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The copper era., 1903-07-02

Dudley. somewhat notOriou;
 crooked mining man. who operated some properties near Stafford, and who
 has been arrested on various charges 1 in New York, plead guilty to some Of | his rascality. and will receive a sen- 1 tence Of at least five years at Sing Sing. The country Is full of crooked
 mining manipulatOrs, all Of whom are | from the east. with western mining schemes. by which the uLwary are plucked to a finish. Recently. how ever, quite a number of them have received good sentences. which may have q beneficial effect Our laws in
 regard to corporations are entirely too lax. Companies are formed with no backing and not unfrcq quently without even wild eat prospect claim, and the stock peGdled out all over the country. Rigid laws should be passed for the protection of people who buy shares in mining cOmparies. Con- panicS doing legitimate business. with good properties are greatly handicapped by these crooks.
 r. r. Crowley returned last week from Duluth. where he had been to close up some business. He informs the ERA that work will be commenced at once on the Copper Plate group of hN hi prose Burke in the Copper mountain district. near Eagle river. Two In- gersOl Sargent air drills have been purchased, together with a 22-H.P. gasoline engine, and other equipments which are now on the road, and will soon he in place on the property. Messrs. Crowley and Burke have am pie backing for the extensive de- velOpment of this valuable group Of claims. The work will be conducted with q rush charac cteristic of the en- crgy Of the men who are in charge of the business. Mir. Crowley spent some time at Duluth, and found the people there enthusiastic over copper mining in Arizona. The Calumet & Arizona property which has made such phenomenal success under the man. agement of |. A. Merrill, was promoted in Duluth, where most of the stock is held. The people Of Duluth are familiar with copper mining and have made much money in the business, and they are looking to Arizona for investments
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-19
Harvesting Onions.

The onion crop must have intelli-
gent care at harvest time Il they are
intended for a winter storage. They
cannot be handled like potatoes and
still remain in condition for winter
use. Onions must be allowed to ripen
naturally, in which event the bulbs
will remain dormant until spring and
retain their moisture inside tao peel
or skin.
They must also be perfectly cured
in the sun before they go into storage
which is best secured by allowing the
crop to remain a few days in thin
windows after they are dug. Do not
remove the tops until the crop goes
to market. If they are thoroughly
dry and cured the tops will so pro-
tect the onions that the danger of
bruising will be largely overcome;
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-19
Feeding Hogs.

Whey, skim milk and buttermiIR
are of great value as part OF the "a
ton for fattening swine. There is
practically no difference in the feed
ing value OF skim milk or bUttermIlk
when each is feE in prime condition.
They produce rapid and economical
gains and fine quality Of bacon. The
average OF many experiments shows
that 475 pounds of skim milk are
equal in feeding value to 100 pounds
corn meal.
Pigs will maintain their weight on
pasture without making any apTrecia-
bic gain if half ration of grain IS
fed. This gain will be utilized entirely
in increasing weight. The best past
ure plant for pigs is alfalfa, where II
will grow. while red clover, white
clover, blue grass, and rape are good
pastures in about the orGer named.
A pasture TO be satisfactory Tor
swine must be short and tender. Elk
periments show that one acre of rape
or other pasture is equivalent 10
$500 pounds grain when fed the pigs.
-BlOOded Stock.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-19
A Good BARNARD.

One of the most desirable adjuncts
to a good dairy farm, and at the same
time the hardest to get. is a good,
hard barnyard mat will not poach up
by the constant treading of the COWS
in wet weather. at the HOard's Dairy
man farm we have succeeded in con-
structing just such a yard, and that,
too, in a comparatively inexpensive
manner. The soil underlying the yard,
wherein run about fifty COWS and heif-
ers, is a heavy clay. Any one of ex-
perience knows what that sort of soil
means in a wet time. Into this yard
three years ago we drew three car
loads of coal cinders, and it was soon
as hard as a macadamized road, and
has so continued TO this day. 1t is
easily scraped by the use of a two
horse barnyard scraper, and there is
never any mud in it. When we re-
member the old fashioned barnyard.
with the cows wallOwing knee deep IN
manure, We bless the day that set us
to making a coal cinder yard.-HOard's
Dairyman.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-19

also that of heating, either OF which
will greatly decrease their value as a
market product. Sheep shears are a
most valuable implement 10 use when
topping onions Don't cut too close t.
the bulb or it viii be injured and VIII
leak" while in storage, and thus
cause others to become wet and spoil.
Onions Tor winter use should De
handled and stored in bushel crates
made of lath, which can be piled III
such a manner as to secure perfect
ventilation. However, they will keep
in fair condition in dry quarters when
sacked in coarse coffee sacks, such as
potato shippers use, that hold two
and One-half bushels. Don't pile
onions deeply, because the mass Will
be quite sure 10 heat and decay in a
short time. Spread thinly on a dry
floor where the damp night air can De
excluded.-Agricultu
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-19
How to Handle Bees.

In subduing bees with smoke do
rot OverdO the thing. If you smoke
them for the purpose of removing
honey from the super, do not drive
the smoke in at the entrance; that
VIII drive the bees from the brood
chamber TO the super, says a writer
an the Massachusetts PlOGghman. The
fewer bees you have to contend VITA
T. the super the better. Turn up one
corner of the quilt and smoke the TOP.
this will drive the bees below When
YOU remove the quilt do not hold the
nozzle of the smoker too close to the
bees. Do not drive the smoke in ds
If you intended TO heat a smelling
furnace. Always use a bee veil in
handling bees. Even then always
have your veil on your hat ready u
protect your face should the bees sud
denly become angered. In handling or
manipulating frames Of brood or
honey, hold them with both hands. so
that they may hang peTpendicularly.
otherwise you are liable to break the
combs. Should you meet with sucn
an accident with a brood comb. if the
parts will hang together return it at
cnce to the hive; the bees Will very
soon repair the damage. If it be COM
pletely severed, or in danger thereof.
bring the broken edges together. SD
that the comb will be in its original
position. and tie it there with narrow
bits Of tape. Return the comb to the
hive. and after about "a hours remove
the tapes; it will be all right
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-19

her sweet rich voice, full of the agony
OF her heart, she caught his hands.
How could you think it of him.
father, Do you not see? Did you
not tell us that you were hunted from
place to place by those men?"
Rich, my darling" groaned Mark,
as he strained her to his breast, do
you not see that you are digging :
gulf between us, and that you will
soon be standing on the other side,
shrinking from me in adherence as
the man who has brought this charge
against your father? And God knows
how have shriven to bear all ia
silence!"
But. Mark"
Rich, il is your doing, not mine!"
he cried wildly. What are the
diamonds TO the loss of your"
But, Mark" she cried impetuously,
this Is madness. You suspect him
You shall speak now-you shall
You have thought my father did this
thing?"
You drag it from me-" he groaned
4 do"
"Oh. shame!" cried Richmond,
shrinking from him: ito suspect the
poor old man, who nearly died in your
defence"
What" cried Mark.
Whom we found struck down
bleeding, and whom | am neglecting
now, when he is lowering almost be.
tween life and death-neglecting thai
might come to him whom thought
the soul of chivairy and faith"
Stop" cried Mark, in a harsh
voice, as he released Rich, whC
struggled from him, and stood with
his hands pressed to his eyes. Janet,
/ have been off my head. l seem to
think wildly now and then. Do l
hear her Alright, or am l still con-
fused? What does she say?"
IL don't quite know myself"
faltered Janet, bursting into tears.
And yet I seem TO understand"
cried Mark excitedly. Rich, dearest.
speak to me again. Your father found
struck down-in my defence?"
Eyes, that Is what said" replied
Rich coldly.
Struck down in my defence did
not know OF this"
"YOu-you knew he was very ill.,"
sObbed Janet
Yes; but 4 knew no more"
How could we tell you when You
were nearly deaj?" sobbed Janet.
and the doctor said you were not to
be troubled in any way"
Mark Heath stood as IL dazed for a
few minutes. striving to think
.cOherently, and master the delusion
under which he had been suffering.
Rich" he cried at last, "for Gods
sake, tell me ALL"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-19
CHAPTER XIV.
\ Physician Unhealed.


James Poynter sat polishing his
hat with his handkerchief, and staring
at Hendon with a contraction, half
smile, half grin, upon his face.
4 tell you l can't pay you. You
forced the money upon me-"
Il forced 1t on you, Come, thars
a gOoG one. Now, are you going to
.pay?"
You know can't. Poynter. You
must wait"
mot likely. We'll. I must have my
money, and what your father owes me
too"
Il have only your word that he
does owe you money, James Poynter. g"
All right, Mr.. Hendon; go on. In.
suit me. The more patient I am the
more advantage you take. Ask him
If he don't"
Ask him?" said the young man
bitterly; you know his mind is as
good as gone"
rs 1t as bad as that?" said POINTER
with assumed pity, but his eyes
Itwinklng with eagerness, as he
wound the handkerchief round ana
round.
Bad? yes. Millington, our best
man, saw him yesterday, and he says
nothing but an operation and raising
the bone pressing on the brain will
relieve him; and at his age he would
not be responsible for the result"
E..TN
satisfaction. and smiled at his polish
ed hat.
We'll, / think the operation ought
To be performed, so as to bring him
TO his senses again. Poor old boy.
He does seem queer. | asked him"
What, you spoke to that poor old
man about your cursed debit" cried
Hendon furiously.
"Of course I did. Cursed debt. in
deed! Why. I've behaved as well as
man could behave. Dookye here. do
you want me to sell you up?
Hen6on uttered an ejaculation. and.
writing under his impotence. he be-
gan pacing the old dining-room.
while with a show of proprietorship
James Poynter set down his hat. put
his handkerchief therein, took out
his case, and selected a cigar.
Have a veed?" he said, nipping
the end of the one he was about 20
smoke.
On you, and your cigars too"
cried the young man furiously.
Thank We. cub" said Poynter.
lighting up. There. YOU won't make
me waxy. I'm a true friend in dis
guise. An. this is one Of a moo lot
bought Have one, old man."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-19
Getting the Hens to Work.

Along about December it is more
than probable that fresh eggs will be
in fairly active demand, and VIII, if
the experiences of other years be any
guide, continue so during winter. or
course, every one who keeps hens
wants to profit by this condition, but
the difficulty is in getting the hens
started to lay. Early pullets are sell
dom depended upon to produce all the
eggs, and the idleness Of the older
hens is excusable on account OF the
molting season. This melting at a
time when the market for eggs IS
strong is one of the features OF poul-
try keeping that need remedying.
The intensive operator meets the
difficulty by compelling the hens to
mott in late summer, and thus gets
the flock down to business early in the
fall. To accomplish this he reduces
the feed allowance to the minimum
for a week or ten days, and also
limits the range for exercise. At the
end of this time the birds are quickly
brought back to full feed, which has
the effect of causing them to shed
their feathers, after which laying soon
begins.
The experiment is so simple and
has proved so effective that it is well
worth trying, even where only a rev
fowls are kept.-Journal of Agricult-
ure.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-19
The New Meadow.

When new meadow is. to be made
it is advisable to see that the land
has most thorough preparation. A
meadow that is permitted to become
such without PROPER preparing IS
likely to have characteristics that will
remain with it as long as it is a
meadow. We have seen such meadows
and have worked in them and can
testify that they are hard to NOW,
hard to rake, and hard to travel over.
Doubtless the plants find it hard
sometimes to make a growth on hard,
lumpy, sunburned land that might
have been made otherwise by a little
extra work with the harrow and drag.
If during the year preceding the
abandonment to grass the land has
borne a corn crop, its irregularities
are likely to be intensified. The old
stalks are seen in the field of growing
grass and the ridges where the corn
grew are only too plainly apparent.
If such land be rolling and in humid
country the chances of its outlying
are increased. Sometimes these gullies
develop into considerable water
courses during the few days of heavy
rainfall.
1t pays to put a good deal of work
on the land that is to be made into
meadow before seeding. If the disk
harrow is used on the farm ii can be
made to do good service here. The
smoothing harrow and the roller will
carry the work on still further, and in
some cases, as of hard ridges, the
drag will help to equalize matters. A
smooth surface is desired and it
should be obtained at any cost. Rolling
the land will give it a surface that
will not easily gully, at least not so
easily as when the water gets start
between the ridges of corn of the
previous year.
When the grass gets started is the
time to see that there are no barren
spots. When found they should re-
Ceive the attention and seed at once.
be it fall or spring. Grass starts on
such spots from seed sown in the
cool weather of the fall or spring, but
will not start in the hot weather, as
the soil Immediately on the surface is
kept dried out too much to permit of
the seeds getting enough moisture for
the terminating process. It must be
remembered that moisture is one Of
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-19
Keepina Tab on MiIk output.

1t is a great mystery 10 US why
thousands of other daIrymen DO not
keep accurate records Of the milk
yield of their individual COWS. Ii has
beet demonstrated over and over again
that even the most careful dairymen
and the best judges of COWS are fire.
quently deceived. Even so careful
and exact a man as Mr.. Gurier OF Iii
nOis, after taking extraordinary pains
to weed out all the poor COWS IL a
lot of fifty, found four that brought
him in debt for feed and labor. The
average profit on these fifty COWS was
$f9.9S each, but among the number
there was one in debt to him SIl,
another $3.50, another S5.34, another
$1.15, and one other made a profit Of
only A cents, while the four best
COWS in the lot made an average
profit of $53.77 each. We venture TO
say that there is not one herd in ten
where there are twelve or more cows
that does not have one or more COWS
that it would be profitable TO kill out
right. Excellent spring balances can
be bought for S. or less, and the time
required 10 weigh the milk both night
and morning is less than one minute
per COW. Who is there, then, that
cannot afford to keep records Field
and Farm
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-19
Utilizing a Short Corn Crop.

1t is not unusual to have frosts by
Sept. 10, and as corn is late there Will
be considerable that will not be mar
ketable. 1t is discouraging to talk
about feeding soft corn this year,
after last seasons experience. Not
that the corn did not bring good
grains, but from the fact that stock
sold so low this spring that most
feeders lost money. 1t is not likely
that the same condition will prevail
this year, as feeders are being taken
out of the yards at a much lower price
this fall than they were last year, and
it is not likely that they can sell mucn
lower next spring than they did this
year. These conditions should en-
courage farmers in the corn belt in
filling the feed lots.
1t is always a problem as to which
is the best way to feed immature corn.
Ii all farmers were fortunate enough
to be provided with silos and cutting
machinery the problem would be
easy to solve. but unfortunately such
is not the case. Those who have silos
should lose no time in getting the oTn
cut just as soon as it has begun 10
dent, not running the risk of frosts.
A portion of course viii be left for
finishing off the stock, if there is a
possibility of its ripening.
Those who have not a silo in which
TO save the corn crop can 40 but little
better than to cut it just as late as
possible without running the risk of
frosts. Even though the corn is cut
soft it will often ripen up a good deal
in the stalk, if properly cut and
shocked. While it will not make the
best kind of feeding corn, young stock
and store cattle will do well on it.
If machinery is at hand this corn
can be shredded to advantage, but
ordinarily the best practice will be
to feed it uncut and unshredded in
the yards. allowing hogs to run after
the cattle. Where corn has been har-
vested before it is ripe much of the
nutriment is in the stalks, and cattle
will consume almost the entire por-
tion-unless the growth of stalks mas
been heavy.
There is no question but what a
little more might be gotten out OF the.
corn crop by shredding and feeding.
but the expense of shredding and the
cost of machinery in the first place
where it is not already on hand
would leave less net profit to the
feeder.
The practical plan for caring for a
corn crop this season seems to be to
allow it to stand as long as possible
without danger of frost, cut it WIN
the corn harvester and sho:k it Sc
curely, and then feed it to cattle, al
lowing hogs or sheep to follow. This
may possibly mean a slight waste OF
feed, but it will bring the maximum
of profit. 1t is not a question
of whether it will pay or not out
rather of how to market a crop that
is not marketable. StOckers and feed :
ers offer the best opportunity OF turn
ing the crop into cash REGARDLESS Of
last years experience.-Prof. Andrew
Boss in Orange Judd Farmer.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-19
Horse Breeding.

During the '90s horses became d
drug on the market, and the ordinary
Iun of farm bred horses could not be
sold at the cost of raising them.
Farmers stopped breeding their mares
and the supply of horse flesh steadily
decreased. There was a demand all
the time, and there probably always
will be for special purpose animals,
notably for pure bred, heavy draft
horses for city work, and fast, good
aCtioned roadsters for gentlemen
driving horses, but such animals are
not raised by the ordinary farmer.
/ Their breeding is a distinct business,
requiring skill, experience, and CAPT
tai Such animals always command
sood prices, and while the demand FOR
them is comparatively limited the
supply is likely to be equally limited.
Following this period of depression
in the horse business we have had a
Teriod of rapidly rising values. with
great activity in breeding, and the
country is again full of colts and
young stock. The boom is not yet
over but the edge is taken off by the
number of 8 and year olds that are
row available. There is little likeli-
hood that we shall again see such a
depression as existed a few years ago,
but it is certain that the horse supply
is increasing rapidly enough to per-
NIT buyers to exercise discrimination
in their selection of animals. Because
horses were in demand there has been
tendency to breed any kind of
mares, big and little, good, bad, and
Indifferent, and the result is a lot Of
inferior colts that are fitted for no
special purpose and that are likely to
prove a dear product when they are
sold.
Under these conditions it behooves
the farmer to look carefully to the
class of colts he is getting. Horses IN
these days are wanted for specific
class of animal. The outlet for farm
plugs, small or rough, is limited, and
the uses to which they can be applied
will not warrant a paying price for
them. The substitution of electricity
for horse power on Street railways is
now practically complete, even in the
smallest towns, and this wipes out
what was once a great demand for the
Commonest class of horses.
Outside of the demand for draft
horses and light roadsters the most
permanent demand of the future will
he for good farm teams, as with the
use of improved farm machinery the
horse becomes more and more the
motive power of the farm. Horses
should be bred with this use in view
and an animal satisfactory for this
work will fill the bill for a general
purpose animal. Such a horse should
weigh about 1,200 pounds, be sound,
and with plenty of nervous ener-
gy and action. Such an animal viii
do better service on a farm than a
horse of the heavy draft-type.
A good cross for such animal would
be a Morgan or some heavier breed.
The Morgan is an ideal roadster, and
this strain will furnish action and
courage. The heavier breed is needed
to get size and weight for heavy farm
work. At the present time especially
breeders should plan in advance for a
special type of horse, and such horse
for farm purposes will be likely to
command good prices when next
years colts are ready for use.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-19
Facts for Our Farmers.

the requisite conditions that make
termination possible. If these spots
are allowed to remain vacant through
the fall and spring they will harden
in the sun of July and August and
become still harder to reseed-Farm-
er's Review.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-19

Ellen Herndon Arthur, only daugh-
ter of the late President Arthur, will
soon be married to Charles Pinkerton
of New York.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1903-06-11

GENERALLY speaking, girls with only
a grammaT-school education succeed best
in lines where trained mental faculties
are not the first requirements, as in dress.
making, millinery, clerking or house.
keeping. The achievement OF success
Ia these lines is almost invariably due to
the head of the department. by whose
experience and business sagacity the
novice profits, and while there are good
and well-paid book-keepers and steno-
graphers, these vocations are becoming
so overcrowded that salaries are neces.
sarily being lowered.
Manual training in such boon to the
youth of today We wish it might be add
ed to the curriculum of every school in
the land. for a trained hand guided by
a trained mind will win its owner place
of honor in the world,-The Pilgrim for
June.