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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-03
AUGUST A HOT DISTURBED MONTH
PrOgnOsucstOr Hicks Maps Out the Conditions In
Detail.


The first six ds If August are COW
cred by combin disturbance. The
regular storm . l is central on the
3rd. The culmin " days of the per-
iod will be the g 4th and 5th On
and touching thet 3 tys general storm
conditions will d,D p and pass from
west to east acrossIe country. Sections
which have been Z ed by many cleo
trical, rain and hal G ms during much
of July, will most e y have the same
character of storms p ing this period.
Sections which have g little rain for
weeks will get more g ,ateniDg clouds
than rain during this @-sdurbance.
On and touching the Sth and 9th un-
der the influence of reaetionary storm
forces, intensified by the moons extreme
north declination and conjunction with
the sun, the temperature will raise to
some of the highest readings of the sum-
mer, the barometer will fall and severe
storms and bluster will visit many To-
calities. This heated spell will not
break down until after the new moon
on the 1lth, with strong probabilities
that it will last into the regular storm
period extending from the 18th to the
seventeenth.
1NcdCblObaAf bbUliu pSIluub Will T6GuE0
next to the 10Th and goth. It is well to
remember that destructive hail storms
are almost sure to attend the storms,
especially in northwestern grain regions
during the last halfc August Change
to rising barometer and very much
cooler, especially at hight, will follow
for some days the reactionary
storms centering about the 18th and 18th
I.-L a. Z
central on the Goth TO the Goth. Some
very marked storm disturbances are an
ticipated at this time. The indications
are that the general disturbances of this
period will be followed by q general
high barometer with fierce, high winds
and unreasonable cold weather If
frosts make their appearance over the
northern and middle regions of the
country during the last few days of
August, anyone need not be taken
wholly by surprise.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-03
OLD COON IS ON THE MAP.
Her Citizens BY Large Majority. Vote AID Bonds to
the Electric Road.

Canvass for signatures for aid bonds
to the La Crosse-Viroqua electric rail-
road to the amount of $40, 600 was COM
pIeted in the town of Coon, last Satur-
day, and by decisive majority of oyer
forty the proposition was carried
Thanks to Coon's good citizens There
now appears to be no good reason why
work should not be speedily commenced
ali along the line. Vernon county towns
have performed their part of the pro
gram The CENSOR has no Information
on building operations, but presumes the
company will now proceed in good faith
precisely as was promised citizens along
fbe routa
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-03
Morc Rural Maj Changes .

Changes have been made in the rules
governing rural boxes. Orders from
the office of the postmaster general at
Washington provide that all approved
rural mail boxes be equipped with suit
able signals TO indicate whether or not
there IL mail therein; and that more
than one family be permitted to use the
same rural box, provided, thata written
notice of such agreement between two
or more families is filed with the post
Office. The object of having signals on
the boxes Indicating whether or not
there il mail in them is to make it I'M
necessary for the carrier to stop and
open the boxes to ascertain that fact,
and thus .save time in covering the
rnute
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-03
AuTTLR SERMON.
80 VALuE or HrMoR.

Humor is an antidote for the effects
of moroseness and sulleness. 1t obviates
the troubles in life's pathway. Not
that there should less sympathy and
weeping for the unfortunate, but more
humor for the discouraged heart and
tired brain.
In strenuous life where the limit of
physical strength and brain power is re-
quired, mankind needs remedy besides
resi-, and that remedy is humor.
The increasing desire for humor is
proof of the need of literature of this
class that is clean and wholesome
humor that may be read by young and
old without leaving a stain on heart or
mind.
Would that the world had more bright
clean humorists, no. low order of wags
and msrry-andreW ST. G. Bum in
Westhy Times.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-03

The Chicago, Milwaukee a. st. Paul
Railroad Company owns and operates
the sleeping cars in service on its var
ions lines, end has just inaugurated an
innovation which will appeal to all
sleeping car travellers.
On its Southwest Limited" trains
between Chicago and Kansas City, white
counterpanes or bed-spreads have re-
placed the heavy wooden blankets which
have heretofore been in evidence twelve
months in each year, much to the dis
comfort in hot weather Of sleeping car
patrons.
Blankets will be held in reserve and
within reach for cool nights.
This innovation is calculated to not
only add TO the comfort Of passengers,
but it will appeal TO all who like a bed
that is inviting in appearance.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-03
Bow Burned to Death.

A barn belonging to Miss Wildes Of
Kendall, says the Wilton Herald, was
partly destroyed by fire. After the blaze
was extinguished, parties engaged in
turning over the hay to zee that no
sparks remained, discovered the five
year-old son of Mrs. Lang Smith. The
boy had been playing about the barn,
and it Is presumed started the fire that
ended his young life The body was
burned but very little, death having
been caused by suffocation. Mrs. Smith
is a widow, her husband having died
last fall, Leaving her with three small
children.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-03
NEWS FROM NEIGHBoRiNG PAPERS.
tFcom the nesoto Arru..l

A large number of people from all
over the surrounding country attended
the dedicatory ceremony at the Nor
wegian Lutheran church near this place.
Mrs b. McCiGrg and sons, Ross and
Walter, of West Prairie, departed for
Kent, Washington. which is near Seattle,
where the boys, who are fine musicians,
have secured positions in a vaudeville
theater. Mrs. McClurg goes along as
housekeeper for her sons.
J. Fl. Seymour, one of the communi-
ty's most progressive farmers, had the
misfortune, during the past week, to
lose five or six cattle, through the fatal
disease known as black leg. A horse
belonging TO Mr., Seymour was also bit
ten by rattlesnake, presumably, but
by timely treatment has been saved
from death Mr.. Seymour has the
sympathy of his neighbors in these un-
deserved calamities.
A crew of dozen men in the employ
of Hogoboom Bros. are ON the islands
to cut timber for use at the factory, in
the manufacture of boxes, cases, veneer
stock, etc. The box factory is one of
the most beneficial and successful in
stitutions in the village. The proprie-
tors received notice that the government
had allowed them patent on their i'm
proved banana shipping crate.
Prof. #. C. Bray of Cuba City, our
last years school principal, renewed
friendships In the village MIR. Bray
has been engaged as principal of the
Ontario high school, at a long salary
and his many DeSoto friends wish him
success in his new field. Miss Anna
Roth of Seneca, who taught the inter
mediate department of our schools last
year, and had engaged to teach the
primary department the ensuing year,
has resigned the position here and also
goes TO Ontario as primary instructor.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-03
NOTICE. to CITY water users.

The water tax for season beginning
July =, 1904, and ending January 1, 1905,
is now due, and can be paid at the U. S.
EXPRESS office. Office hours 8 q. IN. to
p. IL, and to 8 p. IN. Please take no
tice that property owners mot renters, }
are holding for water tax, and If it re-
mains unpaid will be placed in with 9TH
er taxes and collected at same time.
All hydrants where water FAX remains
unpaid August 81, 1904, Will be shut off
and not turned on until all the tax and
81 additional is paid.
By order of City Council.
L. NJ. MINsHALL, City Treasurer
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-03
Death Of a Noble Wnmsu.

Mrs. Eva Gorsline, wife of the late
Sylvester Fl. Gorsline passed away at
the family home in this city, Sunday
night. thus removing one of the best
known and noblest women of this COM
munity. Funeral service win be con-
Quoted this "WEDNESDAY afternoon at
three o'clock. A suitable tribute to the
Hfe an memory of this good woman
will appear next week.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-03
?,f. 81 soldiers (lrove.

Saturday morning last, the stone busi-
ness block owned by Atley Peterson, in
which Nels Peterson conducts a hard
ware store, and in which is located the
Opera house, was destroy ed by fire, in
volving a loss of several thousand dol
lars. partially insured
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-03
lFrom the westby Tlmes.I

At the auction Of the johnson tobacco
warehouse, M. H. Bekkedal bought the
building for 81, 500. The Hanson ware
house was bought by Martin Davidson
for 81, $50.
Miss Jennie Olson, aged "A, died Sun
day morning July "a, of acute consum-
ption. She was buried in the Maxwell
church cemetery, Tuesday, July 26th at
one o'clock p. m The funeral was
largely attended and she leaves many
friends in this village who mourn her
death
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-03

We desirs to have every person in
this and adjoining counties visit our
store this month. IT WILL PAY YOU TO
DO so. Our carpets and rugs, shoes,
mems furnishings, groceries, tinware
and crockery win be entirely closed out,
and we desire 10 accomplish this object
lust as soon as we possibly can do it.
New. up-to-date gools are being
sold at less than cost of production. We
mean business Come and buy You
can save money at our closing out sale.
THE TATE Nero. Co.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-03
Househola Furniture for Sale.

For the next few days at my residence,
! will offer my household goods consist
ing Of bedroom suit bookcase, sofa,
chairs, etc. Please call early.
MRS. ISAAC SOLBERG.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-03

The La Crosse district Methodist
camp meeting will be held on the asso-
citation grounds in this city, August 18th
TO 18th.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-03
Rrlng Ynnr chlckens.

Live chickens wanted on Wednesday
and Thursday, August 10th and 11th.
Highest market prices paid at the Purdy
store. &. .. hELG ESON,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21

lily is at Rosemount in looking after the
workmen, tending the stock and assist
ing in the fields. He rises at daybreak,
too, and takes a plunge or the dock
into the Hudson, which forms he east
ern boundary of his farm. Before he
makes his rather hearty breakfast he
takes stiff gallop across country. He
does not sit his horse as ordinary riders
do, but holds himself upright. buttons
his coat and let's his steed go full speed
for several miles.
When the Democratic candidate has
had enough of farming or when there
is a slack time, there are other diver
sions to which he may resort without
sacrificing either time or dignity. If he
is inclined to a closer study OF nature
than his own premises afford he may
go to John Burroughs. who is his not
far away neighbor. and be made wiser
concerning the doings and possibly
sayings of the interesting creatures
that are fearless in the presence OF that
charming naturalist and philosopher. II
he is experiencing a temporary spiritual
apathy he may betake himself to the
recently dedicated Episcopal Monastery
of the Holy Cross, which is close at
hand, and be comforted by the kindly
ministrations of Father Huntington
and his associates. If he prefer to re-
ceive such benefit from the hands of
the secular clergy he may ride eight
miles across country to Kingston and
call upon his much respected son-in-
law. Rev. Charles Mercer Hall, who
when quite a young ecclesiastic had
very pretty taste for asceticism. But
the charms of pretty Miss Bertha Par
ker outweighed those of the cloister.
Both candidates are especially fortu-
nate in the possession of all this vigor
aud robustness and love for the out
door life. The American people
among all nations the most determined
to choose for themselves what is best
demand that their executive shall be
the possessor of a brilliant mental
equipment, but it must be supplement-
ed by a sound body.
GEORGE ]. JONES.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21

western Oregon The mountains are
covered with this timber to an altitude
of 5000 feet. AS one travels inland the
trees become smaller, but the least of
them is larger than those brought to
the mills in Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota. Many of the spruce trees
around Resurrection bay are three. four
and five feet in diameter.
The mention of Alaska used to be ac-
companied by chill. 1t was relegated
to the list of warm weather subjects
for conversation. Now, however, in the
light of actual observation and with
disposition to atone for former injus-
tice, southern Alaska at least is classed
as temperate. Its climate is similar to
that of Denmark and Scotland, with
much less fog than is part and parcel
of the Land o. Cakes" In spite of its
geographical location the southern por-
ton of Alaska is warmed by the Japan
current precisely as the gulf stream
moderates the temperature of the coun-
tries bordering on the North sea. Be-
sides, the warm winds from the Pacific
come up the broad valley of the Sushit-
ma and are diffused over the stretch
from the Alaska range on the west to
Mount st. Elias on the east. The tenn
perature on the lower Sushitna sell
dom falls below zero, and for weeks at
a time in winter it ranges from 35 to
As above. The summer season Is de-
lightful, being like that of western
Washington, but the days are longer.
The watershed of the Sushitna river
drains country as large as the states
of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Agricul-
tural and grazing lands are abundant.
The soil is a rich loan. In many places
blue grass and redtop grow luxuriantly.
sometimes as high as horses shoul-
ders. Berries of almost all kinds are
to be found everywhere. AS is the case
in other northern countries, vegetables
and small fruits grown in this part OF
Alaska are of superior quality. Visit
ors to the Sushitna country have spo-
ken in glowing terms of produce culti-
waited in a land whose days have eight
cen hours of sunshine.
JOHN L. BROWN.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21
icon as an Adjunct to Modern Warfare

Sometimes. also, they intercepted the
pigeons and substituted misleading
messages for the originals, thus becom-
ing wise concerning the plans of their
enemies and also leading them into
confusion. Arabic historians ascribe
the success of the great Nur-ed-Din in
welding together the scattered parts of
his empire to the employment of pi-
geon posts.
1t was not until the Franco-Prussian
war, however, that pigeons became of
conspicuous public service. During the
siege of Paris fully 10000 official dis
patches were transmitted by pigeon
post. over a million private messages
were sent and 19O 900 francs in postal
orders. More astonishing still, most of
the messages were delivered. Micro
photographs of war dispatches, private
letters and even news pages were
printed on films of collodion and car
ried thus by the birds, as much as 3d.
900 words on certain occasions. These
minute records were afterward en-
larged by photography and made legi-
BILE.
At the close of the war the French
government established an elaborate
system of pigeon posts especially de-
signed to supplement all the accepted
devices for conveying military intelli-
gence- Subsequently many of the Eu
ropean powers introduced pigeon train
ing branches into both their military
and naval departments. Up to the time
of the breaking out of the present war
in the east Germany was far in ad-
vance of any other country In the use
of birds for military purposes. There
is a great loft at Cologne containing
about 600 birds. and there are similar
collections at the other fortified towns
of the empire. The Germans have Civ
en- considerable attention to the train
ing of p geons and have succeeded in
adding greatly to their utility.
The men who do the training carry
the birds for many miles on the march
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21

before they are set free. This is to
teach them to carry messages from the
advance guard back to the base. Pr
geons taken from their own cots via
return to them willingly, but the mill
tary service requires much more than
this. The first trials were made with
movable pigeon houses which were
placed on wheels and went with the
army. 1t was soon found that it would
be necessary to carry the birds ON
horseback, so that messages might be
sent from small bodies of cavalry or
even by a single accommodating scout
to the main body, either to the rear or
in front, as the case might be. This of
course, would necessitate the employ
ment of a movable cot, which must not
only afford a comfortable shelter for
the birds, but must be so small and so
light that it could be carried by man
on horseback. In the Russian army
birds are carried in rather cumbrous
cages strapped to the shoulders of the
horseman. In Germany they are con-
veyed in canvas bags shaped like wal
lets, which are carried on the riders
shoulders.
The flight of a trained carrier pigeon
is steady, direct and rapid. The rapid
ity of movement. however, has been
greatly overestlmated. Some interest
ing speed tests have been made on the
island of Santa Catalina, opposite Los
Angeles. Cal. The air line distance
from Los Angeles to Avalon. at which
place several pigeons were recently
set free, is fifty miles. 1t requires four
hours for a. steamboat to cover the
route. The pigeons made the flight in
about fifty minutes. This indicates
roughly the speed which may be made
by these birds under the most favorable
conditions. though 1t has been observed
in actual military service that IL win
fall considerably below this. the aver
age being from thirty to forty miles an
hour.
CHARLES w. JOHNSON.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21

said OF the president, when Teddy's
playin' with them perlitical cusses the
kids hev to keep shady. but when he's
playin' with the kids them fellers don't
stand no show at ALL"
There is nothing classic about Esopus
except the name, and it is not easy to
trace an analogy between this sleepy
Ulster county hamlet and the tragedian
who delighted the Rome of so long ago.
1t rivals Oyster Bay in it's opportuni-
ties for cultivating a dolce far niente
existence. Until now, when the unbid-
den possibility of a worldwide notoriety
confronts 1T. it was the most inconspic-
uous of the Empire States hidden by
ways. For the present however, its
dream of solitude is over; it has been
discovered.
After Judge Parkers candidacy be-
came reasonable probability the out
side world began to demand little in
formation concerning the rural habitat
of Esopus' chief citizen. OF course the
village was still too fast asleep to make
much account of its increased impor-
lance. but outsiders began to feel an
interest in matters Esopian. The rail-
road authorities, for instance, with
thrifty prescience, ordered a new sta
ton, and it will be brought in sections
from Kingston and put together on the
spot. A new hotel-there is no old one
is also contracted for, and that fact
indicates more than anything else that
Esopus will become spot for pilgrim
ages and that there will be pilgrims.
plenty of them. Not to indulge in too
much casuistry, there have already
cen pilgrims.
Rosemount, Judge Parker's estate in
Ulster county, is veritable farm, so
that when the committee comes bear
ing the official tidings of his nominal
ton he may be surprised in the exact
predicament of Cincinnatus. for it is
a matter of fact that the judge is rath-
er more than an amateur farmer. Ac-
cording to his daughter, who is the wife
of a minister and must be regarded as
absolutely correct in her statement he
spends all the forenoons while the fam
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21

starting point was in the heart of a
primeval forest. The name of Seward
was at once given to the place in hon
or of the great secretary who negotiat-
ed for the purchase of Alaska by the
United States. There were many small
settlements scattered along the coast
within a hundred miles of the new
town, and, attracted by the prospect of
living near a railroad, the inhabitants
pulled up stakes and annexed them
selves to Seward. Thus the place had
a considerable population from the be-
ginning. Within a fortnight 1000 per-
sons had camped there, and it is now
asserted that in short time it's pop
ulation will exceed that of Nome, which
has about 10000. Only a year ago
Seward was a wild looking spot COW
cred with big trees, dense underbrush
and rocks. Today 1t is thriving city
subject to such rapid multiplication of
it's population as to make the efforts of
census takers of little avail. Four hun
dred houses, numerous restaurants and
hotels and a good sized theater have
been built, and many more buildings
are in process of erection. There is an
almost frantic demand for building ma
terial of all kinds, and enough trans
pOrtation cannot at present be secured
to supply it. The wharfs in Seattle,
Portland and Tacoma are piled high
with merchandise of every description
consigned to Seward, and every out
going steamer for Resurrection bay is
loaded to it's utmost capacity with
northbound seekers of fortune.
Nor does it appear to be gold alone
that is now attracting the remarkable
immigration to Uncle Sans boreaI
paradise Besides the gold mines
which are probably only in the ear
lest stage of their development-im-
mense beds of copper ore have been
found about forty miles north of Lake
Kenai. More wonderful still, there have
been discovered near Resurrection bay
extensive deposits of tin. 1t is the YER
diet of experts to whom samples of this
ore have been submitted that the quail
ity of the metal is not inferior to that
of the most noted mines in Europe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-21

s H. most fertile undevel-
ia,il .rIi l,II,s,srl oped section of the
world. The original
survey established the fact that a coun-
try of SURPRISING resources awaited ex-
ploitation, and subsequent investiga-
ton makes it apparent that half has
not been told. This portion of Alaska
is on the same parallel with northern
Europe, and there is no part of Norway,
Sweden or Denmark that equals it in
natural advantages.
An all American railway to the inte-
rior of Alaska starting from a harbor
on the southern coast open the year
round had been the dream of many an
American capitalist 1t was in the
spring of 1902 that the project assumed
a substantial character. The success of
the White Pass railroad was an en-
couraging precedent. That road is
narrow gauge only 100 miles long con-
Meeting the Pacific at Skagway with
the upper Yukon at White Horse. 1t
has the most unique record of financial
success ever handed down in railroad
annals. 1t cost S4,20O,0O0 to build, and
it earned 100000 the first year.
Since then it has paid 60 per cent an
nually in dividends. With such an ex-
ample to stimulate them, to which was
added the strong belief that the new
region would prove richer even than
the route of the White Pass, the pro-
Jectors of the enterprise sent out eight
parties of surveyors. BY November
they had laid out a line Alb miles in
length due north from Resurrection
bay. This course is through wide and
fertile valleys. with but slight grades.
In April. 1903, the steamship Santa
Ana was loaded with construction ma
terials and in due time landed them at
the new port in Resurrection bay. On
April 2S a force of experienced track
layers began to build the road. The