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Moscow's Magic Grove.

The cyclone which ragged around Mos
COW on June %, causing great loss of
life and tremendous damage to property,
was Il storm such rs is seldom seen III
Russia. At intervals hail of unusual
size fel--somc stones as large us hens
egg-and the wind blew with terrific
force.
Almost the first that suffered was the
historical ANONYMOUSLY Grove, which
cyc-witneSscs say was levelcd to the
ground as if by word of command. This
grove was called into being by the En-
press Anna. One day from her balcony
She remarked, what beautiful spot
if only there was a grove here.
Next morning on going to her window
She beheld a grove. The Duke of Biron
hal given orders that in the night all
the trees in the neishborhood should be
transpanted there.
Grove was planted. Last week it was
DESTROYED in Il second.-London Mail.
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Stanley, Chippewa County, ~ ~
Is: Il A Center of Development.
BY ELLIS b. USHER.

Within sight of Withee TO the east
ward is the town of Owen, the site of
the mill and numbering plant of the John
$. Owen Lumber company of Eau Claire
This concern has had logging railroad
running northeast into Taylor county, and
another to the southwest into the timber
on the Popple river. Il branch OF the
Black. This land is now nearly stripped,
and the company will move its logging
road to Lombard. and expects to construct
seventeen miles of road into the northwest
corner of Clark county, southwark from
that point
This sort of logging and numbering is
Indicative Of the complete change that
has come over all this timber region of
northern Wisconsin, since first the pine
logger began to reach the end of his
product. In the early days. even the
splendid white pine of Clark county
would not tempt the logger more than Il
mile from the bank OF a driving stream.
Later he learned to dam the creeks and
flood logs ont of them with the aid of
spring freShets. and finally he damned
the main rivers and held back their wa
ters to help ont the drives from the creeks
as we'll as that of the main streams
II was within q comparatively recent
time that the handling OF logs by rail was
first thought Of, the railways concerned
themselves for many earlier years only
with the sawed product. Today they
haul millions of feet of wood pulp timber
and hardwood logs, and for long hauls of
hundreds Of miles. Now they have fully
walked mp, a. have the lumhermen. to the
Importance Of building into the timber.
not for the timber alone, but for the set
tier who will follow the logger and plant
seeds for new and permanent traffic by
cultiyating the soil. The Wisconsin Cen
trail was jcered. in 1873, for building into
the wilderness, hut it was one of the real
and potent pioneers in the advancement
Of northern Wisconsin. | have before me
plea to Congress fnr an extension of the
ST. CroiX land grant made in 1872. in
which is To he found the following inter-
csting paragraph. stating the advantages
and deSirabiity Of such Il renewal:
II would insure the speedy settlement of
q vast region. which must without Ii re
main for many years thinly settled, and
non productive.
Then there was not mile of railroad
in Wisconsin north of a line drawn
through Hudson, Eau Claire. Stevens
Point and Green BAY. The state then
had but l,9IJ.4l miles of railway, all
told. vet it was but thirty-two years ago.
Look ut your map of Wisconsin and
realize what this vast region was. II
has within its borders today some OF the
most thriving of our agricultural coun-
ties. with populations bigger than most
of the southern counties had in 1872.
The ride on the Wisconsin Central
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worked his way through school with the
aid of his hands rs we'll as his brains.
Those who know him best delight in
tales Of his hoyhood. when in pursuit Of
an education he worked III the hayheid,
cleared land. split rails and otherwise dld
the work of pioneer life. With ms era
de on his arm he used to 20 into the Cen
essee valley and cut grain for 3 shillngS
an acre, thus earning the money that
paid his expenses AT school.
In 1854 he and his young wife came
west to Sparta, and afterwards settled
in Trempealeau county. where they re-
sided until 1851 the judge being engaged
in farming and pructlcing law. lie was
district attorney for several years. his
salary beginning ut 500 and being grad
ually increased to about $500. In 1879
he was elected member of the LegiSa-
ture, the only purely political place he
ever held.
In 1861 he returned to Sparta and e>-
tablishcd his home. In 1865 h" was
elected judge of the Sixth circuit and re
elected without opposition six years later.
ON October 30, 1877. president Hayes
appointed him United States judge a
position he continues to fill to the Ne
CcptanCe of every one, except few Nor
sons, whose mislccds have landed them
in states prison, and kindred lnNt!t1-
tons
In August 1879, he moved his family
20 Madison, leaving the Old home at
Sparta with deep regret.
Judge Huun was born ut ilnrtWick, \.
Y. September -, 1870. and has now
passed the legal age that would allow
him to retire on full pay II he 50 desired
but he feels that both his physical and
mental strength are unimpaired, and
therefore secs no reason for adopting a
life leisure 50 long rs there is work to
do and he is perfectly capable of per
forming his share
His main amuSementS are catching
fish or riding bicycle out to his farm
as he calls tract he owns on lniver
sity Heights. "A suburb of Madison.
The judge and Mrs. Bum have Il fam
lily of three sons and two daughters
Two of the boys are attorneys for thu
Northern Pacific railway and the othel
is a district judge in st. Paul
Mrs. Bum, whose maiden name wa
Miss Sarah Purdy, is one of those kind
IL old-fashioned ladies, whose chief de
light is in her home, and who makes il
all respects a fitting mate for her dis
tinguiShed husband.
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MARRIED FIFTY YEARS.
fudge and Mrs. Bum Will Give Recep-
tion at the Family Home on
August S.

Madison. Wis, July 30.-[ Special. i
On the evening of Friday, August D.
Judge and Mrs. Romano Bum will give
a reception at the family home, corner
Of Carroll and Langdon streets, in hon
Or of the fact that just fifty years ago
they were united in marriage in Angeli-
ca, y. Y. They have resided in this city
in the same house since August, 1SIo,
soon after the judge was appointed Unit
ed States district judge to succeed the
late James e. Hopkins, the first man 70
occupy the place when the state was di-
vided.
During their long residence in Madison
HE judge and Mrs. Bum have been lead
INK social factors, and it is expected
that their golden wedding reception. al
though quiet and transformations. will be
an event long remembered in the social
tife Of the capital city.
Like most of the men of prominence in
puhlic or official life in the United States,
Judge Bum was born on farm and
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interstate reputation, but. as | have be-
fore said, l was looking for the average
farmer, whose measure Of success would
be attainable by anybody of thrift ana
the capacity and disposition to work.
Creameries and Cheese Factories.
There are a number Of creamcrics and
cheese factories about Stanley, of which
the one in the illustration published last
week is q fair example. The incentive
to diversified farming that is found IN
these little factories and creameries Is one
of the secrets Of growth and progress In
this newer Wisconsin. They encourage
the raising Of better stock and more OF
it, and they furnish cash. monthly, 10
help the farmer III establishing himself.
He does not buy everything nowadays
on credit, at high prices, to be paid for
after harvest" He can pay as he goes
and when harvest" comes he does not
have a single crop Of wheat on which he
must realize nj once, ut any price offered,
TO relieve the pressing demands of his
creditors. 1t is n great change and
valuable one to the individual and to the
country at large. for il makes the good
farmer more independent and helps to
make him better manager and Il moro
useful citizen.
Speaking Of the creameries. reminds
me that in no one respect IL the change
III living. even in the newest regions OF
northern W lSCOnSln. more marked IMAM
in the quality of the butter. Twenty
years ago good butter was a luxury to
which the traveller babe adieu when he
left his own table, or the tables Of a
few of the best hotels in the state.
When he started into northern Wiscon-
sin he ceased to eat the Stum put upon
the tables under the much-abused name
of butter. Today one finds delicious but
ter ut many Of the country hotels Of
~ l,nrr, WISCONSIN and S1fh
pccting better average of good butter
than of good cooking. Even the oleomar-
garne of some of the hotels, and of the
lumber camps, is far more palatable and
appetizing than the butter of twenty
years ago.
Sugar Beets.
Closely following the wake OF the
creamery with all its blessings to tho
enterprising and industrious farmer in
a new country, | found about Stanley
a now crop that will help him still moro
to diversity his industry and to increase
his certain cash receipts. | refer to
sugar beets. In driving about the coun-
try | noticed on so many farms an acre
or two of plants that from the carriage,
at a distance, looked as if they might be.
young tobacco plants, that | inquired and
found they were sugar beets. planted to
supply the new factory of the Chippewa
Sugar company that is to be completed
ut Chippewa Falls within n few months.
My informant was careful TO say, also, in
answering my question: I'VE are raising
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tobacco, too, in Chippewa and in others
of our northern counties
This new beet raising industry set mo
making inquiries, and | discovered that
il is not only an interesting subject, but
that tie cIop is one that, if properly
handled, promises many benefits to tho
farmers. 1t seems that the greatest diff
fculty The beet sugar men have 10 con-
tend with is that thc farmers have to be
coaxed into raising beets then taught
how to do it. have been told that Wis
consin has enough land, Suitable for beet
culture, TO raise beets to supply fifty
large beet sugar factories, and the men
no told me this, and who professed 10
know what he was talking about, said
that it WAS easier to get the capital to
build the factories than to get the farm
ers to raise the beets. But ! can see
that that complaint is already losing its
force, for beets will be n considerable
crop hereabout this season. | am going
TO make closer observations as to this
Industry and its possibilities before
conclude this series of articles.
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SHOOTS FATHER FOR
CUTTING HIM OUT.
Youth Tries to Kill Aged Man for TAX
ing His Sweetheart to
Circus.

Green Bay, Wis, Aug. Il Special J.
Harry Burt was given an jndetermlnate
sentence of from one to five years IN the
rcformatory today for assault with at
tempt TO Kill his father Charles Burt,
The shooting was caused 10y Burt, Sr,
who is nearly go years of age, two weeks
after his wifc's death escortius Ola Jen-
kins. aged IL years, to a dog AMI pony
show at Dcrcrn, after She had declined
to 90 with young Burt, who vas her
.Mn.thnArt.
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LEAPS FROM WINDOW
AND ESCAPES POLICE
Prisoner Gets Away from Hospital at
Manitowoc-Insane Man Terrorizes
Carferry Passengers.

Manitowoc, Wis. Aug. ii Special
James Bren, a sailor who has been at
the hospital for week, since he was
injured in resisting arrest, made his es-
cape last night by leapins from a Sec
und story window warrant was ont
for his arrest and was 10 have been
served as soon as he was able 70 appear
in court. The man was formerly EN-
ployed on the Pere Marquette carrier
RES and was badly injured in the NIX
up with the officers.
A stranger. giving the name Of Fred
Miller, was taken into custody by Oh
Gcers Saturday night aboard the. Ann
Arbor carfcrry after he had made an
attack on crew and passengers with a
knife and had assaulted several persons.
Sensbility and tie him hand and foot IN
make the arrest. He will be examined
for Sanity.
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Goggles for Chickens

Among the recent inventions which
have been brought out in the name of
humanity to our dumb ANNA, or b, bird
friends. is a pair of goggles to be placed
on chickens to prevent them from pick
ING ont the eyes of one another. y cou-
pie of pugnaciousiy inclined BIRDS ON
F,rm cnn do n lot Of harm Ia the others.
and MS n protection against damage being
sustained TO the eyes, it is proposed to
equip the members Of the flock with the
goggles.
that by springng them apart and plac-
Ing them over the head of the bird they
will stay there of their own accord. The
frames are fitted with disks of glass or
mica.
These spectacles are designed for very
high bred fowls, and are meant to pro-
tect the owner from loss as well as tho
chicken from hurt.-Science Siftings.
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TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
IN THE CASE PLANT.
Walls of Building Are Shaken by Mys-
ferrous Explosion-Powder Ihio"n
Into the Furnace.

Racine, Wis. Aug. Special. An
explosion occurred in the foundry of the
Case Thrcshing Machine company. which
shook the walls of the building ana de-
stroycd several windows. The report of
the shock of the explosion was felt for
several blocks. The only explanation
which can be given is that some person
must have dropped some powder II the
furnace ut the same time AZ iron or" was
dropped in to be melted into monldable
iron
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-08-04
CIGAR STUB CAUSES
FIRE IN A THEATER
ConAagration at Soldiers Grove Results
in Destruction Of Opera House, Store
and Bottling " Jrks,

Prairie du Chen, Wis, Aug lis
cial. The City Opera house, 3. \. Pc
tcrson'S hardware store and Peterson,
Erie n Otchncs Bottling works, at Sol
dicrs' Grove, were destroyed by fire The
loss is estimated at $4,000, with insur-
ance Of only $1,000. The origin Of the
fire is supposed To have been lighted
cigar stub thrown in pile Of rubbish
back of the stage in the hall of the the
utpT.
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NEW BANK AT MERRILL.
German American State Bank Has Cap
ital of $4,000.

McrrH WIS. Aug. ! Special Ar.
t.tlcs ~ Incorporation have been iled for
u Now Bank for Merrill It VIII BIZ called
tho German american state hant ana
the capital stock II 100000. About thir-
~ citizens Of Merrill are the stockholders
The officers are. President L. II. We'll
come, Minneapolis, yico president, y. NJ.
Phinnry. Merrill ushcr, X. G.. iiall.
ftadi. Bnifalo Center, la. y handsome
building will he erected.
rhp phnney Abstract nnd Loan asso.
citation Was also Incorporated for $1,000
/ and vi BE- under the same management.
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DELIVERY SERVICE ORDERED.
Cazcnovia and Hamburg Are to Have
Carriers After September 1.

Washington. -. C., July 80 Spe-
cial. Rural free delivery service was
ordered established September /: Gaze
novia. Richland county, with two car
rierS; area covered 40 square miles, pop
ulation. 1928; Hamburg. Marathon coun-
ty, with one carrier: area covered, ID
square miles, population, 10.
John Schmidt has been appointed reg
ular and Peter Hanson substitute rural
free delivery carriers at st. Joseph.
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BURNS is RECOVERING.
Man Shot at Barron for Keeping Gar
Out Late Is Likely to
Live

Barron. Wis. July 80, Special. !
Coxry Burns who it is said was shot
through the abdomen by X, f. Walker,
because he gave attention to the latter's
l9.ycur-old daughter, is improving and
hopes are now entertained for his recov-
cry. Walker is still in Jail awaiting his
trial. which occurs August II.
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LADS STEAL CIGARS AND BEER.
Jancsyille Boys Accused Of Breaking Into
a Freight Car.

GAINESVILLE. W.. Aus /. Special
Harold Marsh, aged : years. aud Eddie
Barry, ageI T. appeared ia municipal
court this morning f. answer to the
charge If breaking into a St Paul
freight eur and stealing q quantity OF
bottled beer aud cigar. Their hearing
wa, adjourned until Friday next.
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Would Honor Morse Chieftain.

\ Anderson. a wcl.kuown Morse
scholar aud author, has started move
mont 10 bring about general cclebra-
ion in America. England and Scand:-
nayia in COMMUNICATION Of the founding
Of Normandy by the Morse chieftain.
RnlIo ar Rolf.
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Where the Judge Draws the Line.

"a indigo will sit on his bench all day
md say fifty times. You are dis
charged" remarked the Observer Of
Events and Things, but when he goes
home and his wife requests him to go
into the kitchen and repeat those words
10 the cook. he's ready for the woods. -
NonEars Statesman.
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Fox Hunt on a London Stage.

A novel effect of stage realism will
shortly be introduced at the London ia.
vilion 1t is intended to introduce fox
hunt on the stage with n whippet in full
cry. an Irish terrier covered with fox :
skin the effect of n chase being produced
by the rolling track and the scenery NOV
ing in opposite directions. London Chron-
nh
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uesyille Man Draws Land.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, Aug. l. Special l.
Laurence Stout, employed by McNickers
Brothcrs. was one of the lucky ticket
holders in the great Rosebud land draw
ings. lie secured a quarter section of
land
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Didn't Know it Was Loaded.

Ashland Wis. Aug. / VIII Fcrgu-
son. the - .yearold SON Of Peter Fer
gusun. Was fatally SHOT in the back of
the head by companion with 4 rifle.
Tho accident occurred ii camp ten miles
from Ashland The hoy who did the
shooting dil not know the ride was load
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Rev Raster Mentioned for Promotion.

New London. Wis. July 30. Spe-
cial. 1t Is reported here that Bishop
Fox will appoint Rev. FIR, J. knster Of
this city ns vicar general. s.ev. FIR. Sale
Of Amigo is also mentioned for the place.
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El1.men,a Tourney at Brodhead.

Brodhcad, Wis, Aug. 1--tSpccial. a
4 district frcmcn's tournament will be
held in Brodhead on August -. Liberal
cash prizes will be offered to all compot-
my games and tne programme i I'M
der preparation for the day.
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Rabbits Invade Cemetery.

Swarms of rabbits from the surrounds
ing fields and woods have invaded tho
now cemetery near Clacton-on-Sea, and
have wrought dissertation and havoc to
| the graves.
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PIpoN COLLEGE GETS BOOKS.
Library Receives Valuable Complete Sc
of Civil War Records.

Ripoa. Wis. July 30. Special.l =
rhrourh the efforts of Congressman G.
II Wic,sr, the Rpon college Library ha,
= conplete set Of the civil war records
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-08-04

RAID BY HORSE THIEVES.

Many Stolen Animals Driven to Min
nesota From South Dakota.
Horse thieves made an unusually
daring raid through the northeastern
portion of Minnehaha county and are
now believed To have eluded the vigil
lance Of such officers ais could be sum
moned. and reached Minnesota, where
the stolen animals have doubtless ere
this been sold to unsuspecting per-
sons.
The thieves first visited the pas.
lures and barns Of several farmers In
the immediate vicinity Of the town of
Garrets0n, driving away four colts in
the direction of Luverne, Mimi, just
across the state line On their way
out OF the state they picked up two
valuable three-year-old colts belonging
to Charles Willard of Garretson, and
two colts owned by Thomas Kaufford.
The raiders continued their journey
northward and at point about four
miles east of Garretson took lot of
animals owned by Arne Larson, and
several which belonged to residents of
the town Of Sherman.
The stolen animals were doubtless
stampeded while being driven along
the highway, for three Of them which
escaped from the thieves have been
recovered straying along road. Thus
far not the slightest trace of the re-
mainder Of the stolen animals or oi
the thieves has been found.
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70 GRASP THElR OPPORTUNITY.
Belle Fourch Valley Water Users As
ISOLATION Organized.

Belle Fourch Valley Water Users As
ISOLATION Organized.
The people in the irrigated district
OF the Belle Fourche river have or
ganized by filing articles Of incorpor
alton with the secretary Of state of
the Belle Fourche Valley Water Users
association at Belle Fourche. with a
capital Of $S,400,0O0.
The purpose of this organization -
to put themselves in position to make
the necessary contracts required for
the benefits Of the government work
which has been outlined. The orga-
mixers OF the company are all local
men and the organization has large
membership, among them owning over
I'll 900 acres of land to be affected by
the irrigation project
The work is at standstill until the
necessary contracts are secured and
it Is the hope Of the projectors to
push matters to such point that the
active work ON construction on the
reservoirs will begin this fall, to Sc
cure the food waters Of next spring.
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5 The Horseshoe company of Lead
aas made another rich cleanup. large
brick having been taken from two
weeks run. A lease has been taken
by the company on the old Snowstorm
shaft through which ore from the Ben
Hur mine will be hoisted. The com
pany is making regular shipments to
Denver of the high-grade ore taken
nom the Ben Hur mine. The mill is
dropping seventy stamps, which gives
capacity of close to ESQ tons of ore a
day. One district In this mine is so
full Of ore that it is called "the farm.
These chutes in some instances are
300 to 900 feet in width and 10 feet to
10 feet in thickness and several miles
h length.
Rich ore has been encountered in
the long tunnel Of the Lexington Hill
property. A tunnel is being driven
300 feet to strike a ledge of quartzite
,re. Unexpectedly some vertical veins
we're cut through which carry high
values. The company is planning to
enlarge its min to 200 tons a day.
Shipments of ore have been com
menced on the Eleventh Hour prop
erty. on the western edge OF the Rag
ICED Top district There are several
chutes Of ore. supposed to be the ex-
tensions Of the Spearfish company's
| pre- bodies.
Work has been commenced for a
lten.stamp plant at the head Of Straw
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES sAAAes&sesssas>
Quite q scare has been created
among the people Of Hudson and Vi
entity by the appearance there Of a
mad dog. The animal was frothing at
line mouth and exhibiting every symp-
tom 81 hydrophobia While It was
killed after an exciting chase II II
feared that 1t may have bitten some
81 the nnmberless dogs which are
owned BIZ residents of Hudson and
further trouble Ii the mad dog line Is
anticipated.