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The Rice belt journal., 1904-09-30

trusted employees nave been 1Oullu diS-
honest aud convicted and widespread
impression exists that a thorough invcSti-
cation may discover other cases OF mall
| teasance? When the chief executive re-
| ported to Congress that. Through frauds
fOTgeriCs and prlJulieS, and by shame
less brihericS the laws relating to me
proper conduct of the public service in
general. ard to the due administration OF
the postoffice department have been no
torious!y violated ~ there was
general popular demand for rigid
sweeping investigation by Congress. in
addition TO that undertaken by the ex-
ecutive himself. Such an investigation
the Republican majority in Congress
would not permit. although the minority
insisted that the interests of good gCv-
| elnment demanded it. And the minor
ity was right. Lie liberality,, patriot
ism and national pride of the people
should not be made an excuse for waste
of the public funds. Official extravaganza
is official crime.
Reform in expenditures must be had
| in both the civil. military and naval es-
adjustments in order that the national
expenditures may be brought to a basis
| of peace and the government maintained
without recourse to the taxes of war.
Conclusion.
/ have nut aside d Congenial work. to
which | had expected to devote my life,
in order to assume, as best can. the re-
spOnSibilitieS your convention put upon
me.
| solocit the cordial cooperation and
generous assistance of every man who
believes that change of measures and
OF men at this time" would be wise, and
| urge harmony of enaNavor as well as Wig
orous action on the tlrt of all so minded.
The issues are joined and the people
must render the verdict.
Shall economy Of Administration be de-
maaded or shall extravaganza be en-
couraged?
Shall the Wrongdoer be brought to hay
| by the people or must justice wait upon
political olgarchy?
Shall our government stand for equal
| opportunity or for special privilege?
Shall 1t remain Il government of law
| or become one of individual caprice?
Shall we cling to the rule of the peo-
pie, or shall We embrace benetcent des-
potism?
With calmness and confidence, we
| await the peoples verdict.
If called to lue office Of president, l
| shall consider myself the chief magis-
| trate of all the people and not of any
| the fact that on many questions of pa-
| of opinion. / believe in the patriotism
| good sense and absolute sincerity Of all
| the people. | shall strive to remember
| that he may serve his party best who
| serves his country best
If it be the wish of the people that
| undertake the duties of the presidency. |
| pledge myself with Gods help, to de-
| vote all my powers and energy to the
| duties of this exalted office.
| Very truly yours,
ALTON B. PARKER.
The Western news., 1904-10-12
Judge ID. F. Smith.

The democratic state convention
accorded a splendid representation to
Flathead county when it placed Hon.
D. +. Smith on the ticket as nomi-
nee for chief justice of the supreme
court. Regardless of politics this
recognition of the merits of Mr.. Smith
by his party is matter of pride to the
people of Flathead county,
Judge Smith has presided sver the
district court of this and Teton coun-
ties fo, the past eight years and has
made a good Judge. His administration
of that high office has given satisfac-
ton to all. He was the party's choice
for denomination for third term and
had not this distinguished honor beer
given him he would again have been a
candidate in this judicial district.
Should the fortunes of political war
result in Judge Smith being the mex
chief justice of this state the people o1
Flathead county will take commend
able pride in that fact and the SUI
preme court will have at it's head al
able jurist and an upright judge.
Libby News (Rep.)
The Western news., 1904-10-12

Before buying wagon or buggy
don't forget to inspect the, Woodside
Creamery Co.'S. Western King wagons
and Rex buggies. q If
The Western news., 1904-10-12

Continued on Page Eighty
The Western news., 1904-10-12
Chas. H. Hall

"This campaign is on issues that
make men think. The more they
think, the more certain they are that
the democratic platform means some
thing for the good of the people, and
that the republican platform is plat
form without meaning or promise of
better things. The democratic plat
form is a pledge to the people that if
cratic legislature is elected, the cor
por ations will have to keep out of
politics in Montana.
THAT is what the people want.
The people of the state are coInpetant
to manage their own political affairs
without corporation 1neddling. There
were no corporation agents in the con-
vention that framed the Declaration
of Independence, or in the one that
/ wrote the constitution of the United
States. We cannot have clean politics
or peoples government until the
corporations are put out of politics by
direct primary nominations and the
initiative and referendum. We will
not have fair treatment from the rail.
roads until we have railroad commits
sion to protect the people. The demo
Gratis will win this year because they
deserve to win.''
| Edwin Norris
Governor Toole's recommendation
to the Eighth Legislative Assembly
contain the cardinal issues of tn,
state campaign, and the democratic
state con vention made the governor
| mo he ca 10 ~ 4
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-06
FISHING FOR RED sNAPPERs.

The system OF a red-snapper fisher
man Is interesting. Each man of US,
including the skipper but not the
cook. had his trick at the wheel ano
lead. As there were six, this divided
the twenty-four hours into even
periods. each man having two hours
at the wheel. day and night The
trick at the lead is irregular, as oven
bottom where there is but a slight
chance II striking FISH It is hove but
few times, at intervals OF varying
length. perhaps every half hour. while
at night Il is seldom used at all.
To each man there is allotted a
certain space of deck, opposite a we'll
worn groove in the gunIe. he keeps
his bait-tub. baiJ-bOard. knife, lines
and gulletin.stick." this latter being
usually a piece Of an old swab-hanjle.
two feet i'm length, having one enA
Whitfield down TO a fat point. from
which is cut a V-shaped piece. wltah
a fish swallows the hook be is at first
stunned with the butt of this club.
after which the fat end is rammed
down his gullet. the nick in the END
keeping it on the line until the hook
is reached and loosenej by the down
ward thrust. the point coming in con-
tact with the fat point of the stick,
when a tug on the line brings out hook
and stick. over the knife which
transfixes a little pile of prepared bait
hang a pair Of "nippers." Nippers
are loops of cloth into which the
hands are slipped to protect them
from the friction of the line. These
are frequently disdained by veteran
fishermen whose palms have acquired
the texture of sole-leather.
The leadsman, standing on the
weather bulwarks, over the chains of
the main-shrOuds. grasps his line by a
tOggle dashed about a fathom from
the seven-pound lead, which with one
or two powerful arm-swings he sends
flying ahead. A strong and skilfu
man can throw of about fifteen
fathoms OF line. thus giving the lead
scope enough to reach bottom before
its drop is checked by the schOOner's
speed. This lead is cOncave at the
bottom, the hollow space being filled
with a composition of soap and wax.
TO which PARTICLES at the bottom al.
here. When the lead brings up live
bottom" as shown by little pieces OF
live coral. crustaceans ami the like.
one may expect 10 find FISH, for this is
their feeding round. Mud, sand, rock
and dead bottom is less promising
Outing.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-06
A HnnnN Mother.

Maple Hill. Ia. May 30.-A very re-
markable case occurred here recently.
The people here have never seen any
thing like ii aud il may interest many
others.
From his infancy. Verne. the little
five-year-Old son OF Mr.. and Mrs. J..
BarfOOt. OF this place. has been Sickly.
His mother consulted a doctor. but he
did not begin % improve till some one
suggested that she try a remedy called
DOdd's Kidney Pills. From unmiStak-
able symptoms she had always be-
Iieved that his kidneys were the first
cause OF all the trouble. so she bought
a box OF DOdd'S Kidney Pills and be-
gan giving little Verne two pills a day.
In two or three days she noticed an
improvement and she kept on till he
had used about two boxes. when, TO
her great joy. he was all right. Every
body remarks how much better Verne
looks and Mrs. BarfOOt always ex-
plains "DOdd'S Kidney Pills saved his
life"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-06
THE REASON.

Grandma CRUZ said a curious thing,
Boys may whistle, but girls must
must sing"
That's the very thing I heard her say
To Kate, no longer than yesterday.
Boys may whistle" OF course they
may,
II they pucker their lips the proper
way;
But for the life Of me I can't see
Why Kate can't whistle as well as me.
Boys may whistle, but girls must
must sing"
Now I call that a curious thing.
II boys can whistle. why can't girls,
too?
It's the easiest thing in the world to
do.
So II the boys can whistle and do it
well,
Why cannot girls-will somebody tell?
Why can't they do what boy can do?
That Is the thing should like TO know.
| went 20 father and asked him why
Girls couldn't whistle as well as |,
And he said, The reason that girls
must sing
Is because a girls a singular thing"
And grandma laughed till knew she'd
ache
When I said l thought it all a mistake.
Never mind. little man." heard her
say,
They viii make you whistle enough
some day"
New Orleans Picayune.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-06
PANAMA AND THE CANAL.
Accurate Facts of a Region of New
Interest.

A few days ago heard several per-
sons talking Of the Panama canal, and
was much surprised to see how little
was known about il. There were as
many opinions as persons, and no one
was sure of anything. Will you kindly
tell something definite about Tits
length. how much has been done for it,
its probable cost and its saving in
time.-A. NJ. X.
The following was compiled for a
business house which wished TO give
its customers some information on
this subject:
The republic of Panama was a part
Of Colombia until Nov. 3, 1903, when it
declared its independence 1t was an
area of 1851 English square miles,
nearly as large as Maine, and a popu-
lation of 100000. It's chief ports are
the capital. Panama, population about
$4,000, and Colon. population about
5000. These ports are visited annu-
ally by more than / 900 vessels, which
land over 100000 tons of merchan-
disc and nearly 100000 passengers,
chiefly for transfer over the Isthmus.
The commerce of Panama amounts to
about 100000 per annum.
Panama has been called the gate to
the Pacific" and the ''key to the uni
verse" and a waterway across the
Isthmus has been the dream of cen
turtles.
In 1879 a French company, with
Ferdinand De Lesseps as president.
was organized to construct q canal,
and began work in 1881. After it had
spent S156, 100000 on the Isthmus it
went bankrupt A new company
formed in 1894 and continued the work
on a small scale. The work done con-
stitutes two-fifths of the canal works.
In 1902 the United States decided
TO carry out the project. In February,
1909. the rights of the new Panama
canal company were secured. and Nov.
IS, 1908. a canal treaty between the
United States and Panama was signed
at Washington. IL has been agreed
that the United States shall obtain a
zone of FIVE miles on each side CT the
canal; Panama will receive $4,000
600. and an annuity of $3.50, 900, begin.
ming 1912.
The canal to be built by the United
States is a high level canal, about
eighty-fve feet above tidewater. The
number of locks will be FIVE. The At
lantic terminus is a Colon and the Pa
c:fc terminus Panama bay. The course
Of the canal is from northwest to
southeast. the Pacific end being TWEEN
ty-eight miles east OF the Atlantic
Panama is in about the same longi.
tude as Pittsburg. The total length
from shore line to shore line is forty
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-06
FOOD VALUE OF MILK.

In his address before the Brit
ish Sanitary Inspectors Associa-
ton Sir James Crichton Browne, in
addition to renewing the stock argu-
ments for the use of milk by children,
pointed out its advantages for adults.
He showed that i'm certain sicknesses,
such as typhoid life may depend on
milk. which may not only postpone
the final issue in certain kinds Of SEN
lie decay, but may contribute TO the
stability Of vigor in maturity. He
drew attention 10 the value of the
scat as q milk producer.
While the food value of milk is gen
orally recognized, there is a popular
ignorance Of the exact nature of its
nutritive properties. III a gallon Of
water is boiled sufficiently long it is
lost in steam. Milk similarly boiled
leaves a solid residue Weighing from
20 to % ounces. This substance
chiefly consists of sugar, fat, the fat
of butter casein-a material with
feeding properties resembling those
Of the white of egg. of the lean Of
meat and tae gluten Of wheat-and
certain mineral substances which are
essential in the manufacture of the
bones and teeth. Unlike almost all
other foods. these r-ilk substances arc
al digesti0le. and, what is more, they
exist n almost precisely correct pro
portion 10 each other.
The once famous analyst Lethe5y
demonstrated tat whereas 100
pounds Of quite lean beef without
bone contained " pounds OF water
and 2S pounds of feeding matter-not
all of which is digestive-100 pounds
Of good milk contained IA pounds Of
feeding MATERIAL digestible.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-06
Could You Use ANY Kind of a Sewing
Machine at Any Price?

If there is any price so lew, any offer
so liberal that you would think or &C
cepting on trial a new high grade, drop
cabinet or upright Minnesota. Singer,
Wheeler x Wilson. Standard, White or
New Home Sewing Machine, cut out
and return this notice, and you will re-
ceive by return mail. postpaid. free or
cost, the handSOmest sewing machine
catalogue ever published. 1t will name
you prices on the Minnesota, Singer,
Wheeler & Wilson. White, Standard
and New Home sewing machines that
will surprise you; we will make you
new and attractive proposition, sew
ing machine offer that will aStOnish
you.
If you can make any use OF any
sewing machine at any price. if any
kind of an offer would interest YOU,
don't fail to write US ut once (be sure
to cut out and return this special no.
tice) and get our latest book. our latest
offers. our new and most surprising
proposition. Address
SEARS. ROEBUCK & CO.. Chicago.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-06

three miles. The time of transit will
be 1917 to 1914 hours for a ship of
mean dimensions. The cost to com
plete the canal from its present con-
dition is estimated to be S144, 100000,
besides the S4O,OO0,0O0 to be paid to
the French company. The time re-
CURED will be about eight years. The
cost to maintain the canal will be 81
900, 900 per year. The Panama canal
will shorten the ocean distance be
tween our eastern and western states
about 5000 nautical miles, and to
western parts Of South America about
the canal traffic will be 100000 tons
1000 miles.
It is estimated that the tonnage of
per annum.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-06
HIS ONLY PLUNGE.

Speaking about lotteries" said the
man with the double chin, but | never
bought but one ticket in my life, and
often think of that with sadness. L
bought it from a hunchback in the full
of the moon and just after had seen a
black cat, and everybody said l was
sure of hitting at least $4,000. One
evening, l was prevailed upon to at
tend a revival meeting, and was so in
fiuenced by it that l offered my ticket
TO half a dozen different fellows foi
what it cost. No one had the money
to buy, however, and as my conscience
wouldn't permit me to keep it"
you tore it up was asked.
Eyes, tore it up and buried the
pieces, and alas! when too late \
learned"
THAT it had drawn a prize! don't
want to call any man a fool. but that
was very silly thing. Did it hit
S50, OOO?"
mo"
2O,O0O?"
mo"
100000"
mo"
"Then how much?"
"Well. it came within 500 numbers
of hitting an approximate prize of
$3.50, and was SIS out of pocket. Just
think how much flour and blackberry
jam that S. would have bought for the
widows of America"
uni" replied the other, as he open,
ed his newspaper and tried to become
interested in the news from HokOdate.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-06
pistiIIeries in Abysslnia.

A few enterprising natives distill in
a primitive fashion various cereals and
honey, thus obtaining alcohols, which
they perfume with aniseed and dis
pose of in the country. They also
make a brandy of fairly good quality.
A small quantity of alcohol is also
made by European distillers. Owing
to the extremely low price of grain
the extension of this business would
probably yield satisfactory returns.
The manufacture of a quart of alcohol
of 20 degrees costs 8 cents and at this
time finds a market at a minimum OF
IS cents.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-06

der the shadow Of old Volcano Mayor
For nearly three years this love at
fair was the matter Of speculation
among the -four hundred" OF the Fill
pino population throughout the prov.
ince, as well as among American resi-
dents.
A Filipino maiden, through whose
veins courses pure Becol blood, the
boast of the family for generations, had
enslayed the heart of probably the
leading American of the province-an
American whose military record, fam
lily in the United States and reputed
wealth had won for him high distinc-
ton at the hands of the civil govern
ment.
In spite of an ardent courtship the
American friends of the gentleman
never heard him speak of marrying the
Filipino maiden and when the cere,
mony was performed it was so sudden
that they were overcome with astonish-
ment
For several weeks before the mar
riage the American had met with f.
nancial reverses in the United States.
Cablegram after cablegram reached
him from his attorneys in the home,
land announcing one loss after another
owing TO crashes in the stock market
in which he was interested. First
came the crash in the shipbuildina
trust, then the apparent failure Of the
Northern Pacific merger; iron and
steel fell heavily and then followed the
corner in cotton. All of these fluctua-
lions, 20 which was added the dropping
Of other stocks in which he had invest
ed his money, brought him face to face
with ruin. The distressed man would
carry cablegrams from his attorneys
in his pockets for days without opening
them, knowing that they brought mott
fication Of some additional reverse.
When these misfortunes had about
reached a climax he suddenly remem-
bered that there was an estate of about
$4,000 in the homeland Of which he
was heir. Before this the man had
hardly given the matter consideration
it was such a trifle. The estate had
been left TO him by some ancestor. One
important fact came TO him vividly-a
clause in the will provided that the
estate should revert TO other persons
unless the heir married before a GER
tain age.
The gentleman was quick to act. He
figured that, in the face of his recent
reverses. il was his duty 10 save the
smaller fortune If it was not too late.
He cabled TO his attorneys at home
and asked them at what age he would
have to marry to save the estate. He
waited anxiously for a reply, and when
the reply came he found that the time
would be up at u o'clock that very
night He had only a few hours in
which to save the fortune by marriage.
With anxious heart he hurried to his
Filipino sweetheart and breathlessly
told the story of the long forgotten for
tune, ETC. She came TO his rescue, ana
just an hour before midnight the nup-
tial knot was tied by the parish priest
and the fortune was saved.
Those who know the couple intimate
ly believe they will live happily, now
that the $4,000 in gold, with the inter
est that has accrued during these
years, has been made secure.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-06
Catarrh of the Stomach Is Generally
Called Dyspepsia Something to
Produce Artificial Digestion
Is Generally Taken.
Hence, Pepsin, Pancreatin and a Host
of Other Digestive Remedies
Has Been Invented.
These Remedies Do Not Reach the
Seat of the Difficulty, Which
Is Really Catarrh.

T. y. L. s. Senator NJ. c. Butler from
South Carolina. was Senator from
that state for two terms. In re-
cent letter TO The Peruna Medicine Co,
from Washington. II. G.. says:
al can recommend Peruna for dyS-
pepSia and stomach trouble. 4 have
been using your medicine for short
period and feel very much relieved.
IL is indeed a wonderful medicine be-
sides a good tonic. "---M. c. Butler.
The only rational way TO cure dyspep-
STA is to remove the catarrh. Peruna
cures catarrh. Peruna does not produce
artificial digestion. Ii cures catarrh and
leaves the stomach TO perform digestion
in a natural way. This is vastly better
and safer than resOrting TO artificial
methods or narcotics.
Peruna has cured more cases of dys-
pepsia than all other remedies com
bined. simply because il cures catarrh
wherever located If catarrh is located
in the head. Peruna cures it. If catarrh
has fastened itself in the throat or
bronchial tubes, Peruna cures il. When
catarrh becomes settled in the stomach,
Peruna cures il, as well in this location
rs in any other.
Peruna is not simply a remedy for
dyspepsia. Peruna is a catarrh remedy.
Peruna cures dyspepsia because it is
generally dependent upon catarrh.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-06
. eware of Ointm' nts for catarrh thEA
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense q
smell and completely derange the whole SyStea
when entering IL through the mucous surfaces,
Such articles should never be used except OH
prescriptions from reputable physicians. as tho
damage they will do Is tenfOld 10 the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure. manufactured by +. j. Cheney & Co. Tole-
do. o., contains no mercury and i taken inter-
nally. acting directly upon the blood and mu-
couS surfaces of the system. In buying Hall 8
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. IL IL
taken internally. and made in Toledo, Ohio, oy
+. j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists price zoe. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-06
Time TO Act.

sick kidneys quickly and permanently.
Here's proof:
Mrs. w. S. Marshall, r. +. ID. No. l,
Dawson. Ga. says: 'My husbands
back and hips were so stiff and sore
that he could not get up from a chair
without help. got him a box of
Doan's Kidney Pills. He felt relief in
three days. One box cured him."
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mr.. Mar
shall will be mailed on application TO
any part of the United States. Adj
dress Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, ~.
Y. Sold by all dealers; price 90 cents
per box.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-06

If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased TO give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus. o.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-06
OF Course He Wasn't Afraid.

John" she said, there's a burglar
downstairs"
We'll" he returned. with rare pres
ence of mind. scream a little. and
perhaps that will bring him up here
where can catch him. -Brooklyn
Eagle.