The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-06-19

gion of DEVILS Lake. Dane HilI' is
the steepest ascent on the road. yet
the eye would not note q marked
grade. The engineer must give the
closest attention to the work, yet the
variety of city, town, country, wood
land and pleasant vista has q charm
that no doubt lightens he task. You
should go with us to Chicago" the en-
gineer said-''141 miles, % stops, in
4 ho-rs"
a man in this business should be
a Christian all the time" / said as [
climbed down to the hot metal steps of
the putting, painting monster. The
big engineer only smiled.
The marvel is that the train stays
on the track. It might jump; a rail
might break; some demented or vic
lou person might put on an obstruc-
ton. These things may happen, but
now very rarely. | have no words to
cypress my admiration for the men
who build and control locomotives. 1t
is no business for WeaklingS. And
anyone who has q fit Of railway cor
poration-hate should take spin in the
cab. A great industry, q great boon
for the state.
German Agriculturists.
The visiting delegation of German
agriculturalists were in Madison Sat
urday. There are AZ in the party. The
visit was inspired by Prince Henry's
visit to America. The visitors are
mainly young men with the most
marked German touch to their feat
ures and dress. Our own German citi-
zens enjoyed the visit immensely, but
the other Americans who joined the
welcome were hampered by the in
ability Of the visitors to speak our Ian
guage, except in a few instances. 1t
seems that only in schools of the sea-
port cities of Germany is English stud
led The visitors are all Well-tO-dO,
they ere landowners Or otherwise in
terested in agricultural operations.
They inspected our agricultural school
with great care and visited diary
farms, ETC. Professor Henry was in
his element in showing them about.
Farming Pays Well.
The fact is farming is getting on a
pare scientific and commercial basis.
A big modern farm has experts for
each branch of the work and the OPP
Grafton Of the whole is not unlike the
conduct of a big factory. It used to
be said that to profit in farming one
must either hold or drive the pillow,
but even this is true no longer. An
INTEREST in good farm, perhaps on
shares, is often the best dividend
payer q man has.
Defense Against Forest Fires.
The science of forestry consists
largely in the northwest in suppressing
forest fires. Wisconsin doesn't do
much except talk on this subject, but
Minnesota is doing business. The
chief warden of that state has issued
his ninth annual report, book of 135
pages. The number of forest fires
mostly on brush and cut-over land
| reported by local fire Wardens (tOwn
| supervisors in 1902 was "a, doing
| damage to the amount of $780, num-
| Der of prairie fires, 46; damage $12,-
| 31S. Nose of the fires occurred in
! April and May, when dry weather pre-
, vailed.
| The following is a sample report:
! Lenoard Groth, chairman, town of
| Stanchfield .Qsanti county,, April %:
"On the 18th of April, about II a. H.,
| fire burned over 80 acres of brush
and light timber and destroyed a little
| fencing: damage amounted to very lit
| tie. Fire was set by a party burning
weeds and other combustible material.
| A strong wind blowing at the time
| brought the fire into a tamarack
swamp oyergrown with long grass and
| it quickly spread 20 the brush and
| timber Weather was very dry and
| windy, as there has been no rain of
| note this spring. The fire was eXtin-
guished with the help of forty persons
! by blowing, using wet sacks and back
firing. The party who caused the fire
was arrested, pleaded guilty and paid
! fine of $50"
| The failure of the civil service bill
| did not attract much attention. But
| this was long true Of the idea of regu-
| lating freight rates when Mr.. Hall had
| it in charge and before Governor La
| Toilette espOused it. The measure is
| of great Importance, however, for it
| regulates the very machinery of gov
| eminent Within few years some
public man will make civil service a
| household word in Wisconsin and the
absurd spectacle of rotation at the
state capitol and the state institu-
+, tons will then cease.
commencement Under Way.
This Is Il time Of commandments.
! Our Young friends of the state univer-
sity are hard at it. Did you ever sop
to t Nk that not one in hundred
| of American youth graduates from Il
| college. Indeed, Of those who enter