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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-04-14
Monday After Easter

Elks ball. Tickets one dollar includ-
ing supper. IT
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-04-14

Easter perfumes for tn ladies. The
most d licaie the finest and the latest
odors at The City Drug Store.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-15

When this is done the most arid pora
ton OF America not excepting Death
Valley will be all under irrigation and
highly productive.
Although the government contem-
plates irrigation works for the benefit
Of homeseekers and endeavors so far
as possible to undertake works with
the view of bringing water to avail
able government lands, yet In the event
that individuals are willing to SUBJ
divide their lands and to sign a con-
tract which will prevent land specula-
ton and anticipating increased values
through irrigation, irrigation works
will be undertaken under the reclama-
ton act where the land is in private
ownership.
This is the case in the Salt river
valley, Arizona, where a dam capable
of impounding enough water to irri-
gate 100000 acres of land will be con-
structed. The settlers in that section
have gone ahead and accomplished
marvels: the government is coming to
their aid. In the Sacramento valley
the land individually in large holdings,
there being individual ranches of 1OO,-
600 acres in extent
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-15
ELECTRIC PLOW PROMISED.
Trolley System Is to Be Applied to
Breaking Farm Land.

A Minneapolis machinery company has
under construction the working parts OF
an invention that may prove to be the
working of revolution in the matter of
breaking ground on bonanza farms, Of
which there are SO many in the North
west and which may be used even on
smaller farms wherever there is an en-
CINE handy that can be put to the use
intended.
The idea is no less than to plow the
fields by electricity, by the use of an cleo
trio pillow. The plow itself is to be OPP
Grated by electric power, and is large
gang affair which will turn over wide
piece of earth. A threshing engine is to
be used to furnish the electricity, a dyna-
mo to be attached.
The pillow is to be run by trolley, the
wire to be run from the working dynamo
to the farthest corner of the field. The
pillow picks up the wire as it runs, and
when it arrives at the far end OF the held,
an easy arrangement alters the position
of the feed wire so that the whole held
can be reached in that way.
1t is claimed for the new idea that it
will be a most wonderful labor saver,
and that it will do wonders in the way OF
speed, running about four times as rap
idly as horses can pull plow OF the
same kind. 1t will also be much more
handy than steam, because of the fact
that steam machines of that kind are so
heavy that they are unwieldy and cut
into the field, especially when the ground
Is soft.
1t is claimed that if the plow works
reasonably well, the same idea can be put
to use in working harvesters and other
farm machinery, which will do away with
the necessity of having SO many horses to
feed all through the year, when less
would be necessary under the trolley sys-
TEN.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-15
HARVEST SHOWS FARM WEALTH
Railroad People Give Figures Illus
trating Nations Grain Production.

trating Nations Grain Production.
| The American farmer is an exceeding.
~ prosperous individual, according to
| railroad statisticians, who have figured
| out that the grain traffic for this crop
| year will aggregats 100000 carloads.
If all this grain could be marketed sim
ultaneously and hauled in a single solid
train Of freight cars the train would be
H. 31 miles long, exclusive of the loco
motives that would be necessary to
move it.
Dividing this into trains of forty cars
each there would be required $500 To-
comotives or 355 miles of draught ma
chinery. Adding this 355 miles to the
II ,931 miles of cars, there is a total Of
1926 miles
To hold the cars and engines it would
require nearly every foot of four tracks
extending from New York to San Fran
cisco. The necessary single track would
measure half the circumference of the
globe.
These figures do not fully tell of the
vastness of the wealth which the Ameri-
can farmer has taken from his land in
corn, oats, wheat, barley and rye in the
year 1905. The railroad mems estimates
are confined to the grain which will be
moved to market centers on the steam
roads. Probably not over one-third of
the grain produced will ever see a freight
car. The other two-thirds will be haul
ed to local mills in wagons or will be
consumed by live stock on the farms. 70
hold the entire corn crop alone would
call for a train and engines q, coo miles
in length.
In this story of agricultural treasure
lies the reason for the unparalleled prep
arations of the western railroads for
traffic this season. If the farmer were
not already we'll supplied with ready
money and were forced to rush his grain
to market, as he has done in past years,
it Is reasonable to suppose the railroads
would be utterly swamped with grain
traffic.
The statisticians estimate the wheat
and oats crops of Minnesota and the Da-
kotas at 326,OO0,000 bushels, of which
190,000,000 bushels will be marketed on
steam roads They place the total yield
of corn at 1866, 100000 bushels, and ex-
pect that 796,0OO,0O0 bushels will be
hauled on freight trains greater or less
distances. Granting that these figures
are correct, there will be 10000 carloads
of wheat and oats from the three States
mentioned, or 1926 trains of forty cars
each. The estimate for corn is 10000
carloads, or $4,000 trainloads of forty
cars each. On top of this there proba-
bly, will be 1900 carloads of faxseed to
be hauled from the Northwest.
To haul the 100000 cars estimated
for all kinds of grain, there would mean
q movement of hundred trains of forty
cars each for every day of the year.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-15
Thirteens on a Silver Quarter.

Superstition seems to be a part Of
the mental composition of everyone,
and it commonly centers to rooted
antipathy to the number thirteen.
This first of the teens has had to stand
for many an action that was ridicu-
lous, and yet there is hardly any per-
sons who would sidestep an inch or
mournfully rail at fate should he spy
a silver quarter on the sidewalk. Have
you ever taken the trouble to scan
closely this small piece Of silver? If
you have not, you may be surprised to
find on the eagle side that there are
thirteen arrows in the bundle, which
is clutched in the left claw, thirteen
laurel leaves on the branch in the
other claw, thirteen stars at his head.
thirteen letters in the Latin inscrip-
ton, 90 pluribus Unum." thirteen let
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-15
When the Pope Dimes.

Like Emile Loubet, Pope Plus X.
has desire for simplicity and infor,
mality that equally distinguishes him
from his predecessor. 1t was only nat
ural that the man who, as Patriarch
at Venice, was always at home alike
to the humbleat artisan as well as to
the richest and grandest patron Of the
church, should retain his simple mode
of life when raised to the papal chair.
AS BELTS one occupying such posi-
ton, his meals are always quiet and
informal, never elaborate, and, unlike
Leo, who always dined alone, Plus y.
is never so happy as when he Is sur
rounded by members Of his household
or high dignitaries Of the church. He
sits at a table, raised little higher
than that at which his guests sit, but
this is the only trace Of formality that
is observed.
In the Popes dining room the ordln-
ary ornaments Of such an apartment
are replaced by those which have some
ecclesiastical significance. The side
board has two large crosses on either
end another cross hangs above the
Pope's chair, and the one ornament not
strictly religious in its symbolism is a
marble bust of one Of Plus predeces-
sora
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-15
A Peril Nearer Home.

To Mr.. Hippendyke, who had fol
lowed with absorbing interest the
progress of the war between japan
and Russia, there was something sin
lister and terrible in the uniform sue
cess Of the Japanese.
1T tell you, Flanders" he was say
ing to his neighbor on the other slue
Of the backyard fence, those fellows
are going to make trouble for US all
The Japs have found out how strong
they are, and they're teaching the chi
nese. Some day there'll be a Chlnese
army Of fifty million men, with Jap
anese officers. They'll take our posses
sions in Asia and they'll overrun the
whole civilized world. That's the vel
low peril we've got to face some ume
or other. You mark my words.
lust then Mrs. Hippendyke came tc
the kitchen door.
"Henry," she called out, in high
keved voice, ''if you want to put
stop to the only yellow peril thars
threatening you or me, you get AFTER
that yellow dog of Wilkinson's thats
ont in our front yard, digging up all
my plants"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-15
State News in Brief.

The First National Bank of Richland
Center has been authorized to commence
business with a capital of $4,000.
James Higgins, aged so years, a
prominent farmer of Gilman, was killed
in a runaway three miles south OF Bald
win.
A half mile Of railroad track ON the
Peerless logging road at the west end
of Chequamegon bay was destroyed in
a recent storm.
Askeaton farmers, James Mcqueen
and James Carroll, each lost $4,000 in
fires started by lightning. Crops are
badly damaged.
Fire at Sank Prairie destroyed q
threshing machine for Waffenschmidt u
Schlag, and eight stacks of grain for
Henry Gattwinkle.
Farmers residing a few miles from
La Crosse who have been suffering from
the depredations of horse thieves, are
now prosecuted by burglars.
Mrs. Mary Schumacher, aged 80 years,
of Turtleville, fell, breaking her arm, and
laid for eighteen hours in helpless con-
dition until found by neighbors.
Mollie Stirf11er, aged 80, was accident
ally killed in Marinette. She slipped and
fell on a cement platform around the
we'll and broke her neck, death being in
Simultaneous.
Emil Crueger of Stevens Point, aged
10. was accidentally shot through the
chest with his own gun while hunting
chickens at Meehan station, and died
twelve hours later.
Fourteen-year-o Binnie Kathen, liy-
ing near La Crescent, stunned by bolt
of lightning, proved herself heroine
nv rescuing two children and four horses
from burning barn.
While seated in his automobile in his
garage in Racine, Frank *. Bull, mill
ionaire and president of the j. |. Case
Tbrashine Machine Company, was
blown to the ceiling with his machine
and n turntable weighing several tons.
rrbe accident was caused by the explo-
sion of gas beneath the turntable, ignited
bv spark from the motor. Mr.. Bull
head was projected through chande-
lier and the turntable and machine were
wrecked.
Sheriff Knutson of Rice Lake has ar
rosted Arnold Albertson, who one year
ago jumped through the window OF a
train coach near Lodi, on his way to
Wanpnn. and escaped. He had been SEN
fenced to a year at Waupun for burglary
at Dallas.
lanes Lister, whose father is said to
no wealthy glue manufacturer in Chi
cago. is serving a twenty-eight day SEN
tenee in Jail in GAINESVILLE, having been
found guilty of stealing tools from Howe
BROTHERS. factory to obtain liquor. His
father is reported to have refused to
help MIN
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-15
Murder Idea Is Secuted.

Capt. Michael Garvey of the Apple
ton police force and relative of Mrs.
Margaret Sexton of Neenah, who it was
reported had been killed by burglar,
declares she died Of natural causes. Capt.
Garvey found that she fell down stair
way and sustained injuries that resulted
i'll her death a few hours later. The
money and other valuables that were re-
ported missing have been found. Mr..
Sexton, a man of nearly 80 years, has
grieved to such an extent that his
strange actions have given rise to the
belief that his mind has become affected.
The couple We're married ffty-four years.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-15
ALL OVER THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN BADGER
DOM.
-'oor Loans and Worthless Checks
Cause StouShton Bank to Collapse
Think Death Due to Heart Disease,
Not Violence Squa ws Have Scheme.

State Banking Commissioner Rergh
has taken possession of the State Bank
OF Stoughton, one of the principal insti-
tutions in the southern part of the State.
The commissioner alleges that the entire
capital and surplus of the bank, aggre-
eating $4,000, has been wiped out by
poor loans and worthless checks. He
charges that the liabilities exceed the
assets by over $4,000. The commissioner
asked the appointment of receiver for
the bank, but by arrangement he with
drew the petition and took charge of the
bank himself. The liabilities of the
bank aggregate 1920 of which $685.
200 is deposits. The embarrassment of
the bank is said to be due primarily to
poor investments. The bank paid per
cent interest on deposits, while it could
get only 5 per cent on loans. The bank
is owned by the Dow family, the head of
which is Robe Dow, well known as a
hnancier in southern Wisconsin.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-15
TANNER HEADS G. A. r.
Elected Commander Chief of the Old
Soldiers Organization.


Corporal james Tanner was elected
commander-ia-ch chief of the Grand Army
Of the Republic by the national encamp-
ment at Denver. Minneapolis was Sc
lected for the next encampment in 1906.
There was spirited contest for com
mander-in-chief, the leading candidates
being Corporal James Tanner of New
York, Gen Robert B. Brown of Ohio,
Judge G. G. Burton of Missouri and
Gen. C. NJ. Burrows of New Jersey. The
vote for commander was as follows:
James Tanner, AT; Robert B. Brown,
1S7; Charles G. Burton, ~; George
Stone, 10.
Col George W. Cook of Denver was
unanimously elected senior vice COM
mander-in-chief. Silas FL. fowler of
Minnesota was elected junior vice COM
mander-in-chief. Hugo Philer of Wau-
kesha, Wis, was elected surgeon gem
eral. Rev. Father J. f. Leary of Chap
man, Kan, was elected chaplain-in-
chief. Able A. Adams of Superior,
Neb, was elected president of the Wom-
ans Relief Corps.
James Tanner, pension attorney, was
born in Richmondyiile, Schoharie coun-
ty, n. Y, on April 4, 1874. He was
educated in the district school. He was
a corporal III the Eighty-seyenth New
York volunteers. He lost both of his
legs at the second battle Of Bull Run.
He was under doorkeeper in the New
York Assembly and clerk in the War
Department. He returned to New York
in 1866 and was married. He studied
law and received an appointment to the
New York custom house. He was dep
uty collector under Gen. Arthur. He
was department commander of the New
York G. A. r. in 1876. He was tax col
lector in Brooklyn from 1877 to 1885.
He then was a lecturer and a campaign
speaker. He was United States commits
sioner of pensions, from which position
he resigned. Since that time he has
been prosecuting claims against the gov
eminent.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-15
POWDER MILL SLOWS UP.
Rand Works Near Uliontown, Pa, Elk.
plodes killing Employees.

plodes killing Employees.
With a report that could be heard for
a radius of ten miles the Rand Powder
works located a Fair Chance, Pa, six
miles east of UniontoWn, Pa, blew up,
causing, it is believed, over thirty deaths
and considerable financial damage.
The explosion occurred in car Of
powder and was followed a few minutes
later by another and heavier one when
the flames ignited the large magazine.
The conclusion of the second explosion
Knocked out the telephone and telegraph
wires and all communication with the
scene of the explosion. Persons within
a radius of fifteen miles heard the explo-
sion and knew that the powder works
had blown up. Every vehicle in the sur
rounding vicinity was pressed into SER
vice and hundreds of people were soon
gathered about the ruins aiding in the
work of rescue.
A passenger train on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad from Morgantown to
ConnelIsville, which was passing the
works when the first explosion occurred
was almost thrown from the track by
the conclusion which broke all the win
dows and caused panic among the
passengers, several of whom were injur-
ed by flying glass.
The conclusion was like an earthquake
to the county round about and in the
surrounding towns caused great excite
ment, which was not lessened by the
fact that the communication on the troll
ley line was broken off several miles
from there.
1t is probable that the cause of the
explosion of the car of powder will never
be known All the men who were work
ing about it are believed to have been
blown to pieces.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-15
FROST NlPs WESTERN CROPS.
Visits the Rocky Mountain Districts
and Missouri Valley Regions.

The weekly bulletin Of the weather
bureau summarizes crop conditions as
follows:
Temperatures favorable for the matur-
ing of crops prevailed in all districts
east of the Rocky mountains during the
week except in the northern portions of
the upper Missouri and upper Mississip-
pi valleys and in northern New Eng
land, where it was somewhat too cool.
Scattered frosts, causing damage, occur
red in the central and northern Rocky
mountain districts and in the upper Mis-
souri, valley during the latter part of the
week. The greater part of Texas, por-
tions of Kansas and Missouri, and the
north Pacific coast continue to need rain.
Corn has advanced rapidly and much
of the early crop over the southern por-
ton of the corn belt is being cut.
Considerable overripe spring wheat re-
mains uncut on flooded lowlands in
northern Minnesota and eastern North
Dakota, and moisture has injured grain
in shock in portions of South Dakota
and Iowa.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-15
Spark. from the Wires.

Thieves raided the residence of Jose
Aymar, a millionaire lawyer of New
York, and took booty worth 100000.
The wife of Admiral Dewey has given
a flag captured by her first husband at
Orchard Knob to the State of Alabama.
Gov. Hoch of Kansas may issue requi-
sitions on Gov. Folk of Missouri for the
arrest of members of Quantrell's guer-
rilla band, as result Of brutal utterances
as to the massacre in 1868 at Lawrence
made at recent reunion of the band sur
YiYors.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-15

North Platte project, Wyoming and
faSka, 100000 acres; the Minidoka
ect, Idaho, 10000 acres; the
pa project, Arizona and California,
poO acres and the Sacrament Carson
ect, Nevada, $4,000 acres; the
path project, Oregon and Cali
Pa, 100000 acres and the Sacremen-
FatIey project, California, 100000
F. Besides the projects enumer-
which total is not less than g.
"o acres the engineers Of the re-
HaUon service are preparing sur
Oh great many other projects
FL VIII be undertaken as rapidly
Pc fund expands and is returned
2esin work.
r 1uma project on the Colorado
Il IS Of especial interest at this
because it is located close to the
et"I valley country on the Colo
ueSert where is located the largest
sanon works, either public or pri-
III the United States. Within
years 100000 acres have been put
actual irrigation in the Imperial
through the diversion of waters
ue Colorado river. OF this 100
o.IeS' almost half is in barley, TO-
"I,eS Is in alfalfa. On the Ameri-
sue OF the Imperial valley there
0."e oo00O head of cattle a large
VI Which is dairy stock, and there
i'VVo head more on the Mexican
-; luna project contemplates the
S"oD OF land on both side Of the
quo river in California and Ari-
B. The government has planned
f. s ultimate extension of the canals
yuma project twenty miles or
% 1ULn the Laguna dam ten miles
luna to the Imperial valley.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-15

ructed the sum expended in any
Is to be returned to the govern
in ten equal annual installments
lie settlers prorata. At the end of
FIRST year after any one project
been completed one-tenth Of the
bal amount expended on that
is to be returned and put into
projects.
BONG the great projects Of the gov
Ienr is the Shoshone project, Wyo-
| which will irrigate 100000 acres
lbIic land; the Uncompahgre Val
Foject Colorado, 100000 acres; the
Fourche project, South Dakota,
o acres: the Salt River project,
pna, 100000 acres: the Malheur
Jet, Oregon, 10000 acres; the Hon
liver project, New Mexico, 10000
b the Fort Buford project, Mon
ana North Dakota, 10000 acres;
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-15

day fer young men,
John d. Rockefeller
was giving them
some sound advice
in Cleveland. Don't
be a good fellow, :"
said Mr.. Rockefel-
Ter in his address to
the Bible class of
the Euclid Avenue
Baptist church. Il
love my fellow man
and l take great in
terest in him. Don't
be conviyial-al-
ways ready to pitch
in and be one of the
crowd. Be moder-
ate. Be very mod
era te. Don't let
good fellowship get
the least hold on
you. If you do you
orc Lost nhcnl,1tnlu
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-15
Coup on Wisconsin Officials.

Taking advantage of the fact that a
restraining order could not be served
on it Sunday the Madison Traction and
Interurban Company Saturday night and
Sunday placed trolley poles on the IL
foot strip of State land surrounding
Capitol Park. Before the State officials
knew anything about it most of the
poles were in place. When informed
of the coup Acting Gov. Davidson hast
lily summoned Attorney General Sturde-
want, who advised that the sheriff be
called on. After a long parley the rep
resentatives of the company agreed to
call off their men and allow the State
to get an injunction in order to test its
rights in the premises.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-15
pN"~~~ "
q II. Great
american Desert
1890 80

! millions Of acres of arid lands
o west already thrown open to
4 rmers by irrigation and the mil
more to be thrown open, will, it
,mnd by irrigation experts, open
nv for the mightiest Anglo-Saxon
.,nnnt the world has ever known.
estimated that about 100000
If land in all, will be reclaimed
he government projects.
! work which the government is
tine in constructing great stor-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-15

and diversion dams and in build
bnaIs, laterals and headgates is
|argest undertaking of the kind in
history of the United States.
l. reclamation act provides that
L from the sale OF certain public
shall be applied by the govern
to the building Of irrigation
Is At the present time the fund
hints to about $2S,OOO,OOO and is in
sinc at the rate Of 100000 an
II This fund is self-continuing.
/ the irrigation works have been
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-15
Negro Confesses Murder.

Fred N. Hunter, colored, who was
captured in Chicago and brought to
Milwaukee, has confessed that he killed
Iaul Langen, the foreman of the Mil
waukee Wooden Company, after robbing
the Langen hotel. The confession was
made to the chief of police after the
prisoner had been a half hour in the
sweat box Hunter will be arraigned as
soon as his record is completed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-15
Squaws Secure Divorces.

Stockbridge Indians, it is asserted, are
taking advantage OF the divorce laws to
secure additional government lands. I'm
der the law all Indians, except married
sQuaws, can get forty-acre allotments of
land. Many squaws are now obtaining
divorces, it is said, with the intention of
securing forty acres and then remarrylnG
their former husbands. A number of
divorces have already been granted in
Shawano county and several are pend
inc.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-15

ished in proportion. Everything in that
is perfectly correct except the conclu-
sion. The country is bigger and life is
more complex, but who will gainsay that
Is the country has grown bigger the OPP
portunities have with it, and that if life
is more complex it at least results in a
greater variety of opportunities"
While J. J. Hill in New York was
discussing the fine chances of the present