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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-02
.SOLONS IN OIL WAR
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE EN-
TERS FIGHT ON TRUST.
EQUITABLE GETS DECISION
In Big Case Against Life Insurance
Concern Commissioner Host Loses
Verdict, Thus Preventing Loss
of Company's License.
ESPECIAL Correspondence. ]


Madison, Wis, Feb. 27.-Following IN
the footsteps of the Kansas legislature,
which has declared war on the Standard
Oil company, and expressed its intention
Of severing connection with the trust, the
Wisconsin body has announced its in
tention of soon taking up the same mat
ter which has engrossed the attention
of the whole country for the past few
weeks, that of investigating the meth
DDS of the corporation headed by John ID.
Rockefeller. Two measures, in this con-
nection, of great Importance will be
pressed. A joint resolution, compelling
an investigation of the methods of the
famous oil trust in Wisconsin, will be in
troduced and pushed to the greatest ex-
tent possible, and every nook and cram
ny from which it might be possible to
extract information will be searched IN
the effort to find whether consumers OF
the state are being wronged in any man
ner Another bill, which, coupled with
the investigating resolution, Will prove
a strong combination has been remod-
eled from the measure which Senator
p1OpOoCu cho OIL S@hSA u NAA0I
bill some time ago, and will be intro
duced in order that there may be moth
ing lacking in carrying on the probe.
No antitrust measure yet proposed
comes up to the last with regard to it's
stringency. With these two measures
as warrant to carry. on the investiga-
ton, the legislators should soon, if the
bills go through, bring to light some i'm
portant developments. Kansas has led
the fight against the Standard Oil octo-
pus, several other states have ordered
their forces to combine against the trust
within their limits, and the addition Of
Wisconsin to the warning forces consid-
erably strengthens the cause OF the
Kansans. 1t will be some time, how
ever, before the legislature gets the
measures into form where they may be-
come operative.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-02

appeared to be dark bOulders dOtting
the surface OF the ground were really
dinosaur bones. Some ten miles dis
tant, at Como bluffs, was discovered
another "dinOsaur cemetery" equally
rich in these wonderful remains. Orig
inally the "dinosaur quarry" and Como
bluffs must have been connected by the
stratum which has been called the
"dinOsaur bed" but this has long since
been denuded away, leaving an open
stretch of plain The strata have,
however, been thrown into huge folds,
and here and there a remnant or out
crop" of the dinosaur-bed, which is
about 10 feet in thickness, is met with
in riding across the plain.
At the foot of the bluffs the re-
mains Of the dinosaurs lie at intervals
of from 20 to 100 feet apart, and it is
but rarely that an entire skeleton is
discovered In the Bone-Cabin quarry,
on the other hand as shown in the
diagram on another page, the bones
lie thickly crowded, perfect skeletons
of the limbs. like the one figured
above, being far from uncommon;
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-02

Yz7z@m1@1R CROPEAN palaeontologists
- y. consider themselves fortu-
MTETW nate if they find two or
IN M three bones or a few teeth
IT, of the gigantic land reptiles
- of the Oolitic and Wealden
epochs for which Sir Richard Owen
years ago proposed the excellent name
Of dinosaurs Chat is to say, terrible
Iizards), and the discovery of a con-
siderable portion Of an associated
skeleton in a condition fit for mount
ing, like the one from the Oxford clay,
near Peterborough, England, recently
set up in the Natural History museum
at South Ken5ingtOn, is a unique
event Their American coWorkers, on
the other hand, suffer from an en-
barras de richcSses in the matter Of
such remains, 50 that more or less
nearly complete, articulated skeletons
of these saurian monsters are far from
uncommon in our museums. Previous
American discoveries Of these remains
have, however, been put altogether in
the shade by the extraordinary finds"
which have been made during the last
few years in the Oolitic of Jurassic
strata Of the Laramie plains in AL
bany county, south-central Wyoming
The first discovery of these remains
was accidental an explorer in 1897
coming across a rude hut which had
been constructed by the shepherds out
OF the bones Of these extinct reptiles
Subsequent exploration Of this great
dnosaur quarry" showed that what
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-02
BEAR DOGS STRATEGY.
This Well-Trained Animal Can Give
Some Military Experts a
Few Ideas.

"Talking about strategists, the we'll
trained bear dog can make all kinds or
rings around some Of the military ex-
perts we are reading about in these
days" said q man from Arkansas, ac-
cording 4. the New Orleans Times
Democrat.
''Back In Arkansas some years ago
had occasion to give some little atten-
ton to one of these humble strateglsts,
and under unfavorable conditions, TOO,
from the standpoint Of the dog, for he
was very old, almost blind and dldnt
have a tooth in his head. BOD was
brindle dog, medium size, and mad the
most pugnacious temperament l have
ever known. He was the leader always
of the pack, and no better leader could
have been found, for he was the most
successful dog In bear campaign L ever
knew. Dogs that fought with him fol-
lowed him strictly in his methods. His
plan was to limit the zone of operations
to the smallest possible radius, and it
was con4picuous fact in his career that
no bear ever succeeded in getting moro
than 100 yards from the point OF the first
attack. He simply could net get away
from Bob and the dogs thai followed
him. Bob fought in a circle, and for
an evident purpose.
Instead of going in any one straight
direction the bear would keep whirling
around in a circle. Bob's plan in limit
ing the zone of operations was to make
relief quicker. When we heard him
open up we knew we could go straight
to him, as the bear would not be al
lowed to make much progress, and we
never made any mistake about this.
Sometimes we would watch him for
awhile before wading into the slaugh-
ter, just for the simple grandeur OF the
performance, the ease and cleVerneSs
with which he directed his forces.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-02

communicated; but he has not been
banished.
How many years is it now that Tolstoi
has, been attacking Russian misrule, an
other one of the Russian nobility moved
to make passionate appeal for the de-
based and helpless peasant? Ever since
the peasants were freed from serfdom
(1861) he has labored to upraise the mu-
jik; but he lahors in a different way
from the revolutionary as popularity in
terpreted; he declares: consciously or
unconsciously, the people know that the
right way for them to all good is not by
arms and murder, but by spiritual en-
Hghtenment; know that the only ACTION
permissible or expedient is passive re-
sistance and a campaign of education"
The strength of TOlstoi some may at
tribute to genius; to US it seems an I'M
shackled spirit crying out for the bro
Their that knows not how to cry for him
self. When we read Tolstoi we think lit
tie of form or style, we are so carried
awav by the torrent of words that must
have come red-hot from the mans heart;
he is humanitarian before author.
Gorky-The Bitter One, his Teal'name
is Ppeshkopff-deals with the under side
of things Especially fond is bo Of de-
picting the life of the bosiaki (beggars),
of the scum Of city population. One Of
his plays The Bitter One calls ia the
Depths" and "a it is portrayed the life
that goes on in a common lodging house.
Gorky's first book, FIONA Gordycef,"
caused him to be hailed by French critics
as a new literary star, the logical success
sor of Tolstoi. The book dealt with the
squaIid life of the authors early days OF
penniless wandering, and was pro-
nounced a true picture.
Gorky's own life has been no easy one.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-02

AT WORK IN BONE CABIN QUARRY.
while remains OF the giant herbivorous
forms, measuring fully 80 feet in
length, are mingled with the smaller
CarnivorOus types which made them
their prey. A feature of these remains
is the number of complete specimens
of the skeleton of the tail, a phenom-
enon which Prof Osborn explains by
the flrmness with which the bones of
this potion of the skeleton are held
together by tendons. Not the least re-
markable feature about these tails of
the giant herbiyorous forms are GER
tain marks on the bones evidently
made by the teeth of the carnivorous
types; and Prof. Osborn suggests in
the Century Magazine that the carni-
vorous species were in the habit of
picking the bones of their herbivorous
relatives precisely in the same manner
as a condor now cleans the backbone
of a horse
The bluffs, according to Prof. OS-
born, appear TO represent the neigh
borhood of an ancient shore-line, such
as is depicted in the restoration of the
brontosaur The Bone-Cabin quarry
on the other hand, is more likely the
area of an ancient river bar. the shall
low waters of which arrested the more
or less decomposing carcases of the
dinosaurs and other reptiles Us they
were slowly fioated down stream.
The giant herbivorous forms, such
as the brontosaur and the diplodocus,
habftually walked on all fours, and
they may perhaps have at times waded
deep in the water, whence their long
necks would have enabled them to
browse with easc on the rank Eerbage
fringing the banks. With creatures of
between GO and 20 feet in length, it is
obvious that some tightening of the
bones of the skeleton must be impera-
tive. as otherwise the vast bulk would
break down or be immovable by its
own weight This has been accom-
plished by following out tie interior
of the verebrae by means o. large cav
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-02
Club Voices Hot Protest.

Moves which have been put on foot by
the introducingo of bills in the legislature
to remove the state capitol from Madi-
son have been strongly resented by the
Forty Thousand club of this city. The
Milwaukee promoters of the scheme to
corral the home of the Wisconsin legis-
lature have been the recipients of an in
dignant protest from the club asking
that the Milwaukeeans keep their prom
Use made to Madison year ago, when
the residents of the brewing town unani-
mousIy consented to stifie further at
temps to capture the state capitol. The
Madisonians say bad faith has been
shown by those heading the scheme.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-02
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
State Buttermakers Meet.

Fond du Lac.-The Wisconsin Butter
makers association elected the follow
ing officers for the year: President,
Mathew Michels, of Garnet; secretary,
j. G. Moore, of Albion; treasurer, E. c..
Dodge, of Lake Mills, and member OF ex-
ecutive board, A. L. Parman, of Mazo-
mamie. There was contest for the po-
sition of president, Mathew Michels re-
ceiving IS votes and r. G. Green, of AL
bion, receiving So votes. J. G. Moore,
the retiring president, defeated T. A.
Fullmer for reelection as secretary, re-
ceiying 81 votes to 60 for Fullmer. Wau-
sau is apparently in the lead for the next
convention and apparently will be sue
CesSful.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-02
Home Exempted from Tax

The Rack bill, engrossed by the as
sembly last week, has been passed by
that body. The measure provides for
the exemption from taxation of the Lu-
theran Evangelical home for the feeble
minded at Watertown, as long as the in
There was some opposition to the meas
ure on the ground that it was encourag-
ing other like Institutions to attempt to
evade taxation, but pitted against this
argument was the fact that the caring for
of the 80 feeble-minded children in the
home, the state was saved $3.50, and
that the Chippewa Falls home was al
ready overcrowded. The vote was 81 to
10, favoring the bill.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-02
Woman Found Murdered.

Pulaski.-The bloody body of Mrs.
Pryzbilinsky was found hidden in snow
bank near Pulaski. The discovery is
said 10 have been due to drops of blood
traced to the hiding place of the corpse.
The scene of the murder is in a settle
mert remote from the main travelled
roads, and no details of the crime have
been received. The villagers here are
said to be holding Pryzbilinsky, who is
reported to have confessed to the COM
mission of the crime, which may have
been, due to family quarrel. The wom-
ans husband is accused of the deed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-02
Tragedy at an Inquest.

West Bend-While the inquest over
the body of Mrs. Sternbach, aged SO
years, who was found to have been poi
soned, was in progress at the Sternbach
residence here, John Behrens, aged 60,
who had made his home with the old
woman and her daughter, and who was
suspected of her murder, committed sui
eide in the room next TO that occupied
by the coroner's jury, shooting himself
through the head.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-02
Bill TO Repair Cani+o1

In connection with the capitol ques-
ton, Senator Smith, through the aid of
the senate committee on federal rela-
tons, has introduced bill providing
for an appropriation of 100000 with
which to thoroughly repair the old state
house. Many believe that, on account
of the fruitless meeting of the capitol
commission, this is the only reasonable
solution for the controversy. Bitter
feeling has begun to creep into the mat
ter, and this fact adds another argument
to the cause of the repair bill.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-02
Mortgage squabble Warm.

The. squabble over presenting a suita-
BILE mortgage law in the senate is attract
ing attention from every corner of the
state, and every mortgagor in Wisconsin
is vitality interested in the outcome. Two
years ago an attempt was made to set a
good measure before the legislature. but
factional politics came in for so much
consideration that a bill was passed
which exhibited more politics than sound
business policy. The governor called for,
in his recent message, the repeal of the
law of two years ago and the use of that
which was passed in this connection in
the 1901 legislature. The legislators
seem to be unable to draft a measure
which is correct and just. covering all
points. Senator Mertons measure de-
clares mortgages on real and personal
property to be a separate class for taxing
purposes. and provides they shall be
taxed in the district where the MORTGAGE
resides. at the full value Whatever de-
cisions are arrived at, the result, it is be-
lieved, will not be to lessen the tax bur-
den of the mortgagor. By many it is be-
lieved that the best policy will be to per-
nit the present law to stand, even though
it has little merit.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-02
Cripple a Hero

Ashland.-Crippled and almost help
less from paralysis and alone in burn
ing house in which so pounds of dyna-
mite was stored, Mrs. ]. M. Jansen of
Mineral Lake crawled from the building
in her night clothes, pulled herself by her
hands through the snow and barely
reached the barn before the dynamite ex-
ploded, blowing the residence to atoms.
The Jansen homestead is over u miles
from Mellen, the nearest village. The
other afternoon Mr.. Jansen left the
house, where the paralytic wife lay in
bed, and on his return he found the dwell
ing nearly consumed by flames
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-02
Oshkosh to INVESTIGATE.

Oshkosh, who has laid claim to the
state capitol through the introduction of
a bill for that purpose, has appointed
commission of seven business men,
whose duty it is to canvass the situation
and decide whether the people of Wis
consin are DESTROYS of seeing the home
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-02
Roycroft Resolution Killed.

The Roycroft resolution providing for
the appointment of joint committee to
investigate the present system of coun-
ty government of the state and suggest
to the next legislature any changes
which might be considered advisable,
was by an overwhelming vote laid on the
shelf, move which practically kills the
resolution.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-02
Gives Cupid g Boost,

The Ties bill, abolishing the five-day
wait between the time of purchasing a
marriage license and the performance of
the wedding ceremony has been passed
in the assembly. The bill will increase
the revenue of the pastors of the state,
as many couples in order to avoid the
long wait, hitherto left the state to have
the ceremony performed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-02

state constitution read as follows: "Sec-
ton 1.-The rule of taxation shall be
uniform and taxes shall be levied upon
property as the legislature shall pre-
scribe. Taxes may also be imposed on
incomes, privileges aid occupations,
which taxes may be graduated and pro-
gressive, and reasonable exemptions may
be provided"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-02
Sale of Giant Crackers Stopped.

The assembly clapped the ban on the
sale and use of giant firecrackers by
unanimously accepting the Turner bill,
which prohibits the articles in the state.
The discussion of the measure last week
caused much mirth in the house, and it's
unanimous passage insures an easy time
for it in the senate.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-02
Four Dead: Three I'll.

Pound.-School has been closed in the
Neubauer district because of diphtheria.
Four children in the William Bedranz
family have died and three others are i'll
with the disease. The Lena village
school has been closed because of small
pOx.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-02
Committee Has Substitute Bill.

Instead of reporting the original in
come tax bill, the committee on assess
ment and collection of taxes have sent
to the assembly substitute in the form
of an amendment to the state constitu-
ton empowering the legislature to pro-
vide for an income lax. The amendment
makes section one, article eight, Of the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-02

La Crosse.-That the water supplied
by the city water system of La Crosse
and that drawn from shallow wells from
which most of the people get their water
for drinking and cooking purposes are
impure and unfit for use is the conclu-
sion of Prof. Davis, of Chicago, VINO was
brought here from Chicago to make ex-
tensive tests. A new waterworks plant
may be built.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-23
LOCAL LABOR NOTES.

Mr.. Tim Timlin, one OF the oldest
members Of the Sheet Metal Workers
union, has opened shop at 423 Fifth
avenue East, where he will be pleased
to see old and new friends and others.
Any sheet metal work placed with
Tim" will be done in the shortest pos
sible time that the best OF workman
ship will allow.
Mr.. T. G. Freshney. one Of the prom
inent members OF the Painters union,
has bought out the: wood business Of
Mr.. Cranda11 at lis Second avenue
West. Mr.. Freshney will be pleased to
receive your next order for wood. Give
him 4 trial order and yon not be dis
appointed In quality or price. <.":S's
Mr.. I. e. 1verson, one Of the well
known members OF the Retail Clerks
union, LETT Saturday night for Sault
Ste. Marie, Canada, where he will go
into business for himself. Mr.. 1ver-
son was with the firm Of Floan, Lev
eroos h Co. for the last three years
and also with the Great Eastern for
about the same length of tine.
The best wishes Of the Labor World
are extended to Tim Timlin, T. G..
Freshney and I. c. 1verson in their
new field Of business and trust that
they will meet with success.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-23
DRESS WELL.

and their membership by thousands. To-
day, when a poor sewing woman Is
wronged, she does not creep away and
weep over 1t alone unpitied and help
less, but a powerful organization
through the proper officials sees to it
that her wrongs are righted, and that
employers shall be as nearly just as
present economic conditions will allow.
It has seemed not an over-difficult
task for modern organizers to bring the
working wonen's unions of Chicago In
to the good working order they have;
but, they deserve all the credit that has
been given them.
The work of the pioneers can not be
defined, counted, and set down in sta
tistical figures. At first glance it may
look as though there were little to show
for their efforts. But it is true, never
theless, that the latter workers could
not have accomplished what they have
had it not been for the devoted, earnest
often disheartening toll that the pion-
GERS in trade unionism performed.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-23
WHY ALL MEN SHOULD
DEMAND union LABEL
Disease and Crime Is Bred in
Sweat Shops Where Non
Union Goods Are Made.
The Labed Is one of the HUI
name Methods of Abolish
ing Child Labor.

Clothing is made under more vary
ing conditions than almost any other
article. Some is the product of mod
ern, clean workshops; others come
from the sweatshops where little child
rem work. Disease, filth and want sur
round the workers in some shops;
health, cleanliness and prosperity is the
lot Of others. ="
The purchaser Of clothing cannot tell
by looking at a. garment what kind Of
shop it came from.
If from g. sweat shop. g. whisk
broom may have removed the vermin
from the outside. but the disease
germs may Turk on the inside.
# garment was labeled, made by
child labor In sweat shops" would you
buy It?
II on the other hand label is at
tached signifies, ''made by men and
women, in modern workshops under
sanitary conditions" why do you insist
upon getting that garment?
The garment without the Union La
bel may have been made In a clean,
sanitary shop. but there is no way for
you to find out, without considerable
trouble.
The garment with the Union Label
attached has been made under fair
conditions: the label IL a guaranty Of
it's healthfulness, 30 far as sanitary
shops and healthful conditions can
make it.
II a storekeeper or clerk tells you
the garment without the Union Label
is just as good an the labeled one, ask
him why, II that is true, he does not
carry only union labeled garments?
No one objects to a label which
stands for purity: many object to its
absence.
Protect yourself and family against
disease by purchasing clothing bearing
the Union Label, and see that the
Union Label is in every garment; coat,
vest, trousers, overalls and shirt.