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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
4 MEMORIAL Day SURPRISE.

UT was the week before Memorial
II Day. Everyone in Thornyille was
. excited and why not? Were they
not going TO celebrate, when ''every one
would be sure to turn out?" remarked an
old veteran. Thornville had never cele-'
brated before. although the little ceme-
terry was dotted with mounds which
marked the last resting place Of soldiers,
who had so CALAMITY defended their coun-
Try. A meeting of the citizens had been
called at which it was decided that it
was time they did something in honor of
these dead heroes. Each was willing to
do his best, and when the president of
the committee Went to Zech Spergen, or
Uncle Zeke." as he was better known,
and said, of course you will give us a
speech, being a veteran Yourself, Zech-
sriah answered, wall, l reckon the
celebratin' won't be kept back because
Eebe Spergen won't help"
Uncle Zeke was busy the next week.
lie really liked the fun. He was So
years old-the oldest veteran in the coun-
ry-and he was rather proud of the dis
junction. At 43 he had enlisted, and he
aAd son who also went into battle
with the coat of blue"
Memorial Day dawned bright and
cIesr. Everything seemed in its glory,
and no one wore brighter smile than
Uncle Zeke Spergen. When his name
was called with quick. nervous steps he
took his place on the stage and read the
following Grafton:
1T Is two score years ago or more
since 1 enlisted for the war, and went
AWAY down South. We did some pretty
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
WORTHY OF HONOR.
Those Whose Graves We Decorate, and
Likewise, the Survivors.

Likewise the Survivors.
In every cemetery in the land on Me-
mortal Day flowers are placed on the
graves of the soldier dead. The flag, the
potted plant and the bouquet are the
tributes of young and old to the men who
fought yaIiantly in the wars of the Union.
The great majority. of course, of the
graves decorated are those of men who
took part in the great Civil War. In
commenting on Memorial Day and those
whom it is intended primarily to honor,
a writer says:
The like of that day at Appomattox
has never been known in history. Not
a guerrilla band survived the vanquished.
Not vindictive blow was struck by the
victorious host. By the speediest roads
of travel the men in blue marched back
to their own abodes. They surrendered
their arms to the keeping of their gov
eminent; their flags they hung up III me-
mortal halls; their fame they bequeathed
to their country and to the world.
What have these men done since the
bloody struggle ended? They have been
building railroads, opening mines and
making the wilderness blossom like the
rose. They have been extending the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
An Old LaGy's DISC

Garnet, Ark, May 1S.-H
Mrs. Mary Dunlop Of this
suffered with kidney tro,l
was so bad at times that \
life a burden. She tried !,
cine and many treatments
better.
At last, however, NrI
claims to have found a peri,
and she is so pleased at ths
cure she herself has receiye
is telling all her friends a,
the medicine to everyone shI
= The name Of this medicinI
Kidney Pills, and it has do
full work for Mrs. Dunlop.
Everybody is talking alb,
some people are claiming ia
cured of Rheumatism by If
A Mrs. Garrett, who lives
this state, was at the poin
with some Cerebro-Spinal Il
was saved by Dodd's Kidne
It is certain that no othe
ever introduced here has do,
good in such a short time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23

part, the inscription on a massive monu-
ment to the Unknown Dead in the ma
tional soldiers cemetery at Arlington,
overlooking the national capital
There is something peculiarly pathetic
in the memorials to the unknown dead
both in Union and in Confederate ceme-
teries throughout the region of the great
battlefelds of the country. More prop
erly their designation should be the ''un-
identified dead" 1t is only a question
of time when the names of the individual
participants who were known will have
almost as little meaning to those who
read their headstones as the plain Arabic
figures with which the graves of the I'M
known are often marked. 1t is now forty
years since the Civil War was at it's
height When another forty years shall
have passed, the identified and the I'M
identified martyrs Of that struggle will
stand on a practical equality, so far as
the memory of the living is concerned.
I<insmen and friends will find their sat
isfaction in the thought of what they
did rather than in the recollection of who
they were.
1t is peculiarly fortunate that the sur
viving participants of both sides in the
ClNll w dI Snoulu ~" IeJOICe tudl It's eS-
sential results are what they are. The
South to-day, although she honors with
passionate devotion those of her sons who
fell, believes in the Union and rejoices
that slavery is forever ended This is
the aspect of the great conflict, as now
seen in historical review, which could not
have been anticipated by the soldiers
of either side who died in that struggle.
Thus time, as we'll as the battlefield, has
it's secrets-Youth's Companion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
Left 500 Desoo

Very few persons Leave
as the late Mrs. Mary Tai
buried recently at Lapcol
English paper. She had /
more than a hundred i
and fifty great-grandcbtldHl
her graveside were a bnndl
ants. But a still more reml
Is recorded by Lord Geor'
IN an account of a tour inl
mentions the death Of a NJ
near Fes5iniog, at the rind
The Welshman had my
times. By his first wife h
children. Not deferred bv'
ne married again, and had
second. By his third wjfa
the children to forty-four. /
being eighty-one years Va
the eldest At the farm,
there was an attendance
scendants.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23

james E. Mooney, president of the
American Oak Leather Co, the Cincin-
natl Coffin Co., the Queen City Silver
Co., the American Starch Co., and other
concerns, fell down stairway at the
Grand Hotel at Cincinnati. eracturing
several ribs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
To the Unknown Dead.

'Their remains could not be identified,
but their names and deaths are recorded
in the archives of their country, and it's
grateful citizens honor them as their
noble army of martyrs" Thus reads in
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
Asked and Answere

do you believe" asked yo
leigh, who is only five feet
brevity is the soul of wit?"I
mot in your case" replied
fngton in a tone redolent with
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23

Hope is always liberal, and they that
trust her promises make little scruples
OF reveling to-day on the profits of to-
Observation-Disclosures.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23

Miss Cannon, Sec'y N
Amateur Art AssoCiatiOa
young women what to-
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Compound to those OF my
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vised to use Lydia e. Pin I
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GU11A CANNON, $50 Jones St.
Corresponding Sec'y Mich !
Art Association. $4,000 forfeit n
above letter proving genuineneSS ca00O' y
1t is clearly shown !
young 1ady's letter that Ly
Pinkham's Vegetable COM
will surely cure the suffer-
women; and when one coy
that Miss Gannon's letter
one of hundreds which we u
great virtue of Mrs. Pinkn "a,
cine must be admitted by all
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-12-17
Notice OF Sale OF Unclaimed Freight
For hOn-PaYment OF Charges

Notice is hereby given that the
Rio Grande Railway company, a
Corporation, duly organized and
existing under and pursuant to the
laws of the State of Texas, will
sci at public auction, pursuant to
the law in such case made and
provided, the hereinafter describ-
ed and unclaimed personal prop
erty, to pay and satisfy the
freight charges due and unpaid
thereon from and since the Both.
day of January, A. D. 1903, and
that said sale will be made at the
depot grounds of the Rio Grande
Railway Company, in the City of
Brownsville, Texas, on Monday,
the 25th., day of January, A. D.
1904, between the hours of ten
o'clock a. m, and four o'clock p.
M, of said day. That the said
property, so to be sold as aforesaid,
is described as follows, towit:
Fifteen Thousand $4,000 feet,
more or less, of a mixed assortment
of pine lumber, consisting of differ
ent sizes, lengths, widths, and
dimensions, now held at the depot
grounds of the Rio Grande Railway
Company, and consigned to F. NJ.
Keiser. Amount due thereon for
freight charges, $632.39. By order
of,the Rio Grande Railway Com
pany.
Dated at Brownsville, Texas,
December 10TH, A. D. 1903.
AUG. CELAYA,
President and General Manager.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-12-17

line. In the Northwest, alfalfa
yields but little the first year and
does not produce full crop until
the third. At Hidalgo, Texas, on
the Rio Grande, the first attempt
was made this year. A planting
made March 1, 1903, had been cut
seven times on December 1, with a
total yield of about seven tons.
What the results will be when the
plant reaches its prime is anticipat-
ed with great interest.
Conditions in that section between
Hidalgo and Brownsville. are most
favorable for maximum Weld.
The climate is dry, water for irriga-
ton abundant and no winter
weather that will stop its growth.
Large areas are now being prepared
for the crop in that part of the
State, and new era begins in lex
as agriculture.-W. B. in the Hous-
ton Post.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-12-17

ELSEWHERE in today's HERALD
appears an article on alfalfa which
should be of general interest to
planters and ranchmen in this sec
ton. That alfalfa is most success
ful crop in this valley has been
proved during the present year by
John CIosner, the enterprising
sheriff and planter of Hidalgo coun
ty, who is the planter referred to in
the article quoted as having made
a fine crop from the first years
planting of alfalfa.
While it would hardly be advis-
able for planters to con6ne them
selves solely to alfalfa, that being
merely a forage crop, yet 1t would
undoubtedly pay we'll for them to
put in an acreage sufficient to pro
vide feed for their own stock and to
have a good surplus for the market.
Alfalfa is surely going to be one of
the staple products of South Texas
before long.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-12-17
Charter Notice Number 1902

Treasury Department, Office of
Comptroller of the Currency, Wash
ington, D. C. Oct. Is, 1903,
Whereas.-By satisfactory evil
dence presented to the undersigned,
it has been made to appear that the
Merchants National Bank of
Brownsville, located in the city of
Brownsville. in the County of Cam
eron and State of Texas, has COM
piled with all the provisions of the
statutes of the United States, re-
quired to be complied with before
an association shall be authorized
to commence the business of bank
ing.
Now Therefore,, Thomas P
Kane, Deputy and Acting Comp
troller of the Currency, do hereby
certify that the Merchants National
Bank of Brownsville, located in the
City of Brownsville, in the County
of Cameron and State of Texas, is
authorized TO commence the busi-
ness of banking as provided in Sec
ton Fifty One Hundred and Sixty
nine of the Revised Statutes of the
United States.
In Testimony Whereof witness
my hand and seal of office, this
10th. day of October, 1903.
]. P. KANE,
SEAL Deputy and Acting Com:
49, troller of the Currency.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-12-17
4" western Mortgage LITTER
Well Adopted to the
Lower Rio Grande.
Immense Yield of this Valuable
Forage Plant Made the First
Year in this Region Promises
to Surpass All Other Sec
tions-Most Profitable
Crop that Can Be
Raised.

The agricultural value of any
country is materially affected by its
capacity to maintain a permanent
pasture of tame forage crop. Tim
othy, clover and blue grass have
made the Middle West the most
prosperous farming section in the
world. Western Kansas and Ne
braska, located outside the tame
grass belt, for years suffered from
two evils-an overproduction of
small grain or famine. Mortgaged
fer more than the selling value of
her farms, the outlook was almost
desperate, but relief was at hand
Across the Rockies, from California,
a modest plant, resembling a weed,
with a purple flower, was forcing it
sway eastward, its patches OF bright
green along the streams making
vivid contrast with the surrounding
bleak and barren desert. In the
few years since its arrival in the
valleys of the Platte and the Arkan-
sas rivers and their tributaries, what
a change has come to the fortunes
of those debt-ridden people, and the
most important factor in bringing
around the improved conditions has
been that same modest little
plant-alfalfa-now entitled the
western Mortgage Litter
Colorado ranks first in number of
acres in alfalfa. Although in the
arid belt, the headwaters of the be-
aforementioned streams, are utilized
by means of gravity irrigation, and
about 100000 acres are planted.
California ranks second in acreage,
although :he pioneer in the bus
mess. An insufficient supply of
water and rainfall account for this.
Alfalfa lands in the latter State,
supplied with only a limited
amount of water at an average cost
of about $15 per acre per annum,
are worth 500 per acre. This land
doesn't yield more than one-half of
what may be secured in many parts
of Texas.
A number of alfalfa farms in
California have yielded as much as
500 per acre from seasons cut
ting of alfalfa, and since there is a
great similarity between many parts
of Texas and California, withmany
features in favor OF Texas, the lat
ter State should make. a record in
this line. Alfalfa will thrive in
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-12-17
Z - j. L. NAME,
SEAL Deputy and Acting Com
~ troller of the Currency.

Since 1910 the worlds produc-
ton of meat has increased 81 per
cent and again 420 per cent.
The annualreport Of the Western
Union Telegraph company shows
100000 earned; net revenue S.
100000 and surplus of sl3, 000,-
900.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-12-17


heat or cold found in the United
States. Heavy rainfalls on com
pact soils kill it out, but in a dry
climate its roots penetrate heavy
subsoils to great depth, and th'
crop will continue to yield profit
ably for as much as twenty-fiv,
years. In the valley in Western
Kansas and Nebraska it produces
wonderfully in the dryest seasons,
without irrigation, the roots secur-
ing the necessary moisture from
below.
Southern localities lead both in
yield and money value of crops
With irrigation and careful manage
ment in seeding, there are localities
in South Texas where twelve tons
or more per acre may be secured
annually, and alfalfa in Texas is
worth $40 ton at any time or
place.
FOOD VALUE.
No doubt if the facts were known
and published the experiences of a
a number of growers would read
like fairy tale, and hardly be
credited, but general results prove
that no known food crops can be
turned into beef, pork, butter, poul-
try and honey with such margin
of profit No food crop so nearly
approaches the balanced ration"
When fed alfalfa, the work animal
keeps in good condition, with only
a small grain allowance, during the
busy season; cattle and hogs make
a rapid growth, mature quickly and
are finished for the market without
other food Alfalfa poultry, alfalfa
butter and alfalfa honey are in a
class by-themselyes, and the unfor-
tunate individual who gets a taste
and then comes back to common
things is to be pitied.
Are we not today in Texas in the
same relative situation that Kansas
and Nebraska were ten years ago?
What is the use of raising cotton,
nothing but cotton, year after year,
and when we get crop get nothing
for it? That is what Kansas and
Nebraska did with wheat. We can
raise more alfalfa and corn in pro-
portion to our population than
either of those States. Alfalfa will
thrive immensely in almost any of
our river and creek bottoms and on
much of the upland now devoted to
cotton.
1t doesn't take many acres of it
to bring prosperity. There are mil
lions of acres in Texas in nearly
all portions of the State that are
suitable, and in many localities no
irrigation of the crop will be neces-
sary. In Western lexas, where the
rainfall is deficient and water far
below the surface, sufficient water
may be stored, or, in many instan-
ces, secured from artesian wells,
but in the cotton belt there is hardly
farm that will not have some land
where the crop will grow. Perhaps
someone will say that overproduc-
tion would follow the wholesale
growing of high-priced forage
crop, but a moments reflection will
dispel any such idea, because there
probably never will be time when
the United States, and especially
Texas, will have on hand too many
fat cattle and fat hogs, or turkeys,
or chickens, or such delicacies as
alfalfa butter or honey.
The markets but recently estab-
lished at Fort Worth are there with
the expectation that Texas will
some day have something fat to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-10
THE TABLES. ARE TURNED
w. E. Dodge Brings Damage Suits
for Clients Against the Great
T ~. 49, Northern.

= Colonel w. E. Dodge, until recently
prominent in the legal department of
the Great Northern Railway company,
this morning celebrated his return to
general practice by filing complaints
IN five personal injury damage actions
against the Great Northern and three
against the street railway. The dam
ages asked aggregated $108,1 100.
Edwin A. Bornson, permanently in
jured in a Great, Northern wreck,
sues for $4,000 Es.
Sarah Elizabeth Caskey is plaintiff
In two suits, one for $1,000 and one
for 500, 900, against the Great North
ern.s Claims for damages are based
upon the injuries sustained near the
Lyndale avenue crossing by the plain
tiff's minor child, Charles, who it is
alleged, is manned for life.
Mary Fitzgerald, injured in a Great
Northern wreck. sues for $25, 900 dam
ages. p sIdI a2ez.& s.3a
Charles Downs, thrown and per-
manently injured in a head-end COLI
sion, asks the Great Northern to pay
him $500. " @G
Agnes Mallory is plaintiff in case
against the Minneapolis Street Rail-
way company for $4,000 damages on
account Of injuries received by being
run into by a Minneapolis street car.
Charles w. Mallory has brought two
actions for damages, one for $4,000
and one for $500. The injuries sus-
tanned by the plaintiffs minor child
form the grounds for action in one
while his wife's injuries are the basis
of the other claim.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-10
TO BUILD AN ARMORY0
The Council Authorizes the, Sale Of
$4,000 Of New
Bonds.
Attempts to Revise the Work Of the
Pruning Committee Are
Discouraged.

Minneapolis is to have al national
guard armory, the council having
ordered the sale Of the armory bonds
authorized by the legislature last win
lied is $15O.00O, and the council last
evening fixed the rate Of interest at a
per cent.
Alderman A. e. Merrill made an
earnest effort to defeat the resolu-
ton which was presented by Alderman
J. H. Van Nest, arguing that the tax
payers were tired Of the continuous
time to sell bonds, he declared, and it
was a poor time to build, for material
and labor were very high.
The adoption of the report Of the
pruning committee was delayed for
some time by the efforts Of Alderman
ng to sseurs and 5000 o. lG6
Lane, who wanted $4,000 for a police
station on the East Side. Both alder
men fought well, but the majority of
their confreres had decided that the
report of the pruning committee
should not be amended, for if an OPEN
ing was made it would be difficult to
stop.
A petition from 490 citizens in the
Lowry Hill district and vicinity asked
for the retention Of the WeIsbach
lights along Hennepin avenue and for
the installation Of from 500 to 1000
additional lights Of the same kind in
that part Of town.
Controller Rogers reported that
there were not sufficient funds in the
assessors department. for the salaries
and the matter was referred to the
ways and means committee for adj
justment. The police and fire depart
ments are running behind their ap-
preparations, but all the other depart
in f4s1
Street Commissioner Arne o. Field
of the sixth ward resigned his position
to become state organizer for the
Modern Samaritans in Wisconsin.
Chris Anderson was elected to the
vacant office. ~
The committee on ways and means
| was authorized to spend not to exceed
1000 for installing a new svstem of
public accounting in the municipal
| departments. - T. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-10
JUST A BUCKET-sHOP
United States Court Of Appeals SO Rates
Chicago Board Of Trade.

SuhsSN otatSS So0II u fAPPSdbS 90 nelSS
Chicago Board Of Trade.
According to the United States court Of
appeals the Chicago board of trade is
nothing more than bucket shop. This Is
the substance Of decision rendered in
st. Paul, in the case of the Chicago Board
of Trade VS.. the Christie Grain and Stock
company of Kansas City. The opinion,
which is prepared by! Justice Shiras, and
concurred in by Justices Sanborn and
Vandevanter, reverses the decision of the
lower court, which granted an injunction
restraining the defendant from receiving
the market quotations from either tele-
graph company. The bill is dismissed.
1.-THE evidence clearly establishes the
facts, says the court, that the Chicago
board of trade maintains in it's exchange
hall a place wherein transactions coming
within the inhibition of the statutes Of
Illinois are permitted and carried on and
the preparation and sending out Of the
quotations Of prices based upon these for
hidden transactions are intended to aid
the members as well as outsiders in en-
gaging in speculative gambling on the
rise and fall of the market, and there
fore the board of trade violates the plain
provisions Of the statute
The court states that In accordance
with federal law, parties to, suits brought
in the federal courts are bound to obey
the laws Of the states In which they
reside, and the United States courts must
base their decisions upon these state
statutes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-10
THE WEATHER PREDICTIONS

Minnesota-Probably showers tonight
Sunday. warmer in east portion; increas-
ing southerly winds. acknowledgements
ly fair tonight and Sunday: except pos
sibly local showers in north and west por-
tons; rising temperatures, increasing
southerly Winds Iowa-Generally fair to-
night and Sunday; warmer tonight and
in east and south portions Sunday, In
creasing southerly winds. North Dakota
Generally fair tonight and Sunday;
warmer in northwest portion tonight;
southerly winds. South Dakota-General-
ly fair tonight and Sunday; warmer to-
night, southerly winds. Montana-Prob-
ably showers tonight and Sunday; vari-
able winds. Upper Michigan-Probably
showers tonight and Sunday rising tenn
perature; increasing southerly winds.