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The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-09-02

A. E. Foster was at Pennington this
week.
Arthur Preston is in the city for
visit.
w. c. Gerard went to Minneapolis
yesterday.
Tom Stanton was in the city from
Ingram Monday.
Fred Shaffer and family visited at
Barron Sunday.
D. L. Fults was in Ladysrnith from
Glen Flora Monday.
Mrs. E. E. Taft and family are back
from their visit at Canton.
L. ]. Noble of the WoodenWare COM
pany was in the city Tuesday.
Mrs. A. c. Castle of Glen Flora was
a visitor in Ladysmith Tuesday.
Mrs. Mary Stewart and son visited
in Barron the first Of the week.
DR.. Ross returned the first Of the
week from his Minnesota trip.
DR.. O'Connor made a professional
trip to Wcyerhaeuser Wednesday.
Miss Blanch Whiteakcr is spending
part of her vacation at TomahaWk.
J. A. Corbett has taken charge Of
the 500 railway business at Bruce.
Miss Emily Young goes to Sleepy
Eye, Mimi, TO-DAY to attend school.
Alderman Hayes is making improve
ments to his home in the first ward.
Miss Maud Toothman of Amery is in
Ladysmith on a visit with the Misses
Bell.
John Cerbin of Gordon was i'll the
city this week in quest Of a marriage
license
D. f. Clark of Minneapolis looked
after Osborne 6 ClaSk interests here
this week.
Mrs. Frank Munson of Wahpeton,
N. D., is visiting with the Sinclair
families.
Mrs. A. C. Holden, accompanied by
her daughter, was caller in the city
Wednesday.
T. C. Jones of St. Paul was in the
city again this week, looking after
business interests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shively have returned
to their home in Nebraska after a visit
of several weeks at the Graft home.
Bedding we have an immense sup
ply that VIC are offering at right prices
for the right article. Ben G. Lee &
Co.
Mrs. Sheldon, vino was to leave for
Rockford, 1ll., this week, is on the
sick list and will delay her depart
ure.
Al Edmonds is TO build the residence
for the superintendent of the water
system. 1t will be next to the old
school building.
t. NJ. Thomas, K. q. Sinclair and
Messrs. Mickeliohn and Atwood who
are guests at the Thomas home, drove
to Bruce Thursday.
We are too busy arranging our new
stock to write advertisements, but we
shall soon be in shape to show bargains
that are irristibie. Ben c. Lee & Co.
Died Fourteen months old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Olof Olson, on Thursday.
The remains were taken to C1intonvflle
for burial.
A party of land owners: c. M. Knut-
son, Nelson Helom, A. M. Grenwol, A.
E. Phillips, j. C. Johnson and John
Olson of Beloit, were in the cts yes
terday.
Lees Big Department store is pre-
pared to show you a varied assert
ment of outing fiannels over 10(
pieces. These goods were bought early
at bottom prices and are being sole
at lowest possible figures. We car
give you bargains.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-09-02
The CITY And VICINITY

The Names family spent Wednesday
outing at Flambeau.
w. H. Umbaeh of S'ern did business
in Ladysnlith Monday
j. II. Cox of Weyerhaeusef was q
caller in Ladysmith Monday
William Daigle of Bruce was visit
+or ia Ladysrnith Saturday.
Or. johnson Of Glen Flora was a
visitor in the city Monday.
j. C. Stubbs of Weyerhaeuser was a
caller in the city Wednesday.
Frank Bassett and Miss Brunk 'of
Bruce visited in Ladysmith Sunday.
]. C. McCullom of Weyerhaedser
was visitor in Ladysmith Mon
day.
James Bates was among the Tony
people who came to Ladysinith Tues
day.
James Alder is. one of the Ladysflith
people who went TO the Chippewa
fair
Ezra Hess, the ljttabermah, was a
Weverhaeuser visitor in the city Mon
day.
Joe Armstrong wss off duty couple
of DAYS this week on ;aocount OF SICK
ness.
TT. Armstrong went TO jackson
county Monday where he put in several
days on land transaction.
Mrs. C. A. Huffman and family are
expected back from their southern
Wisconsin trip next week.
Mrs. M. J. Ellison of Chicago
sister of DIR. W F. @O'Connor-arrived
in the city Monday for visit.
C. P. Crosby, the veteran lumber
man of Rhinelander, was n Ladysmlth
on a business trip Monday.
Miss Nellie Griffin went to Weyer-
haeuser Saturday for visit of week
or two. Miss Elva Baker accompanied
her
E. w. Hughes of Neenah-brother
of Frank Hughes in the city. He
will be bookkeeper at the new pulp
mill.
H C. Stewart was in the city Mon
dav. Mr.. Stewart recently estab-
lished a new logging camp near In
gram.
Thomas Baker went to Chippewa
Falls Tuesday morning to put in a
couple days at the Northern Wisconsin
fair.
Master Asa Baker went TO Chippewa
Falls Sunday where he will visit with
his grandparents for week or so and
go to the fair.
Dave Coady, for d time an employe
of LeMere's barber shop, has taken
position with BARRIERS supply house
as travelling salesman.
Phil Armstrong of Bruce was IN the
city Wednesday, Mr.. Armstrong IS
building incubator houses and will make
chicken raising large part of his
operations. He now has 400 chickens.
Two hunters of the city went out
Tuesday afterdoon to Rocate their
hunting grounds for operation early
yesterday morning. It rained-they
not only got wet, but didn't get back
till Wednesday morning: They don't
like to tell about their experiences in
the storm.
N. B. Swartwout and Julius II.
ellis of the Superior & Southeastern
railway civil engineering force, ar
rived in the city Saturday, after walk
ing the entire distance over the tight
of-way. They proceeded at once to
Milwaukee for conference with the
"powers that be. :"
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-09-02

onlay for a s1o TT visit with relatives
at that place.
A. N. Durgin left Tuesday for Chip
pewa Falls, where he will attend the
Northern Wisconsin State fair.
Mrs. A. C. Castle, sons Clyde and
Clarence and daughter Mildred, return
ed Tuesday from visit at Milwaukee,
Miss Mary Moore returned to Lady
smith last Monday after visiting with
Miss Blythe Padgette for couple OF
weeks.
H. w. True will shortly build large
addition to his barn, I. E. Weich and
j. M. Taylor having contract for work.
Star.
Baxter feeds his COWS graln-you get
richer milk, See? And you get 1t at
80 quarts for $1.00.
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hundreds of thousands of acres of
land embraced within the forest re-
serves naturally almost bare OF forest
cover or which had been stripped of
their timber and left worth perhaps
dollar an acre, We're thus purchased
by corporations and exchanged on an
even basis for the finest government
timber lands of the northwest. Sew
eral bills We're introduced to amend
this law, but finally, after much con-
troversy, the entire act was repealed,
greatly to the dismay of the timber
grabbers, and this mode Of robbing
the government stopped.
y bill was also introduced repeating
the timber and stone act and provid-
ing for the disposal OF timber in the
manner recommended by the Public
Lands Commission, but this bill slum-
bered and finally died in the Public
Lands Committee of the House of
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but the conductor was inside collect
ing fares and did not hear him. AT
last, Mr. Brownies suspenders gave
way with a mighty snap, and their
owner was left sitting in the street,
with the car vanishing into the dis
tance, and the trousers flying wildly
from the lower step.
Naturally, the Hon. Augustus
Browne couldn't sit there in the mid
die of the street Indefinitely. Already
he had narrowly escaped garbage
cart and two short-haired ladies' on bi-
cycles. So he arose and took look
around. Excepting the loss of pair
of beautifully-creased trousers and a
large assortment of abrasions, which
would perhaps cause him to take his
meals at the mantelpiece for week
or so, Mr.. Browne was in pretty fair
shape. He wore very shiny silk hat,
perfectly-cut frock coat, patent lea
ther shoes, boutonneire, the finest
garters in the market, and suit of
union underwear fit for the most limp
i'd and illustrious legs in any land. 1t
is undoubtedly a sad thing to be di-
vested of ones trousers in broad day
light, but it was ventured, by an eye
witness, that there ought to be a
whole lot in silk hat. frock coat.
boutonniere, patent leather shoes, and
improved garters. The frock coat must
nave concealed any ravages caused by
the gentleman's rapid transit over the
Belgian blocks in a sitting posture,
and otherwise.
On the whole it is question in
Cleveland whether Mr.. Browne should
attempt to collect excessive damages
from Hon. Thomas Johnson, the inno-
cent owner of the car line.
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ITPAYS TO DRESS IN STYLE.
Stirring Adventure of the Hon. .Augus-
tuS Browne, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Things went very hard the other
day with the Hon. Augustus Browne,
of Cleveland, Cnio. As Mr.. Browne
stepped off street car during the
busiest hour of the day and at one of
the most crowded localities in Cleve-
land. his well-made trousers caught
on the lower step-it seems that some
of the iron work was loose. Stimuli
taneously, the conductor started the
car, and the Hon. Augustus Browne
at once sat down upon the Belgian
blocks in shocking manner. More
over, the Hon. Augustus kept
right along with the vehicle, towed
by the left leg of his expensive trous-
ers, and presenting n picture of unus-
ual distress and CONSERVATION. What
made it worse was the fact that the
spectators on the sidewalk We're dis
posed to be disrespectful. Mr..
Browne expostulated against the treat
ment he was receiving, though, of
course, in perfectly dignified way,
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Japan's Grand Old Man.

Marquis Ito. who was recently
stoned by Japanese mob, is of com.
paratively humble birth. His father,
Juzo Ito. was rustic gardener. Mar
quis Ito first went to Europe, stow
ing himself away in bale of silk on
board a ship bound for Liverpool He
was concealed in this bale for SO
hours, until he was discovered by one
of the ships officers. The reason for
his leaving Japan was that he desired
to escape the vengeance of the Con-
servative party of that country, which
resented his more advanced views and
attempts to adopt Western manners
and customs in Japan. He is now
said to be the most Western Japanese
in the Occident. and spends probably
five hours a day reading European
newspapers and magazines. Yet, with
all, he is said to be the poorest Prime
Minister in this worlds goods, either
actual or retired in the world.
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d NEW EASTER LILY.
crossing the Bermuda Flower with a
Philippine Species Is Successful.

II the expectations of the Depart
Heht OF Agriculture are realized with
experiments now going on, the price
oil Easter Lilies will be much lower
next year. This will enable persons
Who have been obliged to deny them
selves the luxury of an Easter Lily, to
purchase this beautiful flower with
out laying themselves open to the
charge of being eXtravagr>nt. The
high price of this spring flower is
caused through the long growing
to bloom. From the time the bulb
of the Bermuda lily is planted until
it is in full bloom is Il period of live
to seven months. Florists usually
plant the bulbs in September in order
that they may be ready for the com
ing Easter. They have always been
studying the flower with hope of
shortening the time of growing, for,
in greenhouses, time and space are at
n premium, and any shortening there
OF represents Il decided gain.
Tie Bureau of Plant Industry of
the department of Agriculture early
last year took up this problem and
imported from the Philippines lily
resembling the common Easter lily in
size and color, though it bears usually
only one. but ut times two flowers to
the plant. Its chief virtue, however,
lies in the fact that its growing sea-
son is but two to three months. This
lily the department has crossed with
the common Easter lily, and the re-
suit has been a hybrid, bearing as
many flowers as the old Bermuda lily,
with no difference in appearance from
this plant, except that the hybrid will
develop in four or five months, rep
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Starting in Early,

One year the gardener told me that
the rose bugs threatened to work de
-struction among my choice roses. So
hit upon the idea of hiring my two
youngsters to pick them Off and de-
stroy them ten cents a hundred
bugs. This worked beautifully for a
short time. until suddenly there came
devastating horde of the pests. Dick
grasped the situation at once and sal
lying forth invited his friends to as
sist, at five cents per hundred, sub
contracting, as it We're, while he did
the bOssing and pocketed the profits.
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this Is accomplished, she will indeed
feel that her success is complete.
little more than a year ago some
interested friend of Miss Alexander
sent her on her journey to London,
armed with letters to prominent MEM
bers of the social world there. One
of these was to the famous Mrs. John
Mackay, who became her social spon-
sor, and practically made the clever
little girl from Tennessee the toast of
London drawingrooms.
Miss Alexander has never been on
the stage, hut from her old nanny
in the south, and score Of servants
who had once been in her family. she
learned the real plantation melodies,
learned to sing them as only girl
who spent her early life in the real
south could sing them. She learned to
initiate the old darky IN all his quaint
characteristics and her triumph was
declared complete when she moved a
fashionable audience to tears by her
touching recital of little negro poem.
W. s. Gilbert, author of "Pinafore," "
advised her strongly to go in for
emotional acting, and Lady Bancroft,
one of the shining lights of the Lon
don social world, and herself talent
ed actress, offered to coach the young
American girl in the role of Juliet If
she would study for the stage.
Lady Ludlow recently lent her
splendid mansion in Portland Place
for recital by this talented American
girl for which the social world of
London cheerfully paid S5 ticket.
Her services are constantly In demand
and with Mrs. Mackay and other in
fuential women to sand sponsor for
her, this little girl from Tennessee is
adding fresh laurels to her crown.
And now she is to appear before the
King and Queen! The command"
which has been sent to Miss Alex
ander is the same as that which goes
to every artist whom King Edward
and Queen Alexandra wish to hear.
It is in reality an invitation, but is
called Command" for the reason
hat an invitation from the King or
Queen brooks no declination and Is
therefore. in sense, obligatory.
Miss Alexander breathes the life of
the south in all her work. and no
amount of persuas sion will induce her
to give it up for a stage career. She
Is taking into London drawing rooms
and even into the presence of His
Majesty, King Edward VII an atmos-
phere of love, freedom and the pretty
Instincts which make of the southern
girl another type of the American
beauty which is ever puzzle and yet
a verithble Joy to our English friends
across the water.
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Texas SuLphur Deposifs.

Texas, State which claimed the at.
tention Of the whole country as a cat
tie State. and as a petroleum State,
will probably soon become remarkable
as a sulphur State. In the trans-Pecos
country in Ell Paso county, north of the
Texas Pacific Railroad, biologists com.
pute that there are ten million tons of
~ per cent. native sulphur ore avail
able and almost in sight. The sulphur
area which has been explored and sur
veyed covers about ten thousand acres
and the deposit has an average thick
ness of nine and one-half feet. 1t has
been recently reported that this sui.
phur Held has been bought by Illinois
capitalists, who have associated with
them in the enterprise number of
European capitalists. At present no
railroad is near the deposits, the near
est station being Toyah, twenty miles
to the northwest. The intervening
country presents no obstacles in the
way Of railroad construction, the
grades being low.
1t is calculated that the United States
annually consumes 100000 tons of sui
phur: Much of the sulphur used in
the United States is imported from
Italy. the tonnage brought in from that
country varying from 100000 to $50, 900
tons year. The American State which
leads in the production of sulphur is
Louisiana, but vast amount of sui
phur is obtained from the pyrites
mines in Louisa county, Virginia 1t
Is said that the visible supply of sui
phur is sufficient for the requirements
OF trade for the next twenty years.
Ihe sulphur trade of the world is prac-
ticalIy monopolized by the Anglo-Sicil-
ian sulphur Company, Limited, of Lon
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-22
PUBLIC TIMBER GRABBING.
PRESIDENTS COMMISSION ANX-
IOUS THAT CONGRESS- SAVE
AMERICAN FORESTS.
Second InstaIment of Commissions
Report-Protests Against $40 Acre
Homestead Scheme-Rcpeal of Lieu
Land Law.

Two pieces of public land legisla-
ton which engaged the attention of
Congress last winter We're the 640-
acre, or square-mile homestead bill,
and the lieu land timber bill.
The former was defeated the latter
was passed, both properly. Under
the 640-acre bill it was sought to in
crease the 160-acre homestead entry,
covering some twenty million or more
acres of land in South Dakota and
Colorado, to 6Io acres, the claims be-
ing that the land was not sufficiently
productive to support a family on 16O
acres, and that $40 acres would be Il
proper unit. a similar bill was also
introduced to include the lands of the
entire state of Mopana.
These measures We're vigorously
opposed on the ground that $40 acres
were either too much for 4 farm or
else not large enough for stock graz
ing exclusively, and also on the
ground that the agricultural capabili-
ties of this, or in fact, any part of
the west are not thoroughly UNDER
stoal and that land which may to-day
be considered of little use for agricul-
| ture, will, under improved methods of
culture and the introduction of
drouth-resisting plants, be found to-
morrow to be entirely suitable for
farming purposes. As q matter OF
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CHINA'S ARMY OF 10000.
FOREIGN ATTACHES WITNESSED
RECENT FIELD M4NOEUVERS-
AMAZED AT RESULTS.
Japanese Training Apparent In Su.
bordination and observation-disclosures
Rifles Used. but Cavalry Service is
Inferior.

Evidence that China is shedding her
skin of conservatism and is preparing
to take her place with other Oriental
nations, is evidenced by her first regu-
lar army manoeuvers, just ended at
Shangtung. y number of diplomatic
attaches, representing the military OIL
the principal nations of the world,
We're present as guests of the viceroy,
Yuan Shi Kai, by whom they were
lavishly entertained. 10 those who
remember the condition of Chinese
troops five years ago this feat of
raising an army of forty thousand
men to its present efficiency is mar
velous. There were some unfavorable
criticisms. TO be sure; but all gave un-
stinted praise for the complete control
of the troops and their steadiness OF
discipline, the latter bearing compari-
son with that of European veterans.
Armed With Modern Equipment.
The scheme of the manoeuvers was
the assumed invasion of CLlei by n
southern force from Shantung, whose
advance was opposed by the northern
army. The infantry were armed with
| Mauser magazine rifles, with short
dagger bayonets. Officers carried
| sword, revolver and field glass. The
priyate's kit weighed fifty-four
pounds, knapsacks being of Japanese
pattern. The pioneers carried picks
shovels and saws.
The cavalry were mounted on small,
Mongolian horses, and carried Mauser
carbineS, sabres and revolvers. This
Is regarded by the military observers
as being the weakest branch Of the
army.
There were no tom-toms, no stink
pots, fire works, gods on poles, or hid
eous masks, in which the Chinese SOL
dier of the past placed his whole re-
| lance.
Hand of Japan Discovered.
This wonderful transformation in a
few years, from an unorganized mob
of fanatics to well equipped, intel
| ligent army of defense, is said to be
due largely to Japanese influences.
One attache remarked that he had no
| ticed at least twenty Japanese officers
among the troops. Many of the can
non are of japanese type, and the
knapsacks are Japanese in design.
The fine hand of Japan is seen at
every turn.
The artillery consisted of field guns
OF various types. and japanese noun
| tain guns carried on mule back. The
guns were served excellently, and this
| branch of the army appeared to be
efficient, though there was no signal
ing apparatus, and no range finders.
Each regimental commissariat in
eluded thirty-two wagons, German in
pattern, but poorly constructed. The
rations consisted Of rice, IL pounds;
cabbage, 6 ounces; sailed vegetables,
6 ounces, and meat ounces, carried
in Japanese haversacks.
All things Considered, the progress
OF China in her military organization
appears to be wonderful. With few
more years of effort, aided by Japa-
nese influence, with her inexhaustible
natural resources and her multitude of
men to draw upon for raw material,
China will be formidable enemy and
a powerful ally in the development of
the East.
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AMERICAN GIRL In LONDON,
SINGER OF SOUTHERN PL4yT4-
TON MELODIES BECOMES
FAMOUS IN ENGLAND.
70 to Sing Old Negro Songs to King
and Queen. Has Declined Stage
Career, Preferring to Sing the Ma
tive Sc:gs Of the Southland.

Another charming American girl
has set the fashionable world of Lon
don by the ears. She has sung her
way into their hearts and taught them
the beauty of old plantation melodies
until the English capital is fairly ring
Ing with the sound of her praises.
This fortunate young woman is
Miss Clara Alexander of Memphis,
'senn., and as pretty and attractive n
girl as ever crossed the water to Old
England. She is just now anticipat-
Sg her appearance before the King
and Queen of England, and when
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an EnfcebIed Giant.

1t looks as If Europe had another
sick man" on Its hands, the mighty
Empire of Russia, although it may
not be incurable as Is the case with
Turkey, or chronic as is the case with
Spain. Nations, like men. go down in
the march of time. Russia Is too
Young. perhaps, to go to pieces like
Turkey, which in the days of the
English Tudors was the first military
power of earth, and too virile to go as
Spain did, which at the time of
Charles v was the worlds foremost
military power.
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resenting a shortening in time of
from one to three months. While the
experiments of the Department are
not yet completed, the results attain
ed so far warrant the belief that the
new hybrid Easter Lily can be pro-
duced vastly cheaper than the old
variety.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-22
Timber Scene or
q oOc rH M e u {
Lands an Oregon

That night I had bill of SO from
poof tired Arthur, and nearly S14
fIom my enterprising and business
like younger hopeful. So l reduced
wages to ten cents per thousand,
whereupon they promptly struck. The
next day I found them hard at work
picking rosebugs for confiding
neighbor, at the original price, while
my bushes were left to their fate.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-22

fact the Department of Agriculture
has within the past year, grown mac
aroni wheat to the extreme western
boundary of South Dakota in crops
ranging from fifteen to twenty ou-
shells per acre and Colorado's semi
desert lands have, under "dry-rarm-
ing" methods, yielded up undreamed
of and highly profitable crops. The
bills, in question, however, were re-
ported upon adversely by the Secre-
tary of the Interior and the Commits
sioner of the General Land Office
and also by the Public Lands Com
mission, as is shown by the following
printed report
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Timber LieuIanda.

One of the most detrimental OF the
land laws has been what was known
as the lieu land selection law, which
provided that where Forest reserves
are created by the government, set
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tiers or private corporations owning
lands within such boundaries might
select in lieu thereof any public land
not reserved, and this right was trans
ferable. The result was that parties
sold their lieu land rights and these
were purchased by giant timber syn
dicates and lumber corporations for
speculative purposes. The title to
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