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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

December, 1902, was rem odeled
and formed the nucleus of the
present plant of the Weyerllaeuser
Timber company. AS yet there has
been nothing done at the other sites
purchased-those on the river 'front.'
but they are regarded as the most
convenient and the best adapted for
manufacturing purposes in the state.
Pine Tree Lumber Company.
Another strong company in which
the Weyerhaeusers are prominent
factors is the Pine Tree Lumber COM
pany of Little Falls. This is one Of
the best known Of it's kind in the west,
and it's equipment is such that $1,000
1000 feet are cut each year and finds a
ready market.
The company has been organized for
twelve years. and has supplies Of tim
Der which will last it for ten or a
dozen more years. This supply comes
from the famous white pine district OF
the state. White pine predominates,
tho some Norway pine Is cut at the
Little Falls mills.
Peter Musser Of Muscatine is presi-
dent Of the company. N. G. Norton
of Winona is vice president; r.. d.
Musser of Little Fails. secretary and
treasurer, and c. A. Weyerhaeuser,
manager. Some SIS men are steadily
employed by the company at Little
Falls.
The company is capitalized at
! $2,000,000, and it's plant consists Of
two mills each equipped with band
and gang saws and amply lighted by
their own electric light apparatus.
The best protection known has been
provided against losses by fire.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

chimes. AS is the case with the North
ern Lumber company, the floor is on
level with the floors Of cars. which
are loaded under the protection of
an overhanging roof. Near the plan
ing mill are the extensive dry and
dressed lumber sheds.
Its Own Department. Store.
The Northern Lumber company
in which it has its Offices. A part of
the building is occupied by stores and
the remainder of the first floor by Of
fees of the Northern hotel. Adjoin-
ing this building is the general store
of the Northern Lumber company.
which is city department store on
a reduced scale. It carries fine
stock of goods and is anaged in met
ropoiitan style. The office of the Clio
quet Lumber company is one of the
finest buildings Of it's class in the state.
In the next block is the general store
of the company.
Taken all in all. Cloquet Is a re-
markable sawnill town. Nowhere
at any milling point can the eye cover
at one glance so much lumber as at
Cloquet.
The Northern and Cloquet lumber
companies are having their lands ex-
a,nined and estimated by the experts
of the forestry bureau to determine
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

head saw and then passed on to a
double cutting band saw which soon
reduces them to the required dinen-
sions. The company is doing consid-
cradle coastwise and foreign cargo
business in addition to catering to the
rail trade, which is one Of the prin-
cipal means of disposing Of it's cut.
The mill has a capacity Of about $780,
600 feet in a ten-hour run. The plan
ing mill occupies an entirely separate
building.
Last year the company shipped
about 100000 feet to Nome. Alaska,
and got a, fair price for it. The gov
eminent has been a good customer
and numerous large blocks Of stock
have been loaded for the Philippines.
In addition to this plant on the
water front, the Weyerhaeuser inter-
ests have two mill sites on the
snohonnish river front which were
purchased several years ago. The
plant, which was purchased in
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

what is possible In the matter of re-
forestation Of cut-over lands and the
perpetuation Of the virgin growth.
So far, it has not been the policy of
the companies to sell their lands, as
thus a fire hazard is introduced and
increased. but upon the results Of the
examination will largely depend their
future action in this respect.
For fifteen years to come Cloquet
will turn out from It's saw mills at
least 25O,0oo.o0o feet Of white pine
annually, and who knows what longer
life may be given to it from inclusion
within It's resources of tracts not now
counted upon7
Cloquet itself Is In Carlton county,
but its mills draw their logs almost
entirely from St Louis county, in
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

provement company is the driving or
ganization which covers both Of the
rivers and their tributaries. The main
boom is located below the junction Of
the rivers, six to twelve miles above
Cloquet. The logs of the three Clo-
quet companies are pooled, as has
been done on the Chippewa and Mis-
sissippi rivers. This avoids the ex-
pense Of sorting by log marks, and,
as the logs are identical in average
character, no injustice is done to any
one and the handling is simplif1ed, ac-
CELEBRATED and cheapened. The boom
company handles about zoo, 1000, 900
feet Of logs annually, in addition to
which considerable quantity is
brought down by rail for winter saw
ing.
Its Plants
The larger Of the two mills of the
Northern Lumber company is called
the lower mill, and was originally
built by the c. N. Nelson Lumber
company. It was equipped with two
circular and two bands. It was then
changed to two bands, rosser and
two gangs. In 1897 one gang and
the rosser were taken out and third
band put In Thus the principal saw
ing equipment now consists Of two
McDonough bands, one Allis band and
a wickes gang. Of rather small size
but we'll fitted to take care Of small
logs. The mill, like all the plants at
Cloquet. is exceptionally well arranged.
One of the noteworthy features Of It
is the immense sorting shed, thru
which the lumber as 1t comes from the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

which the manufacturing companies
located at Cloquet have timber al
ready secured, either thru ownership
Of the fee or of the standing timber
the fee or mineral rights being per-
haps owned by others-to insure a
supply for at least fifteen years to
come. With a production of $780,
100000 feet a year it is easily seen
that these holdings are perhaps the
largest in a reasonably compact form
of any In the white pine district.
Shipping Facilities.
In addition to splendid railroad ia
cilities Cloquet has the advantage Of
water shipments. on practically even
terms with Lake Superior ports Only
twenty or twenty-five miles from the
docks, and with a rate which is ex-
trenely favorable, without dock rates
to pay or any Of the other charges
which go with the ordinary conduct
of q cargo business. the manufacturers
of Cloquet are on practically even
terms with the mills at Duluth. West
Superior and Ashland.
Eastern lumber buyers, therefore,
have their choice of routes. according
to their needs. Full cargo lots Of Col
quet lumber can be during the season
Of navigation most economically trans
ported by the Great Lakes. but during
other seasons, or for smaller lots, thru
rail shipments are available and econ
on1ical.
On the Coast
The plant OF the Weyerhaeuser
Timber company at Everett. Wash, Is
one Of the finest In the state. The logs
are cut into cants by a big circular
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

president; William Irvine, secretary
and Rudolph Nj. Weyerhaeuser, gen.
eral manager. The timber acquired
with the purchase was estimated at
about 6oo.ooo,ooo feet and the timber
cut from 1t has been more than made
good during the nearly eight years
that have interviewed, until at this time
it Is estimated the life Of the plant.
with capacity Of over 100000, 900
feet OF lumber annually, Is at least if
teen years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

great center Of the white pine produc-
ton Of this country. ...-'
The Northern Lumber Company.
It was in the spring Of 1895 that
the G. N. Nelson Lumber company
disposed of its mills and other inter
ests In the city of Cloquet, together
with its standing timber in st. Louis
county, to the Northern Lumber COM
pany. the officers of which are Fred
erick Weyerhaeuser, president and
treasurer; r. G. A. Denkmann, vice
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

The name of Frederick Weyer-
haeuser is inseparably connected with
the lumber manufacturing business in
this country. His own personal inter-
ests, as we'll as Of the corporations In
which he Is a dominant figure, are SO
name and prestige are we'll known
from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
1t Is impossible In the confines Of
a short article to portray the career
and recount the achievements of a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

Mr.. Weyerhaeuser Is recognized for
his force OF character, large foresight
and splendid capacity to plan and ex-
ecute. He has grasped the possibih-
ties Of a. situation with a master mind,
and having once determined upon
line Of action has permitted no OBJ
stacle to turn him from its accom-
plishment. He has the brain to con-
ceive and the will and determination
to execute. Failure has been un-
known to him. His has been a busy
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

great captain of industry like Mr.
Weyerhaeuser. The holdings Of his al
lied companies are the greatest Of all
similar combinations of capital en-
gagged In buying timber lands and in
logging and manufacturing lumber.
He Is a pioneer In all the important
cruisers have penetrated the noun
tain Businesses of the coast region and
traversed large areas in Minnesota.
Wisconsin. Michigan and other states
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

and a remarkably successful career.
Outside Of business MIR. Weyer-
haeuser's career Is also Of interest to
the average citizen. He has been the
less worthy enterprises and tho large
demands are made upon him he rare
~ falls to give and give literally.
One Of the chief Industries Of Mr..
Weyerhaeuser and his companies in
Minnesota, Is found at Cloquet, which
for eight or ten years has been
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

which heretofore had been but the
natural haunts of tho Indian. Later
he sent out the logger and the driver,
and the rough camps established by
his crews have developed into busy
manufacturing centers. A wilderness
built up, remunerative employment
furnished to thousands and villages
and towns started by the policy and
safe business methods Of this sturdy
Teuton.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

In connection with it's woods opera
lions the Northern Lumber company
owns and operates about sixty miles
of logging road-main and branch
with six locomotives
and 100 cars. The average haul of
these logs is about twenty miles to the
banks, while the river drive averages
seventy-five to eighty miles. Both the
st. Louis and Cloquet rivers are made
use Of.
The st. Louis River Dam and I'm
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
City Of Little Falls.

lily OF LlCIC FailS.
Little Falls is one of the most prom
Using manufacturing cities in the state,
and is an up-to-date center in every
respect. It's railroad facilities are sec
ond to none, and its situation is such
that it will be a pine center of impor-
lance for many years to come. 1t has
been constructed on large and gener-
Gus lines, and has an intelligent and
progressive citizenship.
Many of it's buildings would do real
credit to a city several times its size.
One of the notable structures of the
city is a modern bridge across the
Mississippi, erected a short time ago
to accommodate the traffic which had
outgrown the bridge built In the early
days Of the place.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

The bulk Of the logs of the COM
pany are RATED down the Mississippi.
the company having every facility for
this department Of the business.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-04-22
The Word S.TOIlv.o

On the adoption of the word Jolly"
into the English it had the meaning Of
beautiful, as it has among the french
today. The English dramatist Beau
mont Of the sixteenth century speaks
Of our first mother as "the jolly Eve.p
In time, however, it came to mean hi
larious, regardless of physical beauty.
But this latter meaning is probably
the right one after all, as the word
doubtless comes from Yule (Yu-le), the
pagan Christmas, so to speak, for be it
known that what we now observe as
Christmas day was heather holiday
called Yule, and the Yule festival was
one of noisy demonstration.
Yule indeed means noise or cutlery,
praising in loud voice, chanting, sing
ing, making Outcry in honor Of their
god. From yule, then, to jolly the step
is short and easy, both meaning revel-
ry, rejoicing. Ours Is a risen Lord
theirs the same. The words are identi-
CAL SO, too, in large degree the Christ
mas jollities, praises and those Of hea-
then Yule. Into such close relation do
simple words sometimes connect the
present with the past
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-04-22
Mosquitoes and Sounds.

A doctor, writing from Port of Spain,
Trinidad. to a medical journal, tells OF
his experiments with mosquitoes. He
says that one of his childish amuse-
ments when playing with his compan-
ions in the early evening was to strike
a note that would attract the insects.
AS he remembers, the most alluring
sound was a continuous ''oo," sung in
a medium key, which was quickly
changed to "ah" in lower tone and
dwelt on in the same way. The effect
on the mosquitoes was magical. Their
singing would quickly increase in vol
ume, and they would Immediately at
tack the faces of the children, who,
strange to say. enjoyed the sport. But
the mosquitoes did not enjoy it long,
for their love of music afforded an ex-
cellent opportunity of killing them.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-04-22

Embarrassing.

A settlement worker, having been re-
queSted by anxious mothers to address
the younger women of the settlement
clubs on heart interest topics, decid-
ed to do so. She talked with the girls
earnestly, urging upon them the deep
and intrinsic SacredncSS of all love and
marriage relations, the coarseness anG
vulgarity of indiscriminate fiirtations
the great and growing need for high
ideals, standards and action on the wo-
mans part. Then, just as she took her
seat, it occurred to her that she might
have talked a little bit over the heads
of her listeners, and she sprang to her
feet with an added remark:
please believe that what l say is
true, my dear friends" she exhorted
earnestly, land please don't think
don't understand my subject. l know
what I'm talking about, girls-I really
do"
Once more she took her seat, delight
ed with the air of general interest, and
from the rear of the room came the
question:
please, Mrs. S., how many times
have you been in love?'-New York
Commercial Advertiser
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-04-22
A Chinese Joke,

In his book on "China and the Chi
nese' DR.. Giles gives a specimen of
Chinese humor which, if the source
were not known, might we'll be mis-
taken for American humor.
There is a Chinese story which tells
how very stingy man took paltry
sum of money to an artist-payment is
always exacted in advance-and asked
him to paint his portrait. The artist at
once complied with the request, but
when the portrait was finished nothing
was visible save the back of the sit
ter's head.
"What does this mean?" cried the sit.
ter Indignantly.
'Well,' replied the artist, 81 thought
man who paid so little as you paid
wouldn't care to show his face"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-04-22
A HOme1y AyfOm

do not bite off bigger piece than
you can chew is homely axiom that
it is safe to heed and which expresses
in language more forcible perhaps than
elegant vital truth. But although we
all know the misery of undertaking too
much, of having more care upon US
than we know how to manage why is
it that we, over and over again, place
ourselves in this uncomfortable posi-
ton? How easy it would be to gauge
our powers and our purses at their
right values and act accordingly if we
only would-but it is forever the same
old story.
We stupidity pile up burdens upon our
shoulders that are absolutely senseless
but that after time weigh as heavily
as Sindbad the Sailors Old Man of the
Sea- In nine cases out of ten people
live beyond their strength and beyond
their income and what waste of vital
power that means, what depression
and carking care!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-04-22
GGKe
Redwood 0uSefte
WEDNESDAY, APR. %, 1908.
SicfIian Grass.
3Y AIKEN 4 SCHAAHL

In Sicily there is a wild grass which,
when ripe at the end of summer, is
gathered by the peasantry, tied in bun.
dies and set on fire, not. however, I'd
be consumed, but for mere scorching.
The flame flies rapidly through the
light husks and beard of the plant and
leaves the seeds slightly roasted. in
which state C2.y are eaten with con-
siderable relish by numbers of the
rural population.
The botanical name of this Sicilian
grass is egilops, or goatseye, the
Greeks having believed it to be rene.
dy for a disease that appears in one
corner of the eye. There are three or
four species growing all around the
Mediterranean as we'll as in the is.
lands, chiefly on the hot, dry, sandy
plains near the sea. They flourish
even on the scorched volcanic soils, in
strange contrast to their arid and bar
rem surroundings, showing that the vi
tai principle in them is unusually ener-
getic and proof against extremes Of
heat.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-04-22
He Knew Himself.

A friend once took a reformed gam
bier to a religious meeting. The preach
er devoted large part of his discourse
to remarks rejecting upon the past
life of the gambler. The man who had
escorted the gambler to the meeting
thought it incumbent on him to apollo
gize for introducing him into place
where he would hear himself abused.
81 didn't know that was the way this
preacher was going to talk" he said
''or, l wouldn't have asked you TIC
come"
ooh, don't worry about that" was
the reply. "There never was sermon
worth a cuss that didn't hit me some
where"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-04-22
An Odd AdYertiseme MT :.

The sudden popularity some years
ago of Mr.. Shorthouse's book, John
Inglesant," is attributed to an odd in
cident. "Mr. Gladstone" says the
London Express, twas sitting to a
photographer and holding in his hand
copy of John Inglesant.' The gold
lettering on the cover caught the light,
and the title showed clearly in the pho
tograph. The likeness Of the great
statesman proved a very popular one,
and it's circulation broadcast over the
country led to widespread demand
for the book"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-04-22
Tame Trout.

An English gentleman had some
trout in a piece of water close to his
front door. On one occasion he held a
worm near the surface of the water. A
large trout jumped at the worm and,
Selling hold of his fingers. cut them to
the bone with it's teeth by it's own
weight
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-04-22

DR. DORIAN has no superior in dlagnos'
he will give $50 for any case that he
cannot tell the disease and where located, in
i've minutes
Allcurable medical and surgical diseases
acute and chronic Catarrh, and special Dis
eases of the Eye. Ear. Nose and Throat,
Lung Disease, Early Consumption, Bron-
shifts, Bronchial Catarrh Constitutional
Catarrh, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache. Stomach
aud Bowel Troubles, Rheumatism, Neural
gta, Sciatica, BrightS Disease, Diabetes,
kidney Liver, Bladder, Prostate and Fee
male Diseases. Dizziness, Nervousness. In
digestion. Obesity. Interrupted Nutrition.
Slow Growth in Children, and all wasting
disease in adults. Many cases OF Deafness,
Ringing in the Ears, Loss OF EyeSight, Cat
aract. Cross Eyes. Etc, that have been i'm
properly treated or neglected. can be easily
Restored Deformities. Club Feet. Curvature
sof the Spine, Disease of the Brain, Paraly-
sis Epilepsy. Heart Disease, Dropsy. Swell
n the Bones, Granular Enlargements and
axlI long-standing diseases properly treated.
Young middle age1 and old, single or mar
Eied men. and all who suffer from lost man
aood, nervous debility spermatorrhoea,
seminal losses. sexual decay. failing memo
Nv, weak eyes. Stunted Development lack OF
energy, impoverished blood, pimpl eS. lmped-
&ments to marriage: also blood and skin dis
eases, Syphilis. Eruptions. Hair Falling,
Bone Pains. SwellingS. Sore Throat, Ulcers,
aexects of Mercury. Kidney and Bladder
trout les. Weak Back, burning Urine. pass
II riHe too often. GonnOr rohoea elect, Strict
gre. re ceive searching treatment, prompt
u eIief and cure for life
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His Strenuous Way.

SPAWN = Hello, Camille! Exercising
your horse this morning?
Cantle (mounte6-That was my in
tention when started out, but it seems
to me the horse has been exercising
me.-Boston Transcript.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-04-22
Cancers, Tumors, Goiter, Fistula, Piles,

garicocele and enlarged glands, with the
subcutaneous injection method, absolutely
without pain and without the loss of drop
zaf blood is one of his owa@ discoveries, and
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-04-22
ADDreciafiOn.

"You have great admiration for your
Wife's judgment" said the friend.
81 have" answered Mr.. Meekton.
"She's the only woman who ever said
Yes when proposed to her."-Wash-
ington Star.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-04-22
Church Mods.

didn't the minister feel it when SO
many in the congregation fell asleep
during the sermonY
on
"HOw SOP"
"Why, he was egotistical enough to
think they were nodding approval at
what he said.''