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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-09
THE BRIoHT0N HANDICAP.


Stake of s35,O00 WIN be won, ~ Some
Good Horse T0day.
New York. July 8.--For purse of
$4,000 the prize Of the Brighton handi-
cap. the greatest horses In America are
carded to struggle at Brighton Beach.
The track by the sea has been deluged
with rain at intervals during the past
| two days, but this afternoon under q
stin wind and bright sun It dried out
| rapidly and should be In good condition
when the thoroughbreds face the
starter
Eleven horses are on the list, but
several of these are doubtful starters.
Waterboy owned by J. ]. Laggin Of
California, won the Brighton OF last
year and In 20 doing set o record for
the mile and one-quarter. not since
equaled. but has trained in grand style
for tomorrow's contest. He will be
ridden by Lucien Lyme. Ort Wells.
from the stable Of John A. Drake IL his
opponent. Waterboy's trainers are
watching.
Hermis. winner of the Suburban. has
a world of speed. but on account of
the slight lameness he showed after
winning the Test Handicap on We'd
nesday he may not be capable Of his
best work If. indeed, he Is not with
drawn.
The Picket has shown we'll In his
training, but will have a different sort
of race to run from the Brooklyn ham
dicap, which he won. Irish Lad Is =
doubtful starter. For the others on
the list little favor can be found, ex-
ccpt for High Ball. winner Of the Amer
lean Derby
The probable starters, weights and
jockies and odds are:
s. Ort Wells, O'Neill. los.
4. Irish Lad, Hildebrand, III.
Water Boy. Lyme, 129.
25, Major Daingerfield. Redfern. 100.
8. Hermis. Redfern. 129.
s, The Picket, 1924.
rs, Eugenia Burch, Shaw, no.
20, st. Valentine, Travers. o..
20. Palmbearer, II. Phillips. 95.
Is, Broomstick. Burns, 104.
q High Ball, Odom, lis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-09
Water In the Best Medicine.
Chicago Tribune.

Drink a glass OF water when you get
out of bed in the morning. Never
mind the size of the glass. Lot the
water be cold II you will. Some peo-
pie prescribe hot water but that isn't
necessary. You may have washed your
face already and relished the expert
ence. You may have taken a cold
plunge into the tub and delighted In
the shock and Its reaction. The bri sk
use OF the tooth brush has left your
mouth clean and the breath sweet. But
you are dirty still Drink glass of
cold water and enjoy the sensation OF
being clean inside. All that Is iuxuri-
Gus in the cold bath cleansing the out
side is artificial. That which should
prompt the glass of water after sleep
Ing Is natural. AS a test, tell the nine
year-old protestant against his morn
ing scrub of cold water that he may
escape 1t by drinking half a pint OF the
fluid. He will jump at the opportuni-
ty.
Sleep has drawn upon the water in
the blood and the instinct Of the animal,
under natural conditions, is to re-
p1enish the circulatory system and dis
tend the blood vessels anew. The food
In the stomach which had so much to
do toward inducing sleep has disap-
peared, leaving a mucous substance in
the alimentary canals. Yet man would
wash his face and leave these half
clogged canals to the duties of another
day.
Drink a glass of cold water in the
name OF cleanliness. It becomes one
of the shortest and easiest of toilet
duties. 1t is swallowed in a second
and in FIVE minutes It has passed from
the stomach taking with Il the clog
ging secretions of the alImentary
tracts. 1t has left behind the stimulus
that goes with cold water. and, by ALL
ing the arterial system to the normal.
1t puts spur to the circulation that
has grown sluggish In the night. II is
| one OF the greatest OF awakeners and
one of natures own stimulants.
Drink glass of water before break
fast. another before luncheon and an
| other before dinner. Water is the
best. cheapest and ploasantest medi-
| cine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-09
THE DESERT OF IDAHO.
It Will Soon BE Made to Blossem -
the Rose.

the Rose.
Chicago Chronicle.
One of the most forbidding portions
of the North American Continent has
been the Desert of Idaho In the Snake
River region. Little beside sage grass
would grow there and the lands, suit
able neither for agricultural nor graz
Ing purposes, have been abandoned 70
coyotes and noisome reptiles.
But of late an almost miraculous
change has taken place in this region.
The government engineers thought
they saw a promise Of fertility there,
and the tract was chosen as one or the
earliest to be irrigated artiflcially I'M
der the new scheme for which Con-
gress has appropriated several million
dollars. At an expenditure OF $2.600,-
900. which has been set aside for the
construction of great impounding
dam and diversion canals above the
Minidoka Rapids. fully $12.ooo.oo0 of
taxable property will be created in
this basin, taking as a basis the last
census agricultural figures for Idaho,
the 10000 acres to be reclaimed I'M
der this project will, when settled I'M
der irrigation, represent the latter
value, while the annual earnings Of the
land will amount to about $4,000, 900.
With this area cut up into 1,4o0 new
farms, as is proposed by the govern
ment, a rural population will be Gre
ated of 1000 which will bring with
II an urban population OF probably
another 1000 or $4,000 people.
The snake desert basin when irri-
gated will afford an ideal example Of
Western stock raising under the hu-
name and profitable method OF winter
feeding. Cn many of the great Western
ranges the cattle are left to shift for
themselves the year round. entailing,
during the cold seasons. great loss of
stock and always untold brute suffer-
ing. Around the Minikoda Basin ex-
tends vast stretches of unreclaimed
land. which must always remain use
full solely for grazing purposes. The ir-
rigation of this tract of over 100000
acres will provide, through luxuriant
crops of alfalfa, winter feeding for tens
of thousands OF head OF stock. Where
now one steer requires thirty or even
forty acres for his support, under irri-
cation the forage from one acre will
more than support and finish him on
for market. Idaho has already attain
ed distinction as a fruit producer, al
though the altitude of Minjdoka Is a
little too great for the best growth of
trees.
In other irrigated sections of the
State, notably the Payette Valley. ap-
Piles, plums, apricots. grapes and
melons reach a high state of perfection
and command fancy prices. Men have
become wealthy from the careful cul-
tivation of twenty and forty acre
tracts. and enough can be raised from
five acres of this irrigated land, ex-
haustless In its deep fertility, to sup
port family In comfort. The irrigated
communities of Idaho have become
among the most prosperous in the
world. The desert lands of Minidoka,
producing only sage brush. are now
only awaiting water to supply the far
mer with a great variety Of produce.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-09

wrong. the name Of the foremost liv-
ing advocate OF the equality of man.
70 which the fathers Of old consecrat-
ed their lives upon blood stained fields
OF the revolution. the name Of the
champion OF the rights Of toll, the
foe Of privilege and monopoly. the
friend of all who labor and are .h1avy
laden-the name of Hearst-Wuliam
Randolph Hearst.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-09

II wish to say that do not want to
stir up a row." declared Mr.. Rose. af-
sentence. however. was met with cries
OF derision.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-09
Champ Clark speaks.

1t was after 1 o'clock when Mr.. Clark
began to speak His audience had sat
for more than five hours In the swelt-
ering heat of the packed ha1 and list
ened to speeches for the greater part
carefully prepared in advance. They
were growing tired There had been
little spontaneous oratory and several
of the direct. vigorous hits that n con-
vention loves But Mr.. Clark was a
sttmulant. He had not spoken a hun
dred words before ripple OF re-arous-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-09

When a half hour had elapsed. Sena-
tor Bailey of Texas, took the presiding
officers chair and began rapping for
order. It was some time before the
enthusiasm, which now was confined
to the galleries and principally was
disorder, could be quieted.
Colorado" called the clerk.
The response was immediate and
Thomas ]. O'Donnell was introduced
and began a speech seconding the nom
lnation OF Judge Parker. The quiet
Of exhaustion prevailed as Mr.. o'Don-
nell proceeded and approval OF his ut
terances was confined TO handclapping.
After the applause which followed
O'Donnelfs conclusion Connecticut was
called. Aston s. Cummings was
recognized and took the platform to
second the nomination of Parker.
Many of the spectators began leav,
ing the floor and galleries, and the
tramp of their feet was a new disturb
Ing element
/. Irving Handy of Delaware. fol-
lowed Mr.. Cummings ana nominated
Judge George NJ. Gray. He began
by saying:
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-17
BILLBOARD ADVERTISING.

Advertisements on TIE trees seemed
an abuse so outrageous as to demand
immediate attention; but the bill.
boards that in the country were scat.
tered, now that the town is reached,
commence to close in upon us. They
line the street where there is vacant
land; they are erected even upon
roofs; they are no respecters of fine
views, of neigbborhoods, of civic dig
nifty, pretensions to civic pride, or
stateliness. They may rise bill
beard upon billboard, two "decked" or
three; they are of all kinds,-some
neat and orderly, and some with torn
posters on broken boards, thoroughly
disreputable. 1t is plain that the
billboard question Of the cities is not
one. but many questions; and it is
here that the guerilla warfare becomes
most in evidence.
There is no public demand that the
billboards be utterly suppressed
only that they be regulated. and If we
are to regulate them we must deter
mine what of their developments may
be fairly called abuses.-Charles Null
ford Robinson in Atlantic.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-17

row channel, a number of sood-sized
vessels can at any time be moored for
discharge of cargo. They are, OF
course, still in use, but they early
proved Inadequate to the needs of the
port, so that at somewhat later per.
lod another system of interconnected
basins was started. The entrance to
these is through deep canal. running
from the Scheldt into the big Basin
du Kattendyk, which serves as a sort
of central clearing house for the other
and more distant basins. such as the
Basin Mexico. the Bassin aux Bots.
! the Basin de la Carnine and the
Basin de Gatelage Nord. There are
| likewise several dry docks or Gales
| seches.
This collection of docks. great as it
is, is not regarded by TIE enterprising
Antwerpians as finality. On the con-
trary they hold it as only a question
OF a few days when the grand cou-
pure or great cut will be built. inter
secting big loop of the Scheldt lust
above the city. When this thing hap
| pens the Importance of the port will
be greatly enhanced.
The revived prosperity of Antwerp
dates only from 1894, for from 164S.
when the Treaty of Munster closed
the Scheldt to all seagoing vessels. up
to the time when the French tore
down the forts erected by the Jealous
Dutch at the mouth of the river. all
the life and industry of the city stag
mated. Even since the opening of the
river there have been times of depres.
sion, especially about 1882. when the
Antwerpians unwillingly joined in
revolution started by the Dutch and
suffered severely at the hands of the
French. Since 1863, however. the city
has had only good times, and, like
many other old and apparently con-
sentative communities, it has merited
its prosperity by exhibiting remark.
able progressiveness, not only in gath
ering together the means of a great
commerce, but by making the city in
every way alluring to the world that
travels Antwerp, as the delighted
American finds, is town in which
the old has been preserved and the
new so constructed as not to detract
from the character of the antique.
The modern city shows handsome
residences on straight avenues, mag
/ nificent geological gardens, parks,
boulevards and Notifications extend
ing all about the city. Probably no
in Germany, the land of civic better
ment, has made more progress in the
arts of decoration than Antwerp. Ii
there were nothing in the place ante
dating 1860 it would still be town
to visit and admire-one depending
for its existence almost entirely upon
its commerce, and having the pictur-
esqueness that goes with every sea-
port.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-17

I These figures reveal the rapidity
with which Antwerp is advancing in
favor with the shipping people. It's
trade with the various South Ameri-
can countries and with the East Indies
is large, and its connections with the
United States are steadily improving.
With New York it has long been firm.
ly bound and, although Boston has no
passenger service to tlis port, the
new connection which the information
al Mercantile Marine company estab-
lished about year ago, has already
contributed to swell the total of the
commerce. The cattle. for instance
which appeared as an import for the
first time in 1903, all came by way of
Boston.
What gives the city of Antwerp its
particular advantage over European
comprehension the competition for
transatlantic traffic has become very
keen-is the combination of quays
and basins with their network of con-
Meeting railways, which make up de
thO iiooI udlllil System VI
terminal facilities on tra continent Of
Europe. Great basins and docks ex-
tending far inland, together with dry
docks, have been created and further
very important developments are in
prospect. The Scheldt itself. in the
neighborhood of the city, is from 900
TO 1000 feet wide, and has a mean
depth of about 80 feet at low water.
In the days of the Renaissance all the
shipping was gathered about the low
er part of the city. near where the Gel
ebrated Maison Hanseatique, built in
1854, by the celebrated Hanseatique
league still stands and does CONNER
cial service. To the imaginative fore
sight of Napoleon. however. these
quays along the river front did not
suffice. He conceived and started the
vast aggregation of maritime basins
at the north end of the city The two
Oldest of them all. which the French
emperor himself constructed. are the
petit basin and the grand bassin. In
these, entered from the river by a mar
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-17
ANTWERP AN EMPORIUM
Of PICTURESQUE TRAFFIC
III Vi the belgian Port--Second Only to London
III Extent OF Commerce--Sights and Sounds of
the Docks Along the ScheIdt

New York, March 13.-Antwern the
port, long connected with New York
ana more recently with Boston by req.
ular steamship services, a fayorite
sateway OF entry to Europe, an empor-
lum Tor he argosies of every nation
this IS side of the picturesque old
beiglan city which immediately i'm.
presses most American travellers.
though they find the whole city full of
spectacular and entertaining features.
There is, in fact, no better introd,,c.
tlon to the old world than through
antwerp. The approach is more mic.
turesque, the destination more inter
estlng than at the termination of al.
most any other voyage. Aboard one
OF the big liners you sail up the broad
ocheidt-"gr ayest of gray rivers.o as
IL mas been called-looking down on
either side upon the wide expanse of
Netherlands protected from the river
Dy dykes, picturesque with windmills.
steeples, hamlets, copses of birch and
oak and plantations of Scotch fir. In
the, thick atmosphere everything an.
pears fiattened out SO that one seems
TO be looking almost at stage scenery
Every where, too, at closer hand. are
encountered the odd Dutch river craft
plying between Antwerp and the ports
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-17

New York, March 13.-The govern
ment of the United States maintains
two very notable schools. One is the
military academy at West Point; the
other the naval academy at Annapolis
AS a matter of fact, every department
of the government is, in a sense, q
training school and knowledge of the
life histories CT many of the captains
of industry and finance throughout the
! land would show that much of their
success in later life was due to the
| knowledge and experience gained
while they were serving the govern
ment in their early years. In the mil
itary and naval establishments men Of
talent are not, under present condi-
lions, so liable to leave the service as
they were in the past. Nevertheless,
the executive ability gained and fos-
tered during military life has in many
notable instances been found of value
in commercial pursuits. City govern
ments have also been indebted for
many improvements to the skill,
energy, and scrupulous honesty of men
who had in the past worn shoulder
straps in the military service. 1t is
hardly necessary in this connection to
mention the late Col. Waring, who rev.
olutionized street cleaning methods in
the city of New York and opened the
eyes of its inhabitants to the posi-
bility of keeping the streets and
avenues of the city in proper condi.
ton. The lesson taught by Col War
ing was so thoroughly learned that
Notwithstanding the criticisms and
statements to the contrary the streets
of the American metropolis are as a
rule kept in much better condition
than those Of the average city.
Another of the men who after spend.
ing years in the service of the govern
ment was called to fill a position of
Importance in the outside world is
Rear Admiral Francis T. Bowles, for
merly chief constructor of the navy
. and recently made the president of the
Fore River Ship & Engine company in
Boston at a salary, it is said, CT $25, 900
year. At the head of one of the great
educational institutions in the same
city is Henry Smith Pritchett, who re-
signed from the government service
when superintendent of the coast and
geodetic survey to become the presi-
dent Of the coast and geodetic survey
to become the president of the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology.
Instances Of this sort might be null
tiplied indefinitely. Each Of the great
departments of the government has
its graduates doing work Of Importance
in the business world. While the army
and the navy have sent out many high
ly trained specialists 1t is, perhaps. the
Treasury Department which has
proved the greatest success as a train
ing school for business life. In the
army and navy many motives combine
to keep the bright and energetic young
man in the service. He is actuated by
a feeling Of duty to the government
which has educated him, he has before
him the hope of distinction and he
knows that right conduct and devo-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-17
THAN S.

Thanks to you, sun and moon and star
And you, blue level with no cloud
Thanks to you splendors from afar,
For high heart, a neck unbowed.
Thanks to you, wind, sent to and fro
To you, light, pouring from the dawn
Thanks for the breath and glory-fow
The steadfast soul can feed upon.
Thanks to you, pain and want and
care,
And you, joys, cunning to deceive,
And you, baked phantoms of despair
I battle on, and believe.
Thanks to you, ministers benign,
In whatsoever guise you come;
Under this fig tree and this vine,
Here | am master, and at home.
John Vance Cheney in Atlantic.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-17

ton to duty are guarantees that h,
! will be retained in his position until h,
} reaches the age of retirement and tina
afterwards the government will pro
vide him with an income during his de
clining years. To the man of excep
tional ability in the Treasury Depart
ment, however these incentives to
continued service are lacking. When
one of its officers or employees by the
work which he has lone attracts the
institutions which have noted his
career and worth, f1attering offer is
made for his services and 1t is seldom
declined. Go over the list of bank
men in New York, Chicago and other
large centers and you will find not q
few who have gained their first laurels
in government work. Take, fer in
stance. the Chase National bank Of
New York. The former president,
Mr.. H. Cannon, and the new pres.
ident, Mr.. A. Barton Hepburn, are
both eX-comptrollers of the currency.
Take the National Park bank. Albert
H. Wiggin, who recently left the Ma
tional park TO become the vice presi-
dent of the Chase National, won his
first spurs as a bank examiner where
his ability attracted such marked at.
itention that he Immediately received
flattering inducements from Boston
banking interests and later from those
Of New York. Going to Chicago we
| find the president of the Commercial
| National bank of that city, James II.
| Eckels, to be an ex-comptroller of the
currency in a recent administration.
Similar examples might be found in
J hiiadelphia and others Of the leading
cities Of the country.
| Mr.. Cannon, the former president of
the Chase bank, served as comptroller
IF the currency in 1885 and in 1892
was a member Of the International
monetary conference at Brussels. In
addition to his general knowledge Of
banking he has paid especial attention
to railway interests and Is director
in a number of large railway com
panies.
Mr.. Hepburn's government training
was an extensive one. Over twenty
years ago he was the superintendent OF
the banking department Of the state CT
New York and later entered the ma
tional service as a bank examiner, be-
coming comptroller of the currency in
1892 and serving two years in that ca
pacity. When he returned to private
, life in 1893 position was waiting him
and he Immediately beanie the presi-
dent of the Third National Bank Of
New York and has since been known
as man Of wide influence in political
and financial circles. representing con-
sentative forces in banking. His name
is known from the Atlantic TO the
Pacific and Is a synonym for firm,
sound, conservative and properly pro-
eressive methods Of banking.
Mr.. Wiggin, the vice president of the
Chase National bank, as the first active
vice president CT the National Park
bank, was a responsible officer to an
institution with sS0,O00,OOO of deposits
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-17

of Holland, so heavily laden with mer.
chandise that they often proceed with
their decks all awash. How their
shippers contriye TO navigate them in
the rough waters of this tide river
for the winds in the Netherlands
blow with prodigious force-excites
the wonder of the Yankee tourist.
Yet none of them ever sinks.
After traversing wonderland for 40
miles one finally approaches the great
port, situated in bend of the Scheldt.
in locality where Napoleon once de.
signed to create city that should
rival the English metropolis. For two
centuries in the old days of Antwerp
was the leading emporium of Europe
and as trade center it is not far be,
hind today. The ancient wharves have
been replaced with modern quays
which the tourist finds alive with stir
ring nautical life: dock porters in
queer blouses, vendors of remarkable
LIQUIDS, shippers and crews of Dutch
canal boats, sailors of every known
hue, speaking every known tongue.
The porters are particularly enter
tanning, wearing huge cloth that COW
ers head and shoulders and lifting
with apparent ease bales of cloth or
woodpulp that must weigh 400
pounds. The performers in this
drama of commerce. are cosmopol-
tan, as at every seaport, but the back
ground is Flemish. with delightful
glimpses of ancient buildings seen
through the narrow streets.
Such is the strangers impression of
nautical Antwerp which as he usually
learns with some SURPRISE has within
a short time become greater in the ex-
! tent of its commerce than any other
\ropean city except London, but
ch, despite the bustling CONNER
activity of its wharyes, has kept
present so congruous with its past
it remains the most distinctively
Iopean of continental cities. @
he statistics. Just published for the
r 1908, of the commerce of the one
mship line, the Red Star. which