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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20

wind through native forests that have
as yet hardly resounded with the ring
Of the woodlands AK. save where the
early homesteader made his clearing.
In these forests the enterprlsing sub
dividcr has plated town lots and erected
wooden dwellings for sale or rent. A
scattering population live in these, and,
like the farmers OF the city. are entitled
to the luxuries OF city government
Fire protection Is one the things these
scattering settlements and the farmers
are supposed to have. ard they get as
good as the city can give. A proportion
ate number of the ALB fire alarm boxes
OF the city arc scattered through these
districts, and there Is scarcely a day
passes but one or more OF the 125 fire enS
gines are sent blowing through the
mud or snow to reach an Isolated farm
house fire.
The city employees in its fire depart.
ment 1,175 men, at cost OF 81 ,699, 900
annually. The underwriters of the city
complain bitterly of lack of fire pro-
lection, and to give adequate protection
Chief Musham asks for 100000 more
this year than he had last. Instead OF
this increase however, he must manage
to get along with more than 100000
less, and If he is to accomplish this 1t
may be expected that more farm houses
will burn in 1904 than were destroyed
by fire in 1908, as the tendency is to leave
the farms to shift for themselves and
revert to the bucket brigades OF the old
en- days.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20

NoSo hOb PEI hit
more than very limited indebtedness.
There Is no way OF bonding the city go
chat future generations will have to pay
for present needs, though it is proposed
80 present to the voters of the state at
the next election for members OF the
state legislature a new charter for the
city which will permit municipal in
debtedness not to exceed five per cent.
of the full value Of all the property with
In the city limits Without some such
relief the city Is on the high road to the
bow-wows.
Dirty streeta, inadequate fire and po-
lice protection, complicated and expen-
sive form Of government Is some of the
ills from which the city is suffering, and
for which there appears to be no immedi-
ate remedy. All of these things existed
last year when the city had $1l 100000
for corporate purposes and ended sle
year about 81 900 900 in debt besldes-a
debt of unpaid bills.
The difference between last year and
this is Just about 20 per cent. But that
20 per cent must be saved principally
by a reduction in the number Of EN-"
ployes in such departments as the po-
'ice, the fire, the street cleaning, etc,
-athGr than In the reduction of official
salaries, which are fixed by law. The
Sl05, 900 paid the aldermen as salaries,
the $4,000 paid the mayor, and all the
Other official salaries will be paid as
usual. ....
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20
IN PRAIRIE LAND.
Editorial Correspondence.)
MOOSE JAW Assiniboi,

Editorial Correspondence)
MOOSE JAW, Assiniboia-
Farmers Review. Chicago. July %. 1858.
Most Of the prairies in the United
States have ceased to exist. Man has
broken them up with orchards, forests
and farm buildings. But in Western
Canada the prairies still stretch grand
ly from horizon to horizon as yet I'M
marred by the hand of man, save
where the iron road has been laid To
a city man there is something de-
liciously restful about the vast grassy
solitudes.
Numerous elumps of trees mark the
course OF the Assiniboine River, which
keeps in sight of the railroad for some
distance
Grass is one of the notable things
about all the landscape of Western
Canada. 1t Is a remarkable fact that
the entire length of the Canadian Pa
cifc railway from its eastern terminus
to the Rocky mountains is over plains
where grass grows. The sage brush
appears at some points, but never to
the exclusion of grass. There Is thus
not mile of this country that cannot
be used for some agricultural purpose
either for tilling or ranching.
Moose Jaw is town Of over 1000
inhabitants and one OF the most i'm
portant places In Assiniboia, being the
center of very good farming coun-
try and great grain and stock ship
ping point.
Near Moose Jaw agriculture and
ranching 60 hand in hand; for near
the town was seen herd Of beef cat
tie severa; hundred in number. On
another side was seen good sized
herd Of dairy cows. the property Of the
citizens In the town.
"In riding over the prairies we saw
many good fields of alfalfa. The great
need OF the country is timber. which
grows readily where planted, as was
demonstrated by the shelter belts on
some Of the farms. and the trees on
the residence lots in the town.
Stories were told the writer OF men
who last year cleared from their wheat
crop more than the land on which It
was grown originally cost them. This
is easy to believe in view Of the large
crop and high price for wheat last
year.--IIenry F. Thurston."
BY sending your address to any
agent Of the Canadian Government
you will have mailed to you copy of
an Atlas, railway rates, etc. giving
fullest information regarding Western
Canada
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20

ably higher. ""'N' 'tso pnat
square acres would make good sized
Texas ranch, and within it may befound
n number of fair sized Illinois farms.
Western avenue is the longest street
In the city. 1t extends for % miles Eorth
and south within the corporate limits,
and both ends of it are but country
road running through productive corn
fields and extensive garden patches.
Yet hcse farms and gardens are part
of Chicago and entitled to police pro-
lection.
Just what proportion of the S2,S63,OOO
expended by the police department last
year was devoted to the giving OF police
protection to these farms is hard to say,
but It was no inconsiGerabl amount.
OF the 2,SG3 policemen in the city good
3y number are engaged in walking beats
in the rural districts. A standing pun
ishment for slovenliness on the part OF
the patrolman Is assignment to one OF
these rural beats where he will fird but
little company other than the farm ami
mails or the dairy maids. The crossing
policeman Of the business district who
fails to keep his trousers pressed and
his shoes polished suffers Punishment
for time to the farming districts, where
he must wade through the mud OF I'M
paved streets and break paths through
the Snow drifts of winter.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20
is UNDER ARREST.
Teamster Charged with Murder OF
Sarah Schnfer In Custody mt
Bedford, Ind.

Bedford, Ind. Feb. 10.-James Nc
Donald, teamster, was arrested Tues
day night on warrant charging him
with the murder of Sarah Catherine
Schafer, in the cab shed off of l. street
on the night of January Fl. The war
rant on which Mcdonald was arrested
was sworn out by Detective Reed before
Mayor ]. Jackson Smith and Prosecutor
Miller. The arrest was made by Detec-
tives Smith and Reed, Policeman My
ers and Sheriff Smith. The prisoner
was arrested at his hcme and taken in a
cab to the Office of S. B. Lowe, where
he was confined until taken to the JEFF
fersonville reformatory by Detectives
Reed and Smith.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20

a village than a
city Of 1000. OOOpeo-
pie, and burdened
with a vast, and
partly sparsely pop
ulated territory,
that means more
expense than reve-
n u e, Chicago Is
making the most OF
every advantage,
laughs at its hard
ships, does the best
that it can under
adverse circum-
stances and hustles
to better them.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20


cism that fell upon Country Roads.
the building commissioner department
because 'of the Iroquois fire caused re-
quest for the employment OF more in
spectors on the part of that ofilcisl. In
stead of more he must get along with
less.
The police department has claimed
that much of the reign Of crime with
which the city has struggled for some
months was due in part to inefficient
lighting, and that department OF the
city government wanted mere money so
that the number of lights might be in
creased. 1t will get 20 per cent less.
Here, again, the farming districts OF
the city prove expensive. They are with
in the city limits and must be lighted.
The city is paying for 5,2S2 electric
lights, "a, 1928 gas lights ard 6,O6S gaso-
line lights every night. Many OF the
first two classes and practically all OF
the last class are found in the farm
districts. 1t is TO unusual thing to ind
a long line of lights shedding their rays
on a farm yard, wheat or corn held,
or a garden patch. The gasoline lamps
are strung along country ROADS over
which the night traveller is an exception
rather than the rule, but the roads are
inside the corporate limits. 1t is an evil
dcnce that the city is growing in terri
tory faster than she is growing in asses
sable wealth.
That the dirty streets will have to be
born with is evidenced from the fact that
the 81 ,2S2, 600 which failed to keep them
clean last year has this year Gwirdled
to about an even $1,00O,00o.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20
AWFUL TRAGEDY.
Young Indy mt Fort Dodge, Ia, Willis
Insane, Kills Her Mother and
browns Herself.

Des Moines, Ia, Feb. 12.-Miss Hulda
Nelson, young woman school teach
er of Fort Dodge, Ia, in moment Of
insanity, Drained her mother with a
Ratchet while the latter was sleeping.
and then jumped into cistern, drown
ing herself. The young woman was
about 26 years Of age. She had been
teaching in the Wahkonsa school at
Fort Dodge and had to relinquish
school work on account of Ill health
After Draining her mother the youna
woman tied three flatirons about her
own neck and then took the fatal leap
to the bottom of the cistern.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20

will have cut off Port Arthur from all
the rest of Manchuria and Russia.
Over 400 Killed.
The Daily Mails Port Arthur cor
respondent, under date of February IL,
says:
Official advices state that the Jap
anese landed 600 soldiers near Talien-
wan with disastrous results, 410 being
sabered by Cossacks. The remainder
escaped to their ships.
1T Is further stated that the Jap
anese landed at Dove bay, where 80 Of
them were killed and the remainder
retreated.
Attempted Landing Tuesday.
A dispatch from Chefoo, dated Febru-
airy IL, 1926 p. m, easterp, time, says:
During the second bofhbardment OF
Port Arthur last Tuesday. February 9,
while the Japanese fleet engaged the
Russian ships, the japanese party land
cd four transports of soldiers, $500 In
all, at Bidusuoo. The Russians allowed
them to land, then made grand charge
with artillery, infantry and. cavalry,
principally Cossacks, and almost ami
hilated the Japanese, who were unpre-
pared for the attack, seeing no Russian
defenses at the place Of landing. The
battleships which escorted the trans
ports were too far away from shore to
render assistance"
Startling Rumor.
Nagasaki Feb. 15.-It is rumored
that $500 Japanese soldiers have been
killed, presumably by the sinking of
transport. Disturbances are reported in
Seoul.
Fighting on YaIu River.
London, Feb. 15.-Heavy fighting Is
in progress between Russian and Jap
anese troops along the Yalu river This
fact is confirmed by official kilograms
received in ST. PETERSBURG; from Vice.
roy Alexieff, who, however, does not give
details.
japanese troops apparently have
made an attempt to land troops at Dali
ny under cover of the guns of a
powerful squadron. The Russian en-
bassy at Paris claims to have informa-
ton that the Japanese attack on Dalny
was repulsed with heavy loss to the
mikado's forces.
More Cruisers Reported Sunk.
London, Feb. 15.-A report originat-
ing with japanese firm having corre-
spondents in Toxic was circulated in
London 10 the effect that three Rus
sian cruisers, presumably the Vladi-
vostock squadron, had been torpedoed
in the straits of Tsugaro Friday.
Troops Landed at ChemuIpo.
st. Petersburg, Feb ia commune
cation from Viceroy Alexieff just re-
ceived confirms the report of the landing
of 10000 japanese troops at Chemulpo.
France Proclaims Neutrality.
Paris, Feb. 15.-The French govern
ment has declared its neutrality in
connection with the war between Rus
STA and Japan.
China Prociaims Her Neutrality.
Toxic, Feb. 15.-The Chinese gov
eminent Friday proclaimed the neu-
trality of China during the war be-
tween Russia and japan.
Diplomatic star Quits Japan.
Yokohama, Feb. 15.-The Russian
diplomatic and consular STATS en-
tarked here Friday, on their return
home.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20

generally supposed
to be is fairly well
cared for in the way
of paved streets
and alleys. 1t Is
the AUDITING prop
erty owners who
must pay the bills
for these improve
ments, and so the
work progresses as
the popula ito n
grows.
Some idea o |
what the farm sec
ton of Chicago
amounts to may
thus be had from
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20

o. .
results. One law
which it seemed i'm
possible to enforce
W a S { h e m | d.
n | g h t C losin g
of the saloons of
the city. For q
time 1t Loo ed very
much as thturh the
saloon elrrent was
predominant and
the element opposed
to their doors be-
ing open al night
helpless, Lut they
close now sharply
at midnig1t.
The city has more
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20

fronts the OH1cldlS
Of Chicago this
year. The various
departments have
asked for appro-
priations totaliIg
$4,000, 900. 4 h e
revenue of the city
for the year will
amount to but a
little more than
$4,000, 600.
For years the city
has scrimped and
saved in a vain eff
fort to make both
ends meet. The
charter OF the city
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20
national BANK Closed.

Syracuse. N. ", Feb. 1.-THE Amer.
lean Exchange national bank, of this
city, was closed Thursday by Nations!
Bank Examiner Josiah Van vranken.
The bank has a paid up capital OF $780,
600. According to a recent statement
the bank owed depositprs 100000.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20
Two chi,dren cremnted.

Superior, Wis, Feb. 1.-TWO chill.
dren of John E. Butler, Great North
ern railway employee. aged three and
FIVE years, were cremated in his home
on Elmira avenue Thursday morning.
The mother had left them alone in the
house. 1t is not known how the fatal
flames originated. There was fire in
each OF two stoves in the>house.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20
Cheap Excursion. to the South.

On March and 18TH. the X: G. South
ern R'y will offer to the public the ex-
tremely low rate of $40 for the round
trip to all points on the Port Arthur
Route, including Beaumont, Port Arthur,
Lake Charles, Shreveport, Texarkana, TT.
Smith, Mena, De>Queen and all interme-
date points. The return limit on these
tickets will be 2l-days from date of sale,
with stopover privileges at all points south
of Kansas City on the going. trip. Any
information desired by the public relative
to the cheap excursions will be cheerfnlly
furnished upon appncation to 5. u. war
uer, G. p. & I. A., Kansas City, Mo.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20

the value OF It's as
sessable property.
The city limits en-
close 122,240 square
a CT @ s, or i 81
square miles of ter
-itory. On the prop
crty within this
area the equaliZed
valuation is SAIL
42i, $50. The valua-
lion on half that
territory in New
York city proper is
double that amount,
ard the rate OF
taxes is consider
Dbly higher.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20
Japanese RepuIse.
Murder Charged.

Cincinnati, o.. Feb. 13.-Harry Smith
and Russell Gray, negroes. were ar
rested Friday for murder. While they
were evicting John Allen from the
boarding house, of Mrs. Amanda Gray,
mother of Russell Gray, both Mrs.
Gray and Allen were MORALLY shot.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20

Washington. Feb. 1.-THE senate
will vote on the Panama canal treaty
on some day between February -15 and
g. An agreement was reached in ex-
ecutive session to take action on Mon
day next, to decide the time for voting
on the treaty. and 1t was determined
that such date would be on or before
Eebruarv %
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20
sheriff Removed.

st. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 12.-Gov. Van
SAINT has issued an order removing
from once Sheriff Swan Torkelson, OF
Clear Water county, who was charged
with unbecoming conduct and with III
treating prisoners.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20
Pick. Men 10 DuiIa Canal.

Washington, Feb. 10.-At least four
members of the Isthmian Canal commits
sion are believed to have been selected
already by President Roosevelt. These
are Rear Admiral John g. Walker. Gen
Peter c. Haines. Gen. George c. Davis
and Isham Randolph, OF Chicago.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20
Eourfern nend.

Ottawa. Ont, Feb. I0.-Fourteen per-
sons we're killed and more than score
injured in a collision between two pas
senger trains on the Canadian Pacific
near Sand Point Tuesday.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20
To wash China SILK Dresses.

China silk dresses may be quite success-
fully washed. Remove all spots with ben
zine Then wash in warm soapsuds, rub
bling between the hands; rinse through
several waters. Use Ivory Soap and do
not rub the soap on the dress. Wiring as
dry as possible, wrap in sheet or clean,
cotton cloth and when partially dry, iron.
ELEANOR II. PARKER.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20
shock Cnu.e. pcnth.

Cumberland, Md, Feb. 10.--Relatives
here have received word of the death, in
a Baltimore hospital. Of Miss Marie
Kenney. 30 years old, from shock caused
nv excitement due to the great fire.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20
Three doctors, Opinions.

Buffalo, N. ", Feb. l5.-Physicians
have accepted Dodd's kidney Pills as the
standard remedy, for diseases of the Kid
reys and kindred complaints. Il. II. Dun
away, M. D., of Benton, ILL.,, says:
f. 'Dodd's Kidney Pills cured me of Dia-
betes after everything else had failed and
/ was given up to die. have since pre-.
scribed them in my regular. practice for
every form Of Kidney Trouble and have
never as yet known them to fail"
Jesse L. Lines, M. D., St. John, Kan.
Il prescribed Dodd's Kidney Pills for
the little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Bride of this place who suffered from
Epleptic fits following Scarletina; results
were miraculous; l have never seen any
Leland Williamson, NJ. D., Yorktown,
"Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best medi.
cine know of for all forms of Kidney
Disease. believe in using the remedy
that relieves and cures my patients,
scribe Dodd's Kidney Pills and can testify
that they invariably accomplish perma.
nent and perfect cure of all Kidney, Com
plants"
Hojack-"You don't really imagine that
fes Yrop p fmoW Is chat s0 tSs
leap year, and some girls are getting mar
ried who never got married before
Town Topics.
so Bu. Macaroni Wheat Per Acre,
introduced by the U. S. Dept. of Ayr.
1t is tremendous cropper, yielding, in
good land 80 bu. per acre, and on dry,
arid lands, such as are found in Mont,
Idaho, the Dakotas, Colo, ETC., it will
yield from 40 to 90 bu. This Wheat and
Speltz and Hanna Barley and Bromus
Inermis and Billion Dollar Grass, makes
it possible to grow and fatten hogs and
cattle wherever soil is found
JUST SEND loo AND THIS NOTICE
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, and they will send you free a sample
of this Wheat and other farm seeds, to-
gether with their great catalog, alone
worth $4,000 to any wide-awake farmer.
TX. IL
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20
A City of Hustlers.

But, though hampered by inefficient
laws. a charter that is more applicable to
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20
FINANCIAL TROUBLES
Chicago Has an Abundance of Them
to DIAL With.
SERIOUS CONDITIONS FOR 1904
rIsniripnI Expenses Are Increasing
a.d the City's Revenue In Decrease
i,g-The Town Too Big for
Its PocketbOOLs.

Chicago. How to make one dollar do
the work of two is the problem that con-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20
Enforcing the Law.

The agitation for strict enforcement
of law which followed the lroquois the
atfr fire is brin gin q
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20
Too Much Territory.

Chicago's greatest difficulty is its
size. The town Is too large in area for
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20

Pride fosters our foes and puts our
friends to nicht-Ram's Horn.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20
SO pu. Macaroni wheat Per Acre,

"Did she tell you the number of shoe she
wears? "Oh, no; just the number she
tells people-she wears. Cincinnati Times
Star 49, Psi
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20

OF the 4,173 miles OF streets and alleys in
the city, only 1873 are paved, the re-
manning $500 being dirt roads. not even,
slp to the general country standard. On.
che south, especially. these dirt roads
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20

4 Paved and Unpnvcd streets.
That portion Of Chicago that Is as
Gensely populated as large cities are
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20

Success may sometimes come unexpect-
eddy, but work alone can hold it.-F. w.
MURRAY.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-20

In crossing the ocean q father and SON
both became very seasick. The father re-
covered quickly, but the son. was SO ex-
hausted with the attack that he sank into
state of apathy from which it seemed
physician, thinking he would try sud
den shock, said. ~ have bad news for
you. Your father is dead" The son,
raising his cxpressionless eyes to the doc
tor, replied: Lucky mani"
Doctor-'Your husband needs rest,
madam" Mrs. Gabble-"Yes, doctor, but
he won't listen to me-" Doctor-"Don't
make it necessary for him to listen to you,
madam. That's the sort of rest he needs
most Philadelphia Press.