Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-26

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The proposed experiment of cooking tar
from the pine stumps OF northern Wis
consin is another illustration of the
growth of modern economies. There has
been great waste in the numbering of the
past, in leaving too much stump. but no
body ever dreamed that the stumps would
be some day boiled for profit.
A curious sight on the coast Of Java is
a long stretch of shore. about twenty
nine miles in length. where the sand is
filled with particles of magnetic iron.
Ia some places it is said that the surface
sand contains so per cent. of iron. 1t
can be smelted, and company has besn
formed to exploit the deposits.
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Judge Jacob Faweett of the supreme
court of Nebraska is a native Of Mil
waukee. While living in that city he
learned the blacksmths trade and for
several years worked at the forge. HaY.
ing a taste for law he devoted his leisure
5ime to its study. lie removed 10 Oma-
ha and was admitted 10 the bar, and To-
fifteen years has been steadily rising in
the profession.
The report of Mr.. Olyphant Of the
geological survey shows remark bic
approach to equality in the petroleum
production OF the United States and
Russia for the year 1902 The United
States was very slightly in the lead
with S0,S94, 800 barrels against S0540,-
0f5 barrels for Russia. All the rest Of
the globe produced only -, 797 ,3G5 bar
aelS.
England is the best customer France
has in the wood market. That country
also buys woods Of Sweden. Norway,
Russia and Finland The country Of
purchase depends very largely upon
price. The countries above mentioned
which sell the most cheaply get the
business of England, whose ships are in
every port ready 10 load with any kind
Of freight for a return trim,
The personal property Of the late
George NJ. Wakefield, mining operator
and Spectator Of Milwaukee, is worth
S123,69940, according to the report of
the appraisers made TO the county corrt.
How much the real estate is worth is
not known, as the appraisers We're I'M
able to determine the values, there being
4lS6 acres Of mining land in Michigan
aud 80 acres in Marinette county
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Colorado Springs, Colo, has the puresg
water OF any city in the United States.
The supply is derived from reservoirs
and lakes on the side of Pixies Peak,
which are fed by springs and melting
SNOW. Chemical analysis of the water
have repeatedly shown it to be pure!
than that Of any other city in the coun-
try, due to the fact that the supply is de-
rived at such an altitude as to make
contamination impossible.
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a new county in Kentucky. made up
Of parts of three of the existing counties
Carter. Elliott and Lewis-is to he
named in honor of Gov. Beckham. Fiji
teen of the thirty-eight governors which,
the state has had have been thus hon
ored in the naming of counties. Political
~ Beckham county is expected TO be Re-
publican, but its formation, il is believed,
viii make Carter county, heretofore Re
publican, safely Democratic.
Prof. Karl pearsan, the English an.
thropologist, is trying TO relieve red
headed people from the stigma which he
says has attached 10 them from the re-
hottest antiquity. To this end he is
compiling a census asking school mas
tiers, for instance, for the records of
their read-headed pupils. He believes
shat Aristotle drew on his Imagination
when he wrote: We that has red hair
is proud. envious and deceitful.'
Twenty-One years ago immigration,
when we were at the top notch Of pros
perity, ran to 7SS,O00 people in year