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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
POWER OF THE MoRMoNs.
Rests Upon the Principles of Irriga
tion, Coo peration and Homemak ing.

NAoAf A%GfaAtRh anu
The national irrigation congress recent
~ held in Ogden, Utah, directs attention
to the remarkable system of irrigation
and community building found in Utah
to-day.
The Mormons owe their success, their
constant growth and enduring hold upon
their people-in a single word, their pow
cr--to the fact that they are deeply root
ed in the soil. From the moment that
the first small party of pioneers lighted
the first camp fire by the banks Of City
creek, July -, 1919, their policy has
been to get possession Of the land and
to make that land yield up TO them, indi-
vidually and collectively a living aud a
competence.
Brigham Young and his successors
down 10 the present hour have been gnid-
ed by the true instinct of empire build
ers They grasped at the beginning and
have held throughout their history the
great truth that the earth is the source
Of all wealth, and that neither man nor
communities can be poor or helpless 50
long as they have firm foothold on the
soil
But this was only part of their wis
dom. The other part was the fact that
they divided the Land among a multi
tude OF small propriet0rs. According
t. the census returns, the average farm
in Utah is - acres.
AS many large ranches were included
in the average, il is obvious that there
must have been many which were of
even smaller Dimensions, aud this is the
fact. IL is not uncommon TO find people
living comfortably on two or three acres,
while some Of the most famous families.
like the Woodruffs. ha lived for nearly
two generations on n 20-acre place.
Utah lies in high altitude and a
northern latitude. 1t has real winter for
several months in the year. Its grow
ing season is not much longer than that
OF New England. How, then, can its
people live and prosper on very small
farms?
The explanation is in single word
irrigation. And irrigation is an endless
miracle. 1t confers industrial indepen-
dence and social equality on commune
lies that know how TO live in accordance
with its laws 1t has made the people
Of Stah rich, powerful and impregnable,
in an economic sense. 1t will do as much
for tens of millions more in the next -
years If it has n chance.
The Mormons have grown steadily for
nearly 90 years. and are growing to-
day. because OF their policy Of irrigation,
cooperation and home making.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
Lonely? Your child, Elixabeth7'
Mrs. Pollard smiled inYoluntarily

Lonely? Your child, Elixabeth7'
Mrs. Pollard smiled involuntarily.
Then she seowled again.
Betty is but q baby. What compan-
ionship can she give me?'
Her mother hesitated; then she said
boldly; You have the companionship Of
good man who loves you. You ought,
above all, to thank your God for that"
"0h, certainly said Mrs. Pollard, dry
ly.
She was not going to explain to her
mother how tiresome she found Stephens
good humor and incessant devotion, nor
how she had snubbed him when he want
ed TO bore her with his anxiety about his
clients. How petty were all these inter
ests. The Wyndham will suit and the
Briggs easel Her thoughts would go
back lately to Prof. Large, who used TO
converse with her on psychological prob
lens. There was a congenial soul. He
would never lie awake worrying lest he
should not be able 10 find justice for old
Potts, or keep that young Bob Smith
out OF Jail! And she was to thank God
for this miserably petty life!
1t was an ugly, dangerous path down
which the foolish woman's thoughts wellt
cropping, as she sat looking at the lawn
and the cold, bright river beyond. Her
mothers keen instinct followed her close
ly. Elizabeth had been the leader in a
circle of idle, would be-intellectual NOR
bid women. In this wholesome, natural
life she missed the adulation, the hys-
terical excitement, Of that old time. Her
mothers heart sank. What could she do
to waken her to reality?
The silence grew awkward. Mrs. Pol
lard rose and walked to the end Of the
porch. She was angry at herself that
she had worried her mother. She had
meant that the dear little woman's visit
should be all bright and happy, and al
ready
But she was so wretched! She craved,
she knew not what. The little cosy house
and the lawn, with baby in her carriage
coming up the path, were all so common
place and tiresome. There came Stephen
With his round, laughing face red with
the wind. What could he know of her
cravings, or of psychological problems
Betty" he called, as he ran up. Is
hurried out, thinking you and mother
would like a TOW on the river before din
ner. What do you sayT'
"0h, mercy. Mr.. Pollard, do let us be
quiet. You always want to be going
going. Take babyT'
VERY we'll"
He nodded, smiling; but something in
his face touched her as he turned away.
"StephenT' she called. but he did not
hear her. LET him CO." she said, with
a shrug. 1t was all tiresome. Thanks
giving? What was there in the world
to give thanks for2 The sky seemed
empty to her to-day. Was there, indeed,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
SCHOOLS KILLING INDIANS.
Startling Facts Presented TO the Cow
eminent for Confederation.

ernnlent for Consideration.
Rev. ID. A. Sanford, pastor Of the
Episcopal Church at Bridgeport, Okla,
is continuing his Investigations regarding
the cause of the great and increased
death rate among the Indians of this
country. In his work as minister he
has been connected with Indian mission
airy service and is well informed regard
ing Indian conditions generally. He
makes the statement that an inyestga-
ton of the Indian school system would
show more sensational Developments
than the alleged Indian frauds in Indian
Territory. Rev Sanford has returned
from a trip to Wisconsin, where lie Wis
tied among the Naunehago Indians, and
gives out the following statement for
publication:
George Kingsley. an educated Win
nebago employed as government inter
prefer, told me that the death rate is
large-that 20 per cent OF the deaths are
from one source alone, consumption.
From various sources learned that the
Use of whisky is very common One
well-informed man said that e-half of
the Wiunebagos drink whisky when they
can get ii. He told me how whisky is
the Indians.
II visited the government boarding
school for Indians at Tonah. The chill
dren are Winnebagos. Menomonees and
Chippewas. In many respects the equip
ment of the school is excellent; the teach
ers and employees are evidently well
qualified and are earnest in their work.
Like many other boarding schools, how
ever, i found very marked overcrowd-
ing in the dormitories. The beds were
placed close together, with only a narrow
passage between. In this way twenty or
more Indian children were sleeping in
rooms. which. in my judgment, ought not
TO have more than three or four at the
utmost. For healthy white children
should consider this very imprudent; for
Indian children, tainted with commu-
nicahle disease. such oyercrowding in
dormitories is evidently dangerous. And
is IL not plainly culpable?
Il noticed in one school room boy
with bandage on his head. Scrofula.
/ was told, was the trouble; on others
saw the scars where serofulous sores
had been healed. Evidently, as among
other tribes, these Indians were marked
~ tainted with tuberculosis. Under
these conditions, with such overcrowd-
ing in dormitories. boarding school be-
comes a hotbed for the propagation Of
disease. For a time the children may
appear robust and healthy, but in a few
years the hothed does its work; the dis
ease, tuberculosis, is developed Seven
ty per cent Of the deaths among the
Winnebago8 is n condition that tells the
story. The boarding schools are evil
IDENTIFY to blame in the matter. Other
conditions, it should be said, also help
to make this enormous death rate"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
{s:Al5S;:;:;s SIDE SIDE
The News y

Speaker Cannon will win a place In
the halls % fame il he can think Of any
thing to add to Tom Reeds rules
Germany wants to dig the Panama
canal. The man who is looking for a
sure thing to bet on will make no mis-
take in acting in accordance with the
Tip" that she won't.
Perhaps the Balkan war cloud had to
take a rest for the winter in order TO
allow the Macedonians to recuperate and
raise a few thousand more people for
the spring massacres.
The Italian minister who committed
suicide because be had been accused of
accepting a brhs could not have said
that there -.as a precedent for his
course TO be found among Americans in
public life charged with postal frauds
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
IMMIGRANTS FACE STARVATION.
Parties in Montana Snowbound in
Tents with Nothing to Eat.


Word has been received from the
Trout creek district in Montana that
there are several parties of immigrants
along the Spokane road in the west end
Of Missoula County snOwbound aud on
the verge Of starvation. In one party
near the Idaho border is a family of FIVE
showed up and without provisions or
money The family is living in an eight
foot tent with the snow up 10 the wagon
bed, unable to get ont or secure food for
the stock Three other immigrant par
ties are reported along the trail showed
up in the passes and all in precarious
condition. Efforts were made TO send out
relief parties.
As result Of deep snow and extremely
cold weather throughout Montana heavy
sheep losses will result Reports from
Sweet Grass County say the binding
snow has scattered sheep over mountains
and lowlands into sections where not a
vestige of food can be found. Two bands
Of sheep belonging to Veasy and McCon-
nell got away from their herders and
are scattered in the hills. Wild animals
driven from mountains By snow and cold
are raising havoc with stock. The tenn
perature is from 20 to - degrees below
zero.
e. Heinrichs, German farmer living
near Palmer, Iowa. was frozen to de n.
Heinrichs was driving home from Mason
when the team ran into a ditch. throw
ing him into ac-pool of water He was
frozen before reaching home =
Not since 1891 has it been as COLI
November IN New Orleans az il
Thursday with the thermometer 81
ing 80 degrees. Intense cold
IN the sugar region.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25

"No," exclaimed the mother turkey.
II would prefer my children not TO assO-
ciate with those incubator chicks"
Because they are so needless and
don't know how to feather their own
nestsf' inquired the duck.
"No, it isn't that SO much / have
brooded over" replied the turkey, but
tnere's something so artificial about
them.
However when the Incubator chicks
hear this they thought of the funeral
bakeo meats of Thanksgiving and re-
market significantly, Death levels all
ranks" New York Journal.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25

ing Secretary Hay
for the United
States aud NJ. Bu-
nau Variila for the
republic Of Panama.
BY the new treaty
the width of the
canal strip is made
ten miles instead of
six and the United
States 4 granted
the use in perpetuity
of the canal zone
from ocean to ocean.
.-seb a,aI,,.,s-1 a,r,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
seasonabIe Advice.

There's only one piece OF advice
would give you, my son" said the alleg
ed philosopher. Never tackle a piece
Of Thanksgiving pie that's made with
the aid Of cook book No woman who
needs book to help her out ought 10
be in the pie business. Buffalo Express
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
when He,a Wanted .

The man who sharpens knives comes BY,
Week In, week out, with dolefui cry,
But when Thanksgiving day Is near
No one e'er knew him TO appear.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
Thanksglxine Rountr.

Oh, favors every year made newt
On, gifts with rain and sunshine sent
The bounty overruns our due;
The fullness Ehames our discomfort.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
SIGN A CANAL PACT.
TREATY WITH PANAMA COM.
PLETED AT HAYS HOME.
United States Given Absolute Sover-
eighty Over the Canal Zone-Colom-
bia Is for War, Threatening TO March
an Army Overland to the Isthmus.

a new Panama canal treaty was sign
ed in Secretary Hays house in Wash
ington the other eNening. the signers be.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26

losing their vitality or their power of re- cuperation. Let but a layer of the orig final root remain attached to the rock, and they will again grow bodies, and crown them with budlike fringes, which serve them for lips and hands.
 I once heard jocular doctor threaten to amputate a patient in the middle of his back. Such radical operation would probably have debarred the subject of 1t from violent athletic pursuits for the rest of his life. An earthworm thinks nothing of being taken off in the middle of the back by the spade of an unsus- pecting or malicious gardener, but simply rests as a private patient for a month or two and then comes out with a brand new tail. Even the loss of the other end does not trouble the interesting creature which Darwin raised from the status of pest to the honorable rank of one Of the worlds benefactors.
 Most people lose their heads, meta phorically, at times. but when those or namental appendages are literally off no fresh heads take their place. A worm. on the contrary, has been known to grow new brain, as we'll as the more hum drum. but useful, mouth and throat, In the course of a couple of months.
 That mixed multitude of animals classed together by naturalists as mol fuses. which include the lie-a-bed oyster and the wide-awake cuttlefsh, contains also the snail. far-famed for it's marvel ous speed, It's habit of evading the ground landlord by carrying it's house on It's shoulders and for It's ability to open new eyes should the originals be perma- nently darkened. The eyes, as is well known, are carried at the ends of two horns and can be pulled in or thrust out with more than mechanical ease and pre- cision. If the eyes are lost by any acct- dent, the life which pervades the crea- ture. beginning from the mere stumps, builds up the optic nerves afresh. fur nishes them with appropriate cases, and places accurately constructed lenses at the ends. -i
 In the case of human being who has lost his eyes the ophthalmist has nothing more practical to do than send in his bill. and the optician is reduced to the construction of glass eyes, or some other appliance to hide the deformity; whereas the snail, treated in the ophthalmic hos pital of nature, grows new eyes and goes merrily, but sedately, to his revels on a tender cabbage leaf under the moon.
 Few insects are known to replace lost members, although they are frequently found minus a foot or one of their anten- nae. This is probably due to the fact that most insects emerge suddenly into the mature form, when growth practical ly ceases and it is in the immature stage that uncommon growth is most marked.
 Two insects. however, which grow from larvae to perfect individuals with out any great change of form are able to replace lost antennae or legs. Ear wigs begin life with antennae of eight joints each. and by subdivision increase the joints to fourteen. The antennae are brittle. and joints frequently break on. but are readily replaced. the disturbance arising from the fracture often produc-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26

the failures in the world. There's your chance, old man. If you will start con cern to sell time to people who need Ii | in their business, it won't be long before you'll be in a position to build libraries and endow universities in every hamlet m creation. I'll be one of your regular customers to the tune of an extra month in every twelve. myself" And do you think I could be fioated, asked Father Time.
 If you get the right people to do the promoting" said I. There's man in Wall Street who could finance a soap bubble blown from a clay pipe to the tune of $2O.oO0O00 if he wanted to and sometimes he seems to want to. Some of his corporations last as long as two years, too. I think our scheme would appeal to him, because he Is frequently pressed for time to an almost perllous degree himself, and I'm inclined to be- lieve he'd take controlling interest in lieu of his commission which would be a great saving"
 Well" said the old gentleman. rising. I'm very much obliged to you for your suggestion. and I'll think it over. Mean while, must be of. A new year Is due next Friday. and I haven't got 1t more than half ready. Fact is, it's only fin- ished up to May" 't.
 See if you can't give us good one this time. old man. said I. ''The last has been perfectly. rotten. If I could I'd cut 1t out of my calendar altogether. The only thing in it's favor is that 1t hasnt in the end seemed to have lasted more than a week. We should be fifty-two weeks nearer to the millennium, but I'm blest if we don't seem to have gone back that much and more.' ,s i,-
 "I know" said Father Time. I've re- ceived lots of complaints about 1903. and most of 'em have been justified. But he was a promising baby last January" That's the trouble" said "We have too many promising babies. What the world needs is an occasional fulfilling baby, and it is up to you to make 1904 a kid of that particular sort
 ''I promise you that you'll find him so. said the old man. Hes an important lit- you a President and take my word for 1t he'll bring you good one"
 "A new one?" I asked.
 "Well-he'll bring you one that has never been elected President before-that's all I'll promise you in that regard" said the old gentleman. '-''
 And how about my stocks?' said T. "I have a paper loss of $s.S56 .SSs.6 .62 on my Pumpkin Pie preferred. Is that to re- main?'
 What was your original investment? ?' demanded my guest.
 Four dollars and twenty eight cents,'' said I.
 well" said Father Time. pleasantly, 'you can't hold me responsible for your paper loss, but I'll promise you that in 1904. if you agree to keep out of Wall street and to work hard. when 1904 is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26
How Weak Men Become Strong
METHOD NO MAN IS SD THAT VITAL POWER CANNOT BE REsToRED."-J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M D.

the bad results already produced. But more than this. in all men I will cure their catarTh, their kidney or stomach trouble, their rheumatism, their urinary disorders and whatever else may be com piicated with your disease of the nerves, the muscles and the parts do not use the method of the ordinary doctor, who does as he was told in college. I have a special method of my own, developed dur ing nearly half a century of continuous practice among men-the very best school and you can get the benefits of this special knowledge in no other way than by applying to me If you have any disease of the nervous system. losses or drains. impotency, varicocele, stricture. hydro cele, prematurity. weak back, urethral discharges or any similar aftiiction. ask those who cannot call in person to write, stating in their own words what they are suffering from, and. free of charge. I will shortest possible time consistent with your case. l will not only understand It. but will tell you the truth. can or
 DIR J. NEWTON HATHAWAY,
 A Innaan Bldgs Atlanta. Ga.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26
WERE PtOPLE CAN OCl1E AND 01 ALL TIE THE THEY WANT

"a ing variation from the usual number.
 Spiders and crabs, which are near re- lations. are able. after series of moults, to replace limbs which have disappeared in battle. It is somewhat startling, on the morrow after shutting up in a box . dark spider with seven legs, to find two spiders. one dark and the other light. one with eight legs and the other with seven, the captive having changed his clothes and grown . new leg during the hours of darkness. Crabs are warlike, and when two or three enter the same crabpot are apt to destroy one another's limbs in a way which to less richly en- dowed races seems extravagant. ;, Fisher men cannot afford to throw them back into the sea, but they often render first aid. Thrusting finger into the mound of the mangled limb. they irritate the owner. who thereupon jerks off the paw" leaving a neat film at the end of the stump, which prevents any further loss of blood. Crabs are more excitabis than their appearance would suggest. and it is firmly believed by the fishermen that when they are confined in the store- pots in shallow water thunder storm will bring about wholesale kicking away of their unfortunate limbs.
 All things considered. this reproduction of lost members-heads, eyes, legs and tails-is one of the most remarkable things connected with the daily miracle of growth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26
The ssDo Anything'' Man.

Everybody's Magazine.
 My first visit to the bank is most vivid memory.
 well, my boy" began my uncle, what do you want to do?''
 "Oh, anything I blurted with the cheerful stupidity of boyhood.
 My boy" he said slowly, 'let me tel you that the hardest man in the world to find work for is the man who says that he can do anything or is willing to do anything Usually he is the man who can't to a d-d thing
 My uncle was mildly profane at times.
 Now, you ought to have sense enough to know that you can't do anything don't believe, either. that you are as stupid as your father thinks, and I am going to give you chance to prove that am right. If you are good for anything we shall soon find 1t out; and if you are good for nothing we shall soon find that opt, too."
 I have never forgotten that brief con- Versation. The "old man., has long since passed away. but even nowadays when the do anything" cheap presents himself with letter of introduction think of my uncle long enough to bear witness to the truth and force of his view.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26
1o,oOo PoRoUPINns KILLED.
And the Demands for Bounty Have Almost Swamped the Maine
 State Treasurer.

Almost SWampeo the Ma1ue
 State Treasurer.
 Lewiston. Evening Journal
 Although only seven days have passed since the clcse of the State porcupine year, November 80, the returns of DOT cupines killed and paid for by, the towns and plantations under the bounty act of last winter are beginning to swamp the State Treasurer's office rapidly. They They come in rolls. some of them as large as a mans arm. One roll was so big that the postage on 1t was 70 cents. The State had 10000 blanks printed. and Portland firm had as many more. From one to forty dead porcupines are repre- sented by each blank on which a return Is made An official says that when the returns are all in they will show 10000 porcupines killed.
 Of the towns and plantations which have reported thus far, Whiting. in Wash ington County. shows the largest number of bounty paying porcupines, 646. which, at 25 cents each, will cost the State $l61 .6O The other places which have thus far re- ported are Medford. 196; Prospect, 2S5; Harrington, 98; the town of Dedham and plantations of Macwahoc, Long and High land.
 The appropriation to pay the bountles for the year is $500. and 1t is thought the returns already in will nearly use this up. It is hinted that one of the first acts of. the next Legislature may be to repeal the procupine bounty law. The hunters are mostly boys. Many farmers think they do more damage by setting fires than they do good by killing porcupines.