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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24
THE SHORT-GRASs COUNTRY
Subterranean Streams of Water Assure
Kansas Prosperity.
From the Chicago Tribune.

FROM the chicago Tribune
Ten years ago western and especially
southwestern, Kansas seemed doomed II
had no mineral resources. 1t had no for
ests Drought and hot winds had year after
year killed the farmers crops and burned
to a crisp the buffalo grass from which
came the name short grass country" A
region that can raise neither grain nor
grass can't raise live stock Thousands of
men had moved away, leaving farms I'M
tenanted and whole towns uninhabiteC
Those who remained had desperately turned
populist. were sending Jerry Simpson TO
Congress. and had agents out begging for
food and clothes
Today the short grass country" is re-
Jolelng and blossoming the rose. 1t is
raising big crops of barley, wheat corn
rye, potatoes, Katir corn. alfalfa and miIIet
1t Is sending fat cattle to market. 1t is
churning large quantities of butter and the
number of Its mich COW is increasing The
once unter anted farms and uninhabited
towns are tenanted and inhabited, and the
population in some counties is growing 10
Per cent year. Those who, confident of
the future bought large quantities of land
when it was being sold for taxes have be-
come rich through rapid increase in it's
value.
One cause of the remarkable change In
the aspect of the short grass country Is
that lately it has been raining there The
soil is black, deep and rich. and moisture is
all 1t ever needed to make 1t highly pro-
CCctlVe: But rain IN western Kansas Is not
to be depended on. Drenching downpours
and big crops caused the boom in the
eighties. and the subsequent lack of them
ended 1t, and If the continuance of present
conditions depended wholly rain, their
permanency would be extremely doubtful
The 'short grass country has found it
can prosper whether there is rain or not
One of the peculiarities of this region has
always been that its wells, If sunk 10 bed
rock, a distance of from 20 TO 80 feet. never
go dry, no matter how severe or protracted
the drought. 1t was long suspected that
there was an extensive subterranean sheet
of water beneath 1t, and recent investiga-
tons show this is the case. The water.
which is clear and pure, flows underground
from the Rocky mountains The supply is
lneXhaustible, and in recent years 1t has
been widely used for irrigating purposes
If water should again quit falling from
above, the short grass farmer would pump
more from below with windmills and go on
raising crops and getting rich.
Senator Jim Lane of Kansas said once
in speech: God has done much for this
country and man little" Man is every
year dong more for Kansas. the more he
does the larger Is his reward, and the larger
his reward the less of popuIist he is. Now
that he has devised means to utilize the I'M
mense reservoir provided by nature 1t is
improbable he will ever again entertain the
country with political vagaries. 1t is not
easy for a prosperous farmer to be poliu-
cal lunatic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24
EDUCATIONAL.
IN WASHINGTON.
WOODS COMMERCIAL COLLEGE

HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER WILL PREPARE PU-
pills for college or high school; ma thematics a
speciality: Address Box 112. Star office.
Jel7.1S, 10 "a. %. % st.
PRIVATE DANCING LESSONS, Soc GUAR
waltz and twostep, lessons: piano. mandolin
Poe; mod, quick method frequent musicals
Address, stamped envelope, Box SO, Star office
jel0-s, Ct
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24
BRITISH BEER INDUSTRY.
Declining Production-A Difficult Prob
lem-"Depressing" Records.

From the London Brewers Gazette.
The production of beer in the united
kingdom speaking on the authority of
the excise returns. Is going from bad to
worse The record for the first quarter
of the current year is. without doubt, the
most depressing yet experienced, the total
production in the three kingdoms amount
ing only to 1869 293 barrels. as compared
with S,O76, 1865 barrels in the corresponding
quarter OF 1904. Here is clear drop OF
40. 572 barrels. The diminution Is appor-
toned as follows: England. $40, S32 bar
rels; Scotland 1887 barrels; Ireland. 55,-
753 barrels If the falling off in produc-
ton continues at the same rate through
the three remaining quarters of the year,
by the end of December a total diminution
of considerably more than one and a half
million barrels will have taken place. Dur
ing 1904 the decrease was only 126.04l bar
rels This continuous decline In the pro-
duction OF beer and It's constantly increas-
ing ratio cannot, we are afraid. be entirely
accounted for by the depression In the
general trade OF the country.
Some IL not all, OF the factors which Mr..
Austen Chamberlain enumerated In his
budget speech must We feel assured. be
reckoned with In any attempt to explain
the shrinkage In beer production. and. con-
seuuently, in beer consumption. Changed
modes Of life are gradually Transforming
the habits OF the people. Besides the more
prominent causes indicated by the chancel-
ior of exchequer, viz, the spread of cleo
tric traction, the popularity of outdoor
sports, theaters and music halls, and the
Indulgence In railway trips. there are. we
suspect, other. causes to check the growth
of beer drinking We should not be sur
prised IL the constant influx of the provin-
cial element into the large towns were
found to have good deal to do with it.
for few will deny that beer is q more APP
propriate beverage for men engaged In
country pursuits than for those employed
in sedentary occupations in towns. Again,
lary, the alehouse has today many COM
petitor which was not dreamed of. say,
twenty years ago; local life has increased
to a remarkable extent and institutes and
club rooms have been established. where
concerts. debates and indoor games are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24
Wonderful Marble Bible.
From the London TattIer.

From the London Tattler.
Great as has been the amount of labor
expended on the various Bibles of the
world, the palm for execution must be
given to the Kutho-daw. which is a Bud
dhist monument near Mandalay in Burma.
1t consists of about a hundred temples.
each containing slab of white marble on
which the whole of the Buddhists' Bible,
consisting of more than 100000 syllables,
has been engraved. The Burmese alphabet
is used, but the language Is Pail This won
derful Bible Is absolutely unique The
KuthO-daw ives erected In 1857 by Mindon-
Min. the last king but one Of Burma. The
vast collection of temples together form a
square. with a dominating temple in the
center. Each OF the marble slabs on which
the sacred texts are inscribed Is surmount-
ed by an ornamental canopy in pagoda
form.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24
Cheapening the College Degree.
From the Philadelphia Ledger

From the PnHaue1pnId
Honorary scholastic degrees are distribute
ed lavishly by most American universities
and colleges and are not always worthiy
bestowed The college degree has BEEN
cbeapened by its frequency. 1t should be In
ali cases a badge of real scholarship and
distinction. Our institutions Of learning, in
conferring titles, should seek to honor them
selves by the discrimination shown in sciect-
ing the recipients The college degree adds
little tn the fame of a truly great man. but
the college gains in repute when its authori .
ties are careful in the selection Of persons
thus honored. The commanding personality
sheds Ali titles, and nobody knows. or cares
to know, how many college degrees the
great man can attach to his name. Who
can tell how often Abraham Lincoln -e-
ceived an LII D.? One of the famous Brit
other designation Is necessary. Honorary
titles are not to be undervalued. but the
world knows greatness without such aids.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24
American Goods in Russia.
From the London News.

From the London News.
A mile of shops In st. Petersburg. and l
found only one which displayed an article
of British MANUFACTURED! Could 1t be pos
sible? One could not walk the same dis
lance In Berlin, Paris and New York. / as
sured myself. with the like result Ha!
Here is an ironmonger's with Its shop
front crammed with tools of every de-
scription; lathe carriers. planer centers,
saws. planes, axe heads. speed indicators,
stOpcocks and the thousand and one uten-
sils OF the engineer and mechanic. My eye
fastens eagerly on dozen articles 1 look
them over nus by one. All made In U. 8. A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24
An Ungracious Speech.

From the New York Tribune
That speech" said Bird 8. Coler. anent a
political address, was ungracious It re-
minds me of a Scots speech to his wife.
1.-THE Scot had married for the second
time. His new mate was sentimental and a
little morbid. She could not resist asking
her husband now and then II he loved her
better than he had loved her predecessor.
She would say:
g Do more than fill Jeans place In your
heart. Jock?
Are We sure ye're mo- regrettin' Jean,
ladder
Jock. do We loe me better nor her?'
1.-THE man bore several of these examina-
tons patiently. Then he ended them once
for all with gruff:
TAX ma word for 1t. Betty. IL Jean was
Twin We wadna be here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24
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Principal elsven years teacher Latin and mathe.
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ARRANGED
NOW HAS NEW PUBLIC
THEC CITY
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ANDREW A. LlPSCONlB AND JOHN p. EARNEST
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12
An Ice Famine.

La Crosse.-Gustave Esch, secretary
OF Esch Bros. & Rabe, Chicago ice
dealers, was in La Crosse and endeav-
ored to buy ice. He telephoned seven
cities and could not buy a single cake.
He said Chicago had a supply that will
last no longer than six days. Mr.. Esch
found the ice famine in force at Dav-
export, Dubuque, Clinton and McGre-
gOr, Ia; st. Paul and Duluth, Mimi.
and La Crosse and Superior, Wis. He
is making a canvass of the entire west
Ice dealers here are selling no ice to
private people.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
The State universitu.

Madison The enrolment of students
at the University of Wisconsin shows a
considerable increase in the number
both of new and old students. Total reg
istration thus far is 1881 against 2,154
the same time last year AS students
continue to register for several weeks,
the total enrolment on the LIST of No
vemDer it is estimated will exceed $500.
Among the new students are number
from foreign countries. OF those six are
from the Philippines, four from Argen-
tine Republic, five from Mexico, one
from Cuba, one from Holland, one from
Switzerland and one from Germany.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12
A WEEKS NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF MOST INTERESTING
EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
Information Gathered from All Quar-
tiers of the Civilized World and Pre-
pared for the Perusa1 of the Busy
Man.
THE INSURANCE PROBE.

The payroll of the Mutual Life Insur-
ance company was laid bare in the in
vestigation in New York, showing
President McCurdy gets $15O,000 year
and that many relatives hold fat jobs
President Mccall, of the New York
Life Insurance company, when asked
what action his company would take
with relation to the refusal of the in
surance commissioner of Nevada to
allow it to do business in that state
under present conditions, said the COM
pany would fight to the death.
President Mccall declares the New
York Life has spent $1.103, 920 III five
years fighting Matchmaking bills in
legislatures. He said the big compa-
MES are bounded in every state in the
union.
Senator Armstrong, chairman of the
New York legislative insurance inves-
tigating committee, says that the com
mittee will devote some time to fra
ternal insurance before it finishes its
.labors.
District Attorney Jerome, of New
York, stated he would ask for special
grand jury to investigate the big life
insurance companies. The son of the
president of the Mutual Life was paid
$1,705,681 in commissions, besides a
salary of 100000.
Germany and other European coun-
tries may bar the big New York life
insurance companies from doing bust
ness because OF revelations as to graft
Insurance Commissioner Davis, OF
Nevada revoked the license of the New
York Life company in that state be-
cause of alleged corrupt management.
James H. Hyde notified the New York
insurance investigators that he will not
appear voluntarily as witness, and at
tackled the legality or the inquiry.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

A strong movement is on foot in
both countries to bind Great Britain
and Russia by new treaty.
President Roosevelt favors a bond
issue of $13O,OOO,OO0 to pay expenses of
building the Panama canal.
The Illinois state food commission
has taken steps looking to the prose-
cution of dealers who refill stamped
butter tubs with butterine and an in
ferior quality of butter.
Dudley Buck, the famous organist
and composer, has severed the ties that
bind him to his native land, and hence
forth will live in Europe, according to
reports reaching New York.
Two students suffered broken legs, a
score of ribs were fractured and other
severe injuries inflicted in the annual
fight between the freshmen and sophie
mores of the University of Wisconsin
at Madison.
The convention of bankers of the
country in Washington next week is
expected to be an event of national i'm
portance. Elaborate preparations are
being made for the entertainment of
the men of millions.
Members of the interstate commerce
law convention charge the railroads
with making plans to pack the coming
gathering to defeat rate action.
Chicago banks drew liberal amounts
of currency from New York as a result
of the money movement to the west.
Americans and Europeans are buy
ing Manitoba wheat. The export trade
in oats is enormous.
Weekly trade reviews report contin-
ued activity, the absence of specula-
tive operations being an encouraging
feature of the situation.
The president will back the modified
Esch-Townsend rate BILL
David Harum," the novel written
by the late Edward Noyes Westcott, OF
Syracuse, N. Y, netted the authors
estate about $125,000.
Justice James Madison Barker, OF
the supreme judicial court of Massa
chusetts, died of heart disease at the
Union club, in Boston.
The National city bank of New York
determined to prosecute the boy bank
robber TO the limit of the law.
Charles E. Shively, supreme chan
cellor of the Knights of Pythias, in an
opinion just rendered, holds that an
Indian is not eligible to membership
in the Pythian order.
President Ramsey, of Wabash, has
applied for an injunction to prevent the
Gould interests meeting and eiecting his
successor.
President Mitchell laughs at the pre-
dictfons of general coal strike this fall
and says that the situation will work
out tremendously.
The weather bureau reports condi-
tons as extremely favorable for late
crops and that the various yields will be
very large.
The federal government will use evil
dence given in the interstate commerce
hearing in Chicago in the prosecution OF
railroad officials for giving rebates.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12
Peace PACT is
NOW accepted
THE NORWEGIAN sToRTHING
ADOPTS THE KARLSTAD
AGREEMENT.
The Vote Stood 1o1 to 10. Count
Wachtmeister Calls Attention to
the Anglo French Document of
1855.

Christiania, Oct. 1O-After two days
spent in excited discussion, the stor-
thing, at 1:30 o'clock this morning,
proceeded to a division on the propo-
sition of the minority to submit the
Karlstad agreement concerning the
dissolution of the union between Nor
way and Sweden to referendum. The
proposal was rejected by vote OF 100
to 8. The agreement was then ac-
cepted by vote of 1O1 to 16 This is
signal victory for the government.
In the course of the debate, Premier
Nicholson made an interesting speech
on the question of the selection of
king. He said that the offer of the
throne to member of the house of
Bernadotte was made as an expression
of good will. It had apparently, how
ever, been otherwise interpreted in
Sweden, as, according to King Oscars
observations to foreign newspaper
men, his majesty would regard his APP
prevail of such selection as personal
sacrifice. In conclusion, the premier
said that the question now appeared
to be outside actual politics.
Stockholm, Oct. .1O-Count Yacht
smeister, the minister of foreign affairs
of Sweden, in an interview calls at
tention to the continued existence of
the treaty of 1855 negotiated after the
Crimean war, in which Great Britain
and France engaged to furnish the
king of Sweden and Norway with ma
val and military forces sufficient to co.
operate with his forces in resisting the
pretensions or aggressions of Russia.
The treaty further binds the king not
to cede any Swedish or Norwegian ter
ritory to Russia nor to grant her any
coast privileges.
Count Wachtmeister adds that Swe-
den considers the treaty to be of great
Importance. The position of France
towards Russia has changed, yet he be-
lieves Great Britain has not forgotten
the treaty and holds to it.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12
THE DoUGHERTY SCANDAL.

Newton G. Dougherty, bank presi-
dent and educator of national reputa-
ton, was indicted by a Peoria, ILL.,,
grand jury for alleged school fund pee
ulations, which may reach 100000.
A total of 13 indictments have thus
far been returned against Newton G.
Dougherty, city superintendent of
schools and president of the Peoria
ILL.,, national bank. Ten of them are
for embezzlement and three for forg-
cry.
Because of the complications arising
from the forgery indictments returned
against Newton G. Dougherty, the Peo-
ria national bank, of which he was
president, has been closed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12
Land Discoveries.

La Crosse, Wis. Sept. 8. -Hamlin
Garland, of West Salem, the author
succeeded interesting number of La
Crosse capitalists in what he he terms
land discoveries made in Indian terri
tory year ago, and which he says
will make all who take advantage Of
opportunities offered wealthy beyond
their fondest dreams Garland and a
party of capitalists left for Muskogee
]. T. to investigate Garland's finds
made while he was in the West search
ing for local color for new novel OF
Western life.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12
The News Condensed.

WaukeSha.-JameS Rodgers, aged 81
years, who has been resident of Wau-
kesha county for 63 years, fell from q
window and died.
Racine.-A new organization to be
known as the Danish-American associa-
ton has been launched here to promote
commerce between the United States
and Denmark.
Kenosha.-The R. e. Sutherland COM
pany, one of the Oldest mercantile estab-
lishments in this city, has made a vol
untary assignment. The liabilities of
the company will be about $4,000. and
the assets $25,OOO.
Burlington.--A fire at Waterford de-
stroyed McCannas & Frazer's creamery
and adjoining building belonging to the
Waterford Milling company. The loss
is $4,000.
Windsor.-Ernest Schwebs has a
strawberry patch that is yielding it's
second crop of strawberries this sea-
son.
Grand Rapids.-Herman Rick, IL
years old, was fatally shot by Will
liam Ramton, a 14-year-old playmate
The boys were throwing up one an
others hats for targets.
Mazomie.-James Stuart, aged IA,
was killed by his own gun upon re-
turning from a hunting expedition
with his brother Robert, aged 16.
They had been out in a boat and. as
they stepped from it, the boy drew
his gun after him by the muzzle A
full charge of shot struck him in the
heart and he died instantly.
La Crosse.-The robbery of the post
office at Cashton has been reported to
Post Office Inspector Fraser. About
$500 in stamps was taken.
notwithstanding a note saying
she was tired of being alone, Mrs.
Rose DOUGH drank carbolic acid and
was found dead by her husband when
he returned home. The woman was
a member of wealthy family.
Milwaukee.-Fife Major William F..
Robinson, born nearly century ago
and a soldier in the Mexican war, is
dead at the soldiers home. He is
said to have played a fife continuously
during a march of seven miles in the
battle in which Maj Ringgold was
killed.
Madison.-At the end Of the last
fiscal year there we're confined in the
two state insane asylums 1,551 inmates
and the 80 county asylums 1852 in
mates, total of 1888, which was an
Increase of 100 over the preceding
year.
Fond du Lac-A second effort to
break the will of Samuel Level by hiS
brother John, wealthy resident OF
Buffalo and Niagara Falls, is being
made before Judge Fowler of the cir
cult court. Mr.. Level left most of his
money to the Reeves family of Fond
du Lac, who cared for him in his last
sickness.
Madison.-The records Of the secre-
tary of state show that there are more
than 1,400 automobiles in the state OF
Wisconsin
Brighton.-Joel Jepson, aged rs
years, who had gained considerable re-
nown in this part of the state on account
of the fact that he had lived for 80 years
with six bullets in his body, died at his
home here.
Milwaukee.-TheF First national bank
of Appleton, filed claim against the es-
tate of Frank G. Bigelow for $29,500.
This is the twelfth Wisconsin bank to
flle claim, and the twenty first, count
ing banks in other states.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12
Burned to De ath.

Butte, Mont. Oct. 1O.-Mrs. John
Long was burned to death in fire
which destroyed her home and her
fifteen-year-old son was seriously
scorched in a heroic effort to save her.
Another child was rescued with great
difficulty. Mrs. Long was asleep
when the fire broke out and was over
come by the smoke. Her husband and
their son were returning from work
when they discovered the house was
on fire. The father succeeded in car
rying out the younger child, and the
boy made futile effort to reach his
mothers room
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12
Cemetery Desecrated.

Marinette.-The Roman Catholic
cemetery at Pound was invaded and a
score of crosses and marble slabs
smashed. The damage amounted to
$780, At the time of the raid the
sexton was on the lookout for raiders
but said he did not hear anyone at
work during the night. 1t is believed
the mysterious raider is demented
stone cutter, because of the skilled
manner in which the stones are bro
ken.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12
Opening Many Mines.

Madison Wisconsin is becoming one
of the busiest mine states, if looking up
prospects can make it SUCH A number
of crews are boring for copper in Ash
land and Douglas counties, new lead and
zinc fields in Grant county, oil in Rock
county, onyx in Crawford and gold in
Dunn.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12
Irrigation work.

Belle Fourche, S. D., Oct Good
progress is being made in the prelimi-
nary work in connection with the
mammoth irrigation system near this
this place, on which the United States
government will expend the sum of
several millions of dollars
The construction of both the DIVER
sion dam and the inlet canal has prog
gressed satisfactorily during the last
few weeks, and good showing now is
being made. The excessive rainfall
during the early part of the season de-
laved work greatly.