The greatest pros
perity was from 1872 to so, the esti-
mate placing the number Of seals of all
classes on the islands at 2,500,0 At
present there is not a fifth that num-
Der, and the decrease is due largely to
pelagic sealing-the killing of fur seals
in the open sea with firearms, clubs
or spears. The Russian herds have sdf-
fered from the same cause, and even
to greater extent; and down in the
south the Antartic rookeries have also
fallen prey to the greed of man.
CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER.
CoIored Professional Men.
There are 800 colored physicians
practicing in the United States. 800
lawyers. and 10000 teacherA
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-31
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Less children Engaged.

The factory inspection work of the
state bureau of labor, for the year 1903,
has been tabulated and shows the fol-
lowing data: T..
The inspectors made in all 4, 500 re-
ports, embracing III, oo9 persons, or
90, 143 male adults, 16, 1874 female adults,
$50 boys under 16 years of age, and 242
girls under the same age.
The corresponding figures for the
year 1902 were 3,42o reports, 90, 191 per-
sons, or s2,66s male adults, 5,44S fe-
male adults, s33 boys and 242 girls I'M
der 16 years of age. ~
This data shows an increase in the
total number of wage earners of 11.91
per cent, while that of the male adults
1857 per cent, that of the female adults
$50 per cent, and of the children there
is decrease from last years number
of 9.5S percent,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-31
Drowned.

Mrs. Anna Krenan, wife of Fred Kre-
nan, is supposed to have drowned her
self and two children in the cistern at
house near LIE Sueur. The bodies were
discovered by her husband. The bod
les were dressed in their night clothes
only. Mrs. Krenan had been suffering
somewhat with measles, but there is no
suspicion that her mind was in any
way unbalanced.
The opening to the cistern is only
about fourteen by eighteen inches, so
that it is scarcely possible that even
the 2-year-old boy could have fallen in
accidentally, in which case of course,
it would have been possible that the
mother, in running to the place with
baby in her arms, might, herself, have
fallen in while attempting to rescue the
bow
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-31
WORLDS FUR-SEALS
It Is Proposed to Stock Lake Supe-
rior with the Animals.
Where the supply Is Now Located
Most OF Them Found I'm BehrinT
Sea-Peculiarities of the
Great Herds,

The recent formation OF company
to stock Lake Superior with fur-bear-
ing seals sets one to inquire concerning
the regular haunts- of these valuable
creatures, and concerning the outlook
for their preservation or extinction.
Some one has aptly said that the
question of the Behring sea fisheries
is a matter of natural history rather
than international law. Neither Eng
land nor America is so blind to indi-
vidual or general interests as to wish
to evade or prevent laws making for
the preservation of the seal; and
neither of the nations should count as
a victory the grant of right to indulge
in undue slaughter of the "sea-bear."
At present but few fur seals dwell
in the south. There are some in the
South Shetlands, in various small is
lands in the vicinity of Cape Horn,
and near the mouth of the La Plata,
but the main supply of skins comes
from the Commander and Pribilof is
lands of the north.
AS it is thought these islands in the
Behring and Okhotsk seas had never
been visited by man previous to the
discovery of Behring and Medini is
lands by Vitus Behring in 1741, and of
st. George island in 1856, it is believed
the seals up to the latter part of the
eighteenth century had been unmolest-
ed by the man-hunter, that probably
few seals were captured prior to 1890.
In the northern Pacific there are
three distinct herds; the most import
ant is the American or Pribilof herd,
which lives on two islands of the Prib-
ilof group, st. George and st. Paul;
the Russian herd of the Komandorski
or Commander islands; the third, also
belonging to the Russians, inhabiting
Robben island in the Okhotsk sea.
These seals do not spend the long cold
winter in the islands dominated their
homes, but all of them travel south
into warmer waters. The American
herd leaves the Pribilofs in November
and December, going into the open sea
as far south as the latitude of San
Francisco, but in the spring inevitably
returning to the retreats peculiar to
its members. The Russian herd in win
ter voyage to the waters along the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-31
Renovated Butter.

Renovated butter is evidently becom-
ing a staple commodity in the house
hold. During November internal re-
venue officials in St. Paul issued reve-
nue. stamps covering output of $780,
1o4 pounds of this commodity. This
makes over 1874 tons of renovated but
ter consumed in one month. During
the first eleven days of December the
local Office issued stamps covering an
output of 279, $50 pounds. The federal
tax on renovated butter became opera
tive July l.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-31
Game Dinners.

The state board of control sent out
to institutions under it's control all the
game confiscated during the season by
the state game and fish commission.
This game was used for the Christmas
dinner of the inmates. Altogether,
there were 5000 ducks, chickens and
cartridges, and !, 657 pounds of venisou.
The game was distributed to the in
stitutions in proportion to the number
of inmates under it's care. The Fergus
Falls institution with 1900 patients is
the largest and received 63s birds and
343 pounds of venison.
The board also supplied Christmas
dinner for the crippled children at the
City hospital in st. Paul. Enough
chickens and turkeys were purchased
so that every public charge had good
dinner on Christmas day.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-31
Counterfeit.

Counterfeit $40 silver certificates are
said to be in circulation in st. Paul.
Several of them have been received at
the banks. The counterfeit bills are
we'll made end easily mistaken for gen.
uine currency. Orders have been is
sued to the policemen to notify all mer-
chants on their beats of the existense
Of the counterfeit money, and the store
keepers were asked to call the police as
soon one of the counterfeit bills is pre-
sented
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-31
Woman Sentenced to Hanc.

Bennington, VT, Dec. 3O.-Mrs. Mary
A. Rogers, convicted of the murder of
her husband, Marcus Rogers, was
sentenced Tuesday to be hanged the
first Friday in February, 1905. Leon
Perham, the self-confessed accomplice
of Mrs Rogers, was sentenced to life
Imprisonment.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-31

London, Dec 90.-Most Rev. Fran
els Bourne, Roman Catholic archbishop
of Westminster, was enthroned in the
new cathedral of Westminster Tuesday
with the impressive ceremony-inciden-
tai to such occasions.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-31
Meet in Minneapolis.

Jan. -, the first annual meeting Of
the Minnesota Agricultural society ever
held in Minneapolis will be held to
order and opened with usual ceremon-
les. The sessions of the main conven-
ton will be held in the Masonic temple
and Secretary Randall has at hand a
fine list of prominent men who will adj
dress the meetings. s. ---~----- .
them are James J. Hill, presi-
dent of the Great Northern. It is said
that Mr.. Hills address will be the most
important of the convention as he will
have something of Importance to say to
the farmers of the state as regard to
present conditions and future prospects.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-31
New York, Dec. 20.

New York, Dec. e.
FLOUR-Dull but firmly held. Winter
straights, A.COG415 Buckwheat flour
quiet, $2.15d235
WHEAT-Opened strong, but weakened.
December, 945s@94Ac; May, S7@S714c; July,
S3A@S39sc.
RYE-Firm. State and Jersey, 56d5Sc;
No. western, 63c nominal, f. o. b. attoat.
COMMISSIONER and more active. May,
511sq51Ac.
OATS-Nominal. Track white, 42@4514c.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-31
: They Must Hang.

Charles and Henry Nelson, the Owa-
tonna boys, who were convicted of the
murder of II. Fl. Krier on the night of
April 10, 1908, must pay the penelty of
their crime with their lives.
The supreme court affirmed verdict
of murder in the first degree, which
was reached by the jury in the dis
trict court of Steel county, and refused
to grant them a new trial. AS yet the
boys have not been sentenced to their
death, but following the action of the
of the supreme court the governor will
be compelled to fix the date Of their
execution.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-31
THE MARKETS.
Grain, Provisions. Etc.

Chicago, Dec. 29.
WHEAT-Nervous. December, $40
1850; May, S4@S4Bc; July, 7S2s@79c.
CORN-Held steady. May, 45@45kc.
OATS-Unchanged. May, 37%@37Bc.
RYE-Dull and unchanged. No. 2 in
store, ~nominally 52kc; samples, SEC NOM
inal; May delivery, SEC.
BARLEY-Moderate trade. Screenings
26@36c; feed barley, 35@s6c; low grade
mailing, 37@42c; fair, 4aa44c; good to
choice. 45d55c; fancy, 5s@60c
guaranteeing steady. Creameries,
per h.. 14123c; diaries, 14@21c
EGGS-Market quotably firm. Fresh
eggs, at mark, new cases returned, AQ27c
per dozen. DE-
LIVE POULTRY-Firmer and higher.
Turkeys, per h.. 11G1112c; spring chickens
-10e; ducks, 1614@11c.=z;
POTATOES-Stronger and higher. Bur.
banks, good to choice, per bu., 65q67c;
Rurals, good to choice, 6596Sc.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-31
Live Stock.

Chicago, Dec g.
HOGS--Good to choice heavy shipping,
$46OQ4.S5; fair to good heavy packing, $3.50
@4.7O; rough and common heavy mixed,
A.35G4 .5O; assorted light, $4.45G465; good to
choice butcher weights, $465a4. 80; fair to
choice light mixed, $445G460; thin to
choice $400G4.35. ~
CATTLE-Choice to fancy beeves, $555
95.75; good to choice heavy steers, 4.S5d
$50; medium beef steers, $40OQ4.35 plain
beef steers, $360q3.95; common to rough,
s3.OOa3.5O; good to fair heifers, s3.6G@4.35;
good to choice feeders, $32594.G0; fair to
good cows and heifers, $2704S so; good
cutting and fair beef cows, s2.3Gd275:
bulls, poor to choice, $2.4e4450; calves,
good to fancy, s5.5046.75; calves, common
to fair, $27595.25; corn fed western steers,
$409@5.40; Texas bulls and grass steers,
s225dS.75; fed Texas steers, fair to choice.
SS.40Q4.50.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 49,.
Carbohydrates steady. Native steers,
S300Q5.15; cows and heifers, $250qS. so:
western steers, $2.S0a3.70; Texas steers,
81 50@S.60; range cows and heifers, $3.50
3.25; Gamers, $1.50Q215; stockers and feed
ers, $250G3S5; calves. s3.00q525; bulls,
stays, etc, $.50Q3.60.
HOGS-Market 10c lower. Heavy, $3.50
@460; mixed, 81. 50@4 621z; light, $4.4Gq4. 521a;
pigs, $35GQ4.25; bulk of sales. A.50Q460
SHEEP-Market active, stronger. Vest
ern yearlings, 1850 IS; wethers. $500
3.60; ewes, .$2.75Q23O; common and stock.
ers. $2.26@S.60; lambs. N6005H
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-10-03
First pub. sept 70; last nov %, 1908.
Timber Land, Act June 3, l070.--notce for
Publication.
United States Land ONCE,
Marquette. Mich. .July and. 10

Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of the act of congress OF
June 3, 1878, entitled IAN act for the sale OF
timber lands in the States OF California. Ore.
gon, Nevada and Washington Territory" as
extended to all the public land states by act
of August 4. 1892. Albert J. La Beau, of Baraga,
County of Baraga. State of Michigan, has this
day filed in this office his sworn statement No.
900, for the purchase of the 5 y of W 4 and
s W n of y e u, of Section No. IA. in Township
No. 10 n. Range No. "a W, and will offer proof
to show that the land sought Is more valuable
for its timber or stone than for agricultural
purposes, and to establish his claim to said
land before the County Clerk of Baraga coun-
~, at LAnse, Mich, on Monday, the 9TH day
of December, 1903.
He names as witnesses: William Hugo, OF
Baraga. Mich; Adlor Ross, of Baraga, Mich.
Louis Curtis, of Assinins, Mich; James
Chose. of Keweenaw Bay, Mich.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above-described lands are requested to file
their claims In this Office on or before said
9TH day Of December, 1903.
THOMAS sCADDEN, Register.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-10-03
First pub Aug 90; last Oct 81, 1903.
TIMBER LAND, ACTJU 3, 1878.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
United States Land Office,
Marquette, Michigan,
August oath, 1908.

Notice is hereby given that in
compliance with the provisions of
the act of Congress of June 3, 1873,
entitled San act for the sale of tim
Der lands in the States oil. California,
Oregon, Nevada and Washington
Territory" as extended to all the
Public Land States by act of August
4. 1892, James c. Thomson, of
Houghton, County of .Houghton,
State of Michigan, has this day filed
in this Office his sworn statement
No. 997, for the purchase of the S E
/ of Section No. 80, in Township No.
10 n, Range No. 81 W., and will
offer proof to show that the land
sought is more valuable for its tim
Der or stone than for agricultural
purposes, and to establish his claim
to said land before the County Clerk
of Houghton County, at Houghton,
Michigan, on Saturday, the 18th day
of November, 1903.
He names as witnesses: John A.
Cameron, Will c. Baudin, Frank j.
Weber, Frank j. Voith, all of
Houghton, Michigan.
Any and all persons claiming adj
versely the above-described lands
are requested to file their claims in
this office on or before said 14th day
of November, 1908.
THOMAS ScADDEN, Register.