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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-26
EVERYBODY is INTERESTED
Good Roads Movement Is Now Prac-
tically Approved by Ali Pro-
gressive Citizens.

What is known as the good roads
movement has reached the staee where
practically everybody approves of it.
The most difficult work in this propa-
ganda has been to convince those who
would be benefited most by good roads,
that it was to their advantage to have
them That much accomplished those
directly concerned gave their approval,
provided somebody else paid the bill.
There is nothing apparently for which
the average American farmer has been
far more reluctant to pay than to bury
a lot of stone in a public highway and
then dress it with more care than the
ordinary person would dress himself,
and all for thousands beside himself to
drive over. Now the farmer has
reached the stage where he not only ap-
proves of the scheme, but is willing to
pay his share. This means that the fight
has been won. Good roads are coming
and coming rapidly.
The agitation for this boom is no
longer confined to wheelmen and auto
mobile owners. The man who wants it
most is the man who has farm produce
to sell and wishes to get it to railroad
station at the lowest possible cost.
Among those who are agitating the mat
ter of improved highways are governors,
FEDERAL and state legislators railroad Of
meals. manufacturers. suburban resi-
cents. Wheelmen. drivers and riders.
Inc feoeral government has established
pupllc roads inquiries bureau in the
department Of agriculture. where a vast
amount Of information regarding the
methods Of read making. tie soils Of
various states and the corGit :ons at
tending upon the cOnstructic2 yf high
ways has been gathered aud placed at
public disposal
while there seems to be unanimous
approval of the government few per-
sons realize exactly what coed roads
are, or grasp the full meaning of their
Denents. good road really means
much travelled highway in the country,
covered with stone. bound sOiGly. and
laid so deep that lrosts will not affect
II or storms cause it to break up An
other more concise definition. and one
that Will appeal to everyone. is that a
good road should be one tnct has
water-tight roof on it and cry cellar
under it. To build such II al in the
north requires stone foundation from
IL inches to three feet deep In the
south. where there is little or no frost,
gravel. clay or sand may be used. the
chlet object there being to ct road
that Will shed water To BALD an ideal
road not only requires skill. hut an ap-
pllcatlon of scientific methods Frank
lin Mathews in Outing.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-26

frightened and new shrieking away.
Every man worked with all the energy
That was in him, for each hairy rascal
had reason to believe that if the vessel
they were on did not get out Of the
river before the two armed strangers
should be aflOat there might De hard
times ahead for them. Even Ben
Greenway was aroused 1.-The dell
shall not get him any sooner than can
be helped" he said to himself, and he
hammered and sawed with the rest Of
them.
On his stout and well-armed slocp
the Henry, Mr.. William Rhett, of
Charles Town, South Carolina, paced
anxiously all night. Frequently from
the sand bar on which his vessel was
grounded he called over to his other
sloop, also fast grounded, giving orders
and asking questions. On both YES
sells everybody was at work, getting
ready for action when the tide SHOULD
rise.
Some weeks before the walls and
complaints Of a tortured sea-coast had
come down from the Jersey shores 10
South Carolina, asking for help at the
only place along that. coast whence
help could come. A pirate named
Thomas was working his way south
ward, spreading terror before him and
leaving misery behind. These appeals
touched the hearts of the people Of
Charles Town already sore from the
injuries and insults inflicted upon them
by Blackboard in those days when
Bonnet sat silently on the pirate ship,
doing nothing and learning much.
There was no hesitancy; for their
own sake and for the sake of their
commerce, this new pirate must not
come to Charles Town harbor, and an
expedition of two vessels, heavily
armed and we'll manned and COM
manded by Mr.. William Rhett, was
sent northward up the coast to look
for the pirate named Thomas and to
destroy him and his ship. Mr.. Rhett
was not military man, nor did he
belong to the navy. He was a citizen
capable of commanding soldiers, and
as such he went forth to destroy the
pirate Thomas.
Mr.. Rhett met people enough along
the coast who told him where he might
find the pirate, but he found no one
to tell him how to navigate the dan
gerous waters of the Cape Fear River,
and so it was that soon after entering
that fine stream he and his consort
found themselves aground.
Mr.. Rhett was quite sure that he
had discovered the lair of the big game
he was looking for. Just before dark,
three boats, we'll filled with men, had
appeared from up the river, and they
had looked SO formidable that every
thing had been made ready to resist
an attack from them. They retired,
but every now and then during the
night, when there was quiet for few
minutes, there would come down the
river on the wind the sound Of dis
tant hammering and the noise of saws
It was after midnight before the
Henry and the Sea Nymph f1oated free,
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ENEMY OF THE CURRANT.
Iowa Experiment Station Entomolo-
gist Talks About Pestiferous
Garden Parasite.

One of the worst enemies of the cur
rant and gooseberry with which we have
to deal is the imported stem borer Sesia
tipuliformis. One reason why the dam
age is so great is that single borer may
destroy an entire cane, and few an en-
tire bush, and all this before we are
aware that any damage has been done
The adult of this insect, as shown IN
the drawing. is wasp-like moth. rather
dark in color and of very beautiful ap-
pearance. The females usually lay their
eggs soon after they emerge in the
spring, upon canes about one year old j..
and most frequently in the angle made
by the leaf and the cane
These eggs soon hatch and the little
worm or larva eats its way at once to the
center of the cane. where it feeds and
grows we'll protected from all enemies.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-26

IN CANADIAN MOUNTAINS.
Dangers Incurred by Members of
Scientific Expeditions in
Climbing Them.

I'VE have had few accidents in the
mountain climbing of western Canada"
said Arthur 0. Wheeler, F. R. G. S..
the topOgrapher of the department of
the interior of the Dominion Of Cana
da, at the geographers convention in
Washington the other day. Il was
descending the Bishops giazier one day
with a party. Two of us who were 60
ing before had crossed over on what
looked like streak of snow extending
across the ice; suddenly We heard
shout behind and turning around saw
nobody. Soon the rim of a hat and
the top of nose appeared above the
snow bank; their owner had disap-
peared into crevas:e. but had been
saved in his downward fight by his
ice ak, which caught on the two edges.
He was soon relieved from his danger
GUS position. A similar accident hap
pened to Charles S. Thompson, the
explorer, but instead Of being arrested
he went down 70 feet into the crevasse.
He happened to be carrying a plane
table. which probably saved his life.
IL lOON oil tlt lOpC dFdlldDlc 10 lIL
him out. but when he reached the sur
face he had not suffered a scratch,
most wonderful thing to fall so far
without injury.
"Sir Martin Conway has described
mountaineering as the art of doing diff
fcu1t things in a comparatively safe
way, and the better the mountaineer a
man is the less danger he risks. This
has often been proved true in Canadian
mountains. and we have been wonder
fully free from accident. This we at
tribute in no small part to the careful
and intelligent guides who have been
established at all important points.
Perhaps the best statement of the pos
sibilities of the region which l have
been surveying comes from Professor
Fay, president of the American Alpine
club, to- the effect that from a single
viewpoint in the canadian Rockies one
may see hundrtA unnamed peaks, all
over 10000 feet s.:,ove the sea and COW
cred with snow
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-26


z-l.arvae or borer proper
3-Section Of stem showing work of borer
and how the adult emerges
These larvae grow slowly and are Blu.
partly grown when cold weather comes
on, when they prepare for winter by
retiring 20 the most protected part of
their tunnels and surrounding them
selves by chewed-up fibers and other
waste material. In this way they pass
the winter in safety and with the first
warm days OF spring they begin active
operations again and soon reach their
full size.
The full grown larva then prepares
to pupate and first eats a hole through
the cane, from which the adult moth
may escape. 1t then changes to a pupa.
and towards the end OF May or in June
changes to the adult form, which laws
more eggs, and thus starts again the life
cycle.
great many ways have been suggest
ed for combating this insect. Some of
them are OF no value and none of them
is entirely satisfactory. Perhaps the
most effective one is to prune away the
aHected canes From what has been
said OF the life history of the borer i
Will be seen that before the first of June
all OF the insects are in the canes. either
IN the Iarva or pupa stage. At this time
; Oh the year. too. these canes show th..
results of the borer's work, so that with
little experience it is possible to cu.
out all of the canes infested with bore7s
Hence it will be seen that by cu1tine
out the canes at this time of the wear
the damage may be prevented for tho
next season.
IL mui It not be forgotten, however
! tnat cutting out the canes does not
XII the larvae ana that the canes mus1
Dc removed and burned; otherwise
the pupa will change to an admit and
the trouble will be in no way benefit
ed Therefore, the remedy consists in
cutting away and burning all affected
canes Ill the spring before the last of
May, when the adult moths EMERGE
NJ. l.. Merritt, in Prairie Farmer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-26
THEY HELD UP ST. LOUIS.
Young Couple Internationally Find
i Out All About Their Wed
ding Presents.

Six sets OF dining room furniture and
numberless dressing tables, chairs and
couches were among the wedding gifts
received by young Chicago couple VIII,
Clio not intend to keep house. The groom
accounted for the abundance of furni-
ture by the fact that he was in the bust
ness himself. They had expressed theil
appfeclatlVe thanks to their thoughtful,
friends, says the Chicago Daily News,
and were wondering who had sent fine
set OF spoons, as the only guide they
mad to the giver was the St. Louis post.
mark on the package.
well, said Rex, there are four fam
lilies Of my Stackhouse relatives living
IN st. Louis, and not one of them sent
a thing"
And there are those three lovely
girls | met at the lake last summer"
said Mrs. Rex. Il hadn't an idea OF their
giving me present. and can't write
and ask them because if they didn.
how dreadful it would BEL
FINALLY. however. it was decided to
send a note to each of the four st. Louis
families, stating the case as well as pos
slble, and expressing thanks if thanks
were due.
-Four days later the morning mail
brought the following letters from St.
Louis:
Dear Nephew No, didn't send the
spoons. but l am starting to-day piece
OF cut glass, which I trust will reach you
safely. with all good wishes. Your un-
Gle,
"RICHARD STACKHOUSE."
Dear Ccusin-I have no idea about
the spoons. but am sending you with
this parlor lamp. which brings nv
congratulations. though it comes a lit
tie late Devotedly,
"CLARA"
Another uncle wrote that he was
mot guilty. as to the spoons. but en-
closed check and asked them to buy
a chair with it. Cousin Bob sent the
following:
Dear Old Fellow-None of us sent
the spoons. but we have ordered big
leather chair for you. and hope you will
like it. Your cousin,
bob"
Dear. Dear Dorothy-We three girls
have had the greatest time trying to de-
eide what to get for you and have at
| last hit upon the idea of ordering big
green davenport, just like the one we
four used to sit on so much last sum-
mer. 1t is very late in the day, but we
! just couldn't decide any sooner. With
loads OF love from all of us.
"GLADYs. BERTHA, MARGARET."
"P. S.-We do not know anything
about the spoons"
Dorothy looked at Rex. "Dotty," he
said, soemnly, we've held up St..
Louis"
L should say We had!" she gasped
! And now who sent those spoons?'
Never mind the spoons! I am going
! out now to see if can hire a storage
warehouse"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-26
Alsike Glover Very Valuable.

Alsike clover is valuable forage
crop, and can be grown to advantage
in many places where ordinary red
clover will not yield profftably. 1t is
a perennial, and has no hairs on the
stalk, SO it is not dusty. It's bloom
is sweet, and makes, good honey. It
will stand any amount of wet. Plant
ed in wet swales and depressions, it
will make abundant growth and re-
seed itself from year to year, afford
ing vast amount of excellent feed.
It does not throw out and freeze out
as do red and mammoth clovers
Farmers would do well to try patch
on any low-lying land on the farm. It
withstands cold well and has made
good growths in Alaska. ".
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-26


gagged in it needed considerable re-
pairs-when Mr.. Rhett of Charles
Town sailed down the Cape Fear River
with his five vessels-the two with
which he had entered it, the pirate
Royal James, and the two prizes OF
the latter, which had waited quietly up
the river to see how matters Wore
going to turn out.
On the Henry sailed the pirate
Thomas, now discovered to be the no.
tOriOus Stede Bonnet, and very quiet
and respectful man he was. AS has
been said before, Bonnet was man
able to adapt himself to circumstances
There never was more demure count-
ing-house clerk than was Bonnet at
Belize; there never was an humber de-
pendent than the almost unnotic ed
Bonnet after he had joined Black
boards fleet before Charles Town, and
there never was a more deferential and
respectful prisoner than Stede Bonnet
on board the Henry. 1t was really
touching to see how this cursing and
raging pirate depOrted himself as a
meek and accomplishing gentleman.
There was no prison-house in Charles
Town, but Stede Bonnet's wicked crew,
including Ben Greenway-for his cap
tors were not making any distinctions
in regard to common men taken on a
pirate ship-were clapped into the
h-house-and crowded and UNI
comfortable place it was--and put IN.
der heavy and military guard The
authorities were, however, making dis
tinctions where gentlemen of family
and owners of landed estates were con-
cerned, no matter if they did happen
to be taken on pirate ship, and Mai
Bonnet of Barbados was lodged in the
provost marshal's house. in comfortable
quarters, with only two sentinels out
side to make him understand he was q
prisoner.
The capture of this celebrated pirate
created sensation in Charles Town,
and many of the citizens were not slow
to pay the unfortunate prisoner the at
tentions due to his former position in
society. He was very well satisfied
with his treatment IN Charles Town,
which city he had never before the
pleasure Of visiting.
The attentions paid to Ben Green
way were not pleasing; sometimes he
was showed into one corner and some
times into another. He frequently had
enough to eat and drink, but very often
this was not the case Bonnet never
inquired after him.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-26
Ancient Natural Citadel of New Mex
leo 1mpresses the Beholder
Strangely.

Now the chief delight in going far to
see things Is the certain knowledge that
when you finally arrive the long sought
object will on no account be to you what
you expected or imagined or had been
told; for all cameras are liars, and adj
artists see with their own eyes, not
yours, writes Benjamin Brooks, in
Scribner's. And so, when the Enchanted
Mesa finally stood confronting us like
a buffalo in pass, it was all perfectly
new and Strange. The unchanging,
smooth, blue sky, the distances so great
yet so clear, the great blaze of light
that sets everything quivering with heat
and makes it radiant with strange COL
ors, the endless dry SANDAL these
things which we thought must always
be in New Mexico-had vanished. In
stead, there rose up from behind the
Rockies dark wintry clouds that spat-
tered rain on us now and then. The
binding light was gone, leaving behind
beautiful dim colors on the mountain
walls. The desert had vanished, too.
The lOng-horned steers were cropping
fresh grass, and those usually scorched
river beds daubed us with muddy water
each time we forded one; for September
is the one and only rainy month in New
Mexico; and when some rich and long
headed engineer has built reservoirs to
catch the overflow of that one month and
hold it for the dry times, it may turn out
IN Lhovo hany mt 0fha coyn+rv Gnd FOR.
got" but the country capital overlooked.
We had never known before how shut
in from the world in general the old
Mesa was; how it stood in the very midst
of rockbound'mystery all by itself, Will
jealous promontories guarding it at the
narrow entrance of It's silent valley
It would still have been an Enchantet
Mesa had never ! legend be1a bols
ahout e
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-26
MARRIAGE AND SUCCESS,
Early Alliances, lutte Commonly Dis
countenance.%, Do Not Always
Result IN Failure.

We are used 10 look grave when
young man takeh wife unto himself
with what seems to us to be undue pre-
cipitation, and 1t presently we see a
young family growing punctually up
around him. says the Metropolitan Mag
aZine. maybe we wag our heads a bit
and say it was pity that young Buxton
did not wait untit he had got round or
two further up tho ladder We say We
don't like to see a young fellow over
weighted at the start, and we know of
men of promise VINO incurred domestic
blessings so early in life and in such
numbers that all their lives they never
did better than to stagger on under
their load. We say they never had
chance to get where they belonged. and
we fear it is going to be so with Mr.. Bux-
ton.
But if Buxton has got his start and
seems to be the right sort, and if that
demure young Lucy seems to have some
hard sense and due constancy, in what
ever disguise, under her ribbons and
muslin, let's not croak unduly nor fore
cast lot of bogy troubles that are not
actually in sight. Keeping body and
soul together is not SO desperately COM
plicated task as some of us have grown
to think it. Lots of people don't starve
to death.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-26
The Way Some Read.

Hewitt-People don't want much
nowadays.
Jewett-Not when you see an ad-
vertisement like this: Wanted-In an
office, young man who can make
himself generally useful. Must IN
derstand single and double entry
bookkeeping, stenography and type
writing, and be able, when required.
to sell coal. He must own: his own
automobile, and be a married man. He
must also have $500 to invest in the
business. A permanent position 10
the right party. Salary, six dollars a
week. "-Woman's Home Companion.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-26

but they anchored where they were
and waited for the morning. Whether
they would sail up the river after the
pirate or whether he would come down
to them, daylight would show.
Mr.. Rhett's vessels had been st
anchor for FIVE hours, and every man
on board of them were watching and
waiting, when daylight appeared and
showed them a tall ship, under full
sail, rounding the distant headland up
the river. Now up came their anchors
and their sails were set. The pirate
was coming!
Whatever the Royal James intended
to do, Mr.. Rhett had but one plan, and
that was to meet the enemy as soon as
possible and fight him. So up sailed
the Henry and up .sailed the Sea
Nymph, and they pressed ahead so
steadily to meet the Royal James that
the latter vessel, in carrying out what
was now her obvious intention of GEL
ting out to sea, was forced shoreWard,
where she speedily ran upon a bar
Then, from the vessels of Charles
Town there came great shouts OF
triumph, which ceased when first the
Henry and then the Sea Nymph ran
upon other bars and remained sta
tionary.
Here was an unusual condition
three ship of war all aground and
about to begin battle, a battle which
would probably last for five hours if
one or more of the stationary vessels
were not destroyed before that time.
1t was soon found, however, that there
would only be two parties to the fight,
for the Sea Nymph was too far away
to use her guns. The Royal James had
an advantage over her opponents,
since, when she slightly careened, her
decks were slanted away from the
enemy, while the latter's were pre-
sented to her fire.
At it they went, hot and heavy.
Bonnet and his men now knew that
they were engaged with commissioned
war vessels, and they fought for their
lives. Mr.. Rhett knew that he was
fighting Thomas, the dreaded pirate Of
the coast, and he felt that he must de-
stroy him before his vessel should float
again. The cannon roared, muskets
blazed away, and the combatants were
near enough even to use pistols upon
each other. Men died, blood flowed,
and the fight grew fer Ger and fiercer.
Bonnet roared like an incarnate
devil; he swore at his men, he swore
at the enemy. he swore at his bad for
tune, for had he not missed the chan
mel the game would have been in his
own hands. 49, c r = ,t>>9 m. =.
So on they fought, and the tide kept
steadily rising. The five hours must
pass ct last, and the vessel which first
tioated would win the day.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-26
PORTABLE FENCE

line (by Use of bracke shown to
zigzag or very sharp angle, which is
very handy for yard used in catching
sheep or pigs. Ends of panels are fas-
tened together closely as position will
permit by piece of fence wire. Half
of panels should be made with cleats
on reverse side from that shown in cut
unless spaces in top and bottom are
the same, which will permit the use of
half OF panels the other side up
CLANCY Avery. in Ohio Farmer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-26
To Cure Lockjaw Rapidly.

In case of a nail or Other sharp in
strument being stuck in the foot of
human or animal, anl iockjaw is
threatened, take bucket of I'M
leached wood ashes, put in tub and
pour on two buckets of warm water:
stir we'll and place the wounded foot
in the mixture. Relief will be felt
Immediately. Let remain all hour or
so, if necessary. Only yesterday | re-
lieved an old lady by this recipe who
was suffering intensely from a nail
wound in the foot Another remedy
is to burn flannel rag under the foot,
but the latter applies to any cut that
is painful.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Pumpkins fed with the grain will re.
suit in an increase in yield of milk over
grain fed alone - -. ,....s.. ! -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-26
Trolley Roads Everywhere.

Signs are not wanting that electric
railroading is soon to take much
wider scope than the accommodation
of local passengers. IT. is becoming, il
it has not already become, rival tc
steam railroading. The suburban and
interurban lines foreshadow the posi-
biiity of transcontinental systems.-
Pittsburg Gazette.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-26
Long Hair.

The longest hair in the world adorns
the head of Mercedes Lopez, the wife
Of poor sheep herder in Mexico. Her
height is five feet, and when she stands
erect her hair lies on the ground four
feet eight inches. It is 50 thick that
she can completely hide herself I'M it.
She has it cut very often, and, as it
grows quickly, she is able to sell it to
dealer every month. IS. > % %EE~%<.f<s