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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09
Founaine Cripple Creek.

About dozen years ago, weary,
Flooding man with hammer in hand
left Colorado Springs TO look for gold,
He was a poor man. and on this trip
he had been grub-staked-tha is, some
one had lent him enough money to
pay his expenses. with the understand
ing that il gold was found the man
who lent the money should receive a
certain proportion. This weary plod-
der had trod those mountains for
Years. He knew every canyon. every
peak. every crag. and after all those
years he was poor in pocket. but rich
in experience.
1t was on the morning of bright
July neutrality-suspicious. day-that
he looked into Wild basin lying be
tween the mountain peaks. Far away
te the west he saw rike's Peak pier
cling the clouds. but the grandeur and
wildness of the scene were nothing 10
him. He was thinking of the day-In-
dependence day-and wondering when
his day Of independence would conc.
Within twelve hours it came to him.
and Winfield Scott Stratton found rha
great bonanza that Fourtii or July.
and he called if "Strattor 5 tndepead-
erce." Thus he founded CripIlh Creek.
and from that time ne has seke=. tie
wealth OF a Midss and Craessls farce
times over.
From the luining csmp Of Cripple
Creek millions j.. gold nave beer
takeu.-F cur-Track News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09
Renewing strawberry Beds.

Without doubt the digging OF new
plants and setting them regularly in
the place they are to grow is the best
way of obtaining the new strawberry
bed. True. this requires considerable
labor and the selection of the best run
ners from the old bed. If this plan is
10 be followed the best plants will be
obtained by going over the old bed
as the runners are forming and keep
ing the tips cut off to one or more
plants, so as to obtain strong plants
for re-setting. Another advantage of
this plan is that just the number OF
PLANS that may be set in a given pc
Rod are dug, so that none are left to
dry out as with plants bought.
The other plan of making the new
bearing plantation is a good one, and
quite generally followed. especially
where the berries are grown on the
matter row plan The mower is run
over the field after the crop is gathered
and. after raking off the cut plants, a
light plow is run through the field and
about one-half or more of the plants
cut out, leaving the new ones, which
will be about foot apart, composed
OF the new plants Care Is required
in this work but the results will be
profitable. provided the new plants
formed are strong.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09
old man. He threw up his hands and

old man. He threw up his hands and
cried:
lord save usp for he thought it
was the devil.
The old lady screamed until you
could have heard her mile. | was so
scared and bewildered that 1 could not
get up at once. 1t was warm weather
and I was quite scantily clad.
when 1 heard the girls snickering it
made me mad, and l jumped up and
rushed out of the door.
..Ol1 l started for the barn, and when
half way through the yard the dogs set
up howl and went for me.
when l got into the barnyard had
to run through q flock of sheep and
among them was an old ram who
backed off little and started for me.
With one bound l escaped his blow,
sprang into the barn, climbed up the
logs into the NOW, and threw myself
upon the hay.
After John had slid down the porch
into a hogshead of rain water, he came
to me with one of my boots, my coat
and one of the legs of my pants. He
found me completely Frustrated. Part
of my shirt, my hat, one leg of my
pants, my vest. stockings, necktie and
one boot were left behind.
Il vowed then and there that would
never go to see another girl, and I'll
die before | will.''-Family Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09

During the busy months of the year,
farmers are anxious to get all the
work possible out of their horses,
which is proper enough. Food alone
will not do the trick. 4. horse may be
fed the best of rations, but he needs
care in addition, so try these things
which may seem simple, but which
will do a great deal toward making
the horse contented and more valuable
TO you. Keep his coat clean, not only
by brushing and the use of the comb,
but use water OH him freely, especial
ly during the warm period
When his work for the day is done
take sponge and wash each part of
his coat where the harness touched.
If his muscles are sore, take equal
parts of iodine and sweet oil. mix them
and rub the mixture well into the
joints and tendons. Wash out his
mouth occasionally and take care Of
his feet. Above all, in warm weather,
see that his stable is well ventilated
and that screens are placed so that
vermin are kept from annoying him.
In watering the horse, let him have it
before eating, and also small supply
between meals, even if he is warm 1t
will not hurt him unless you give him
too much.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09

on strike they had to get out. Some
exodus began from the place and the
roads leading to the woods rented by
the strikers were filled with wagons
containing household goods. The ma
jority of the strikers went into camp
at Camp Turner, near Christopher,
Some secured temporary shacks scat
tered about A few went to neighbor-
ing settlements.
Immediately Letter filled the town
with armed guards and sent out in
ducements for non-union men to enter
the place to work. mo trespass" signs
were hung around and telephones were
installed on trees for the greater con-
venlence of the private police. Mean
time the strikers at Camp Turner are
not inactive. They have thrown out
pickets to intercept the entry of non
union men.
Letter, who is engaged in this in
dustrial war, IS man of strong per
sonality and stern determination. 1t
was he who engineered the great
wheat corner in 1897, as result OF
which bread riots occurred in Italy
and other places, during which hun
dreds of persons were shot by the
military Another result of the cor
ner'' was that his father, who went to
his assistance in the deal. lost many
millions
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09
Erann-ated Eggs.


A Chicago concern is engaged in
making dried or desiecated eggs. The
company uses $4,000 cases year, and
sends the product all over the world.
The concern buys every class of eggs.
fresh, cracked or Gull eggs. The worst
of these are sold for tanners use, even
the shells are marketed. Eggs which
pass inspection are made into the pat
ent product described. Eggs for ship
ment TO the mining districts of Alaska
and other distant points are carefully
dried by heat, without being cooked,
and without destroying their flavor,
and they are then shipped in this con-
dition. like evaporated apricOts or APP
pies. They are costly by the time they
reach the camp. but not more so than
many other articles which the miner
must have.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09

schemes is none the less active for this,
and your stylish dresser should watch
these new fancies closely. At the left in
the concluding picture is shown one OF
the newer tricks with blue. This dress
was blue liberty silk, and the bows and
the rosettes holding the shirrings were
satin ribbon. Next this is blue and
green striped silk, with green velvet trim
mings and white cloth vest. The third
model of this sketch showed a new finish
for gray, which all summer so far has
had many advocates. The gray wolfe
was finished with white satin bands en-
broidered with silver beads. Other color
touches that have endorsement employ
bright red and orange. Bits of these in
velvet are much liked as dressing for
dark fabrics.
The deep girdle, almost a stomacher in
dimensions, with its front bedecked with
tiny bows arrow, is seen often, and is
the most liked of the many forms OF
trimmed girdles. 1t is at its best when
topped by falls of delicate lace These
last, if appearing between the fronts of
a bolero, may be echoed in the latter's
cuff finish Draped bodices increase in
numbers, and are pointed for the most
part. In not a few the point already is
extended in exaggerated fashion. This is
a style that accentuates the small waist.
Also it brings sudden hips into great
conspicuousness. so great that women
whose figures have this sharp curve
should be very careful in adopting the
notion. Band trimmings for the fronts
of boleros are widening. three inches be-
ing permitted. Like trimming may APP
pear at wrists and elbows, and the arm
hole may be outlined with it also. Fringe
is again available as a trimming, though
it hardly has gone out altogether since its
last revival. But it is here now in brand
new sorts, not in offerings left over from
the last showings of it. Any shopper who
doubts the newness of these fringes can
secure Confederation of the foregoing by
pricing these trimmings. They're high
enough to prove originality.
Just what is to be the most desirable
coat fashion for the fall is not discernible
now, but it is not to be in the long coat
way to judge from the abundance with
which these appear in the current mark
downs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09
Automatic Fountain.

An Ohio man gives this description
OF his poultry fountain: Every poul-
tryTAan knows how difficult it is to
Keep good, clean water for a large
fock of hens shut up in a house or
Yard. II furnished in an open vessel
1T is soon lowered out OF reach or filed
with dirt and litter by their scratching.
Various small fountains are on the
market which do for little chicks, but
large fowls shut in warm house
drink great deal and require lots of
tine and attention. The accompanying
cur shows an automatic fountain which
| devised for use in my poultry house
Il is made of 10-gallon keg. A pint
tin cup is connected by small tube
to the lower end. from which the
chickens drink. To fill the keg the
tube is corked. then the cork is taken
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09

look smaller, departure from the straight
line being accompanied by closer draping
of the figure.
Many summer dresses that appear at
first glance to be simply made, appear on
second look to be made up with deal
of outlay of the dressmaker's time. Some
of them that make this impression will
prove to be quite as elaborate as many a
dress of last winter that passed as highly
wrought. The reason for this is that last
winter and the previous season or two
most OF the trimmings were applied and
in contrast to the dress fabric. Now the
material is tucked. plated, puffed smock-
ed or gathered, and then most of the re-
naming elaboration consists of self-trim-
ming. This last may be complex and law
ish without giving the suggestion of over
wrought finish, and a gown freely embell-
ished along such lines may as a whole
convey merely an impression of stylish
ness and neatness. The chief recommen-
dation of this situation is the opportunity
it gives for women ever afraid of over
doing decorations to indulge their previ-
ously suppressed liking for free trimming.
To realize how many are taking advan-
tage of such opportunity, look about you
anu likely YOu IL Dt SUI pItScu At tAlC OAS
play of subdued elaborateness.
What ordinarily are styled warm
browns are to have a run for the remain
der of summer and early autumn. OF
course they may not be spoken of as
warm, for they do look that, so call 'em
soft But their warmness is as nothing
to that of orange, which is current in es-
tablished shades and has new sorts be-
sides. They seem hardly suitable for hot
weather, yet as sparingly used on gowns
and millinery are free OF offense. As
cooler days approach they doubtless will
be employed fearlessly. Likely the wom-
an who chose the warmest of these shad-
ings for her dress material would be ex-
cused, for these are days when you may
suit yourself almost regardless. The
abundance of white dresses is proof of
this. At the opening of the season it was
announced that white would lack stylish
endorsement, since it was so nearly the
whole thing last summer. But first few
and then many women declared for
white, and by the middle of July it was
to be found in the finest company, in
dresses of the most elaborate sort and
the best taste though not nearly so num-
erous as last season. Selections for the
first three of the accompanying pictured
models were made from this white array
The initial sketch was OF gown Of
white etamine. with trimming of Mexican
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09
Poultry Pickings.

The time of hatch, more than the
breed regulates laying.
In-breedlng should not be tolerated
for more than two years.
Keep all buildings for poultry well
covered with whitewash. put on thick.
The best stock is the cheapest.
therefore, never sell the. best and never
buy anything but the best.
Fowls in confinement need variety
of food, and one of the most import
ant OF them is green food of some
kind.
Put good fioc- of hens in the plum
orchard and the trees will be less sub.
ject to curculio and will produce good
crops of fruit.
I'm no case can we make good, ma
furs fowls of poorlyfed and badly
managed chickens. 1t is economy first
and last TO feed well.
SO far as can be done. green food
should form part Of the daily "a
rions through the year. as it seems
necessary TO insure health. productive
ness and fertility
A stale egg which remains in one
position for number of days has the
volk adhering TO the membrane of the
shell. The position of the germ often
causes the embryo chicken to hatch
either weakly or deformed-
The poultry business Is one Of many
details. and they need close following
Unless person is willing to give at
tsntion TO little things and not only TO
them once. but many times. as occa-
sion may require. it Is not advisable to
30 into the business very extensively
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09
Selecting Seed Corn.

The true selection of better breed
of corn is not confined to the selection
of the best ears by any means, al
though this is the popular idea of corn
improvement. AS every corn raiser
knows, certain seed will raise corn
that is almost ideal, so far as the ear
goes, but there are but few ears on
plant.
This being the case, it is evident
that the true selection of corn is the
selection of the plants which show the
desired characteristics all through their
growth up 20 the time of harvest, SO
that the plants should be closely
watched from the time they break
ground and thus securing the habit of
growth as well as the perfection of ear
SO desirable.
Many of the plants will make a
stronger growth than others and ripen
the full crop earlier; if such a plant
is what is desired, it can only be found
by watching its growth through the
season. Then if the yield is all that
is desired one comes pretty near hav-
ing the ideal plant and one which is,
probably, capable of even greater i'm
prOYement.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09
WHOLE TOWN. EvlcTED.
Astonishing Industrial War at 1

Astonishing Industrial War at the
Town of Zieg1er, Ill.
The town of Zeigler, III. bids fair
to achieve the notoriety of another
Cripple Creek on account of its Nbor
troubles. Practically the entire work
ing population of the place has been
evicted and men. women and children
are housed in tents in the woods five
miles distant. The town itself. which
is private property and owned by Jo-
seph Letter, of Chicago, is an armed
camp. Guards, with rifles and reyol-
vers, parade the streets and dominate
every avenue of approach. The coal
mine and coke works, where the men
now living III tents We're formerly en-
ployed, Is surrounded by high stock
ade, inside of which and outside OF
which heavily armed men, with in
structions to shoot If provocation Is
given, parade by day and night. No
person is allowed within the town lin
its unless he can show a permit or give
a plausible excuse for his presence
Those who are unable to measure up
with these requirements are escorted
out of the Vicinity of the settlement
and are impressed with the prudence
of not returning.
This peculiar and dangerous condi-
ton of affairs was precipitated by the
failure of the miners and Joseph Lei
ter the sole owner of the mines, coke
works and town. to agree on the ques-
ton of wages. Letter submitted
schedule of wages. which the men re-
fused to consider The men claimed
that the scale was below that paid by
mine owners in other sections OF the
State. and it's acceptance would mean
a reduction by competitive employers
of labor, who would be placed at a dis
advantage in the market
Whereupon Letter began to apply the
vast power that lies in his hands. AS
said, Letter owns the town. Every
inch OF land is his. No one can pur-
chase a lot there. even churches and
like institutions having to be salts
fed with leases instead of deeds One
of the conditions ipon which an en-
ploye is allowed to rent house is that
he shall, upon twenty-four hours no
tice, vaeate the premises after his
name has been dropped from the roll
call. Accordingly when the men went
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09
Money in Berries.

Puyallup, Wash, is the home of
man who gets $1,000 a year from one
acre planted in berries. His crop con-
sists of the Washington dewberry and
red raspberries. The little farm is in
the center of the city and contains
neat six-room cottage and nice front
lawn. A COW and flock Of 200 chickens
assist in making the income approx
mate 81 600 every u months.
The owner is almost an octogenar-
ian. He merely sits on the porch and
watches the pickers gather his golden
harvest. The chickens do not injure
the berries, but destroy the bugs and
keep down the grass and weeds. The
berries are marketed through an asso-
citation Of local growers. A yield of
800 to 600 crates is considered the av-
erage from an acre.-Commercial Fri
bune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09

Kansas grows more and better wheat
than any State in the Union. The
crop of 1901 was 100000 bushels /;
the crop of 1903 was still larger. This
is one-seventh of the entire crop of the
United States, one-thirtieth of the
worlds wheat crop. No wonder hot
wind or a rain in Kansas causes a
furry in the wheat pit Of Chicago.
To those who would but do not
know it may be said that the golden
belt'' implies a section of Kansas con-
sisting of about so counties running
north and south through the central
part Of the State. Thirty-five Of these
counties i'll 1908 yielded over 100000
bushels of wheat each. In 1901 one
county (Sumner) was credited with a
yield of nearly 100000 bushels of
wheat, which is greater than the total
output for the same year Of all the
New England States and several addi-
tional States thrown in for good meas
ure. OF this vast quantity of wheat
only about 100000 bushels is con-
sumed in Kansas. The rest must go
elsewhere, until now there is not a
country on earth where Kansas wheat
or flour is not favorably known.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09

salesfolk refer to this product as simple
is distressing when at the same time
they quote prohibitive prices for gar
ments not elaborate of scheme, but finish
ed with novelty trimmings. The embel-
lishment may not be very rich nor need
its arrangement be complicated nor high
L ingenious, but if it is not duplicated in
the showing, the figure it is likely to
fetch is high. Yer the judicious shopper
can get around these high prices and by
care i'll selection from less costly grades
can come out away ahead So. too. she
who can manage the trimming herself OF
such bodices as the two at the right in
the second of these picturesque can ac-
complish wonders at little outlay. TO
such these two models should be help
fully suggestful. The first was white
taffeta and heavy white faggotting, and
the other was white dotted silk and white
embroidery and fringe Collar sets for
the embellishments of such waists are to
be had. and here is the same trouble as
with the trimmed waists-the novel sorts
often are away up in price. But there
are big stocks to select from, and usually
a satisfactory choice can be made.
Blues and greens have possessed mark
ed favor ever since the warm weather
opened. and the liking for them is undi-
minished, standing now as one of the
more marked preferences Of the summer.
1t has seemed at times as if the combi-
nation of blue and green was the most
swagger color scheme, but there are so
many others that it is impossible to ac-
cord first place TO any one. When these
combinations were first taking hold, the
use of green's alone was well to the fore,
and since then the standing of blue with
out the green has bettered The color
situation offers choice of many things
but the output OF new ideas in color
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09

Packing combined
firms within the yard $1O0OO0O00
by the establishing Bulls Head yards
Madison and Ogden institution for the time
but oyershadowd 1854 State
and d streets II 1860 half dozen stock yards established various
10 a
uary the railroad until however,
Union Stock with capital
this
that the packing the world is located The has been
growing enterprise.
are
the
buildings siling packing business The
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09

The mother OF a boy was sitting on
tie porch. The boy came out eating
a big piece OF bread and butter. IF
that should fall on your toes" the
mother said. 1t would mash them"
dent. while he really directed affairs
from another office. He succeeded in
having the constitution changed subse-
quently and has since been regularly
chosen to ill the office by his people.
.tmong whom he is idolized. He has
iilled the chair with profound wisdom
and along the lines of progressiveness.
Ii is doubtful if he viii be able 10
serve through his siN-year term. as he
is beginning 10 age rapidly and the
strain of Office is pereeptibly telling
upon him. The Vice President. Romou
Corral, may be called upon TO q )
charge the duties Of his office before a
great while
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09
Handy Harrow.

The harrow herewith illustrated is
8 feet long by feet wide, with eight
teeth in each beam. The teeth should
be of rs inch steel and put through
not more than two inches. This makes
a fine comb harrow which cuts all the
top and does not pull up trash. Each
beam is attached to the pulling bar
with a hook and drop link. Through
the middle is an inch rod put through
thimbles, one being slipped over each
beam as shown at a.. This makes the
harrow flexible. By withdrawing the
inch rod and unlocking from the pull