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The Washington times., 1906-08-23
GAME FANCIER
PROPOSES PLAN
Would Establish ReSerVa-
tions to Protect Quail
From Onslaught.
HERE FOR A CONFERENCE
Charles Payne, of Kansas, Also Has
Scheme for Propagation Of
Pearls.

Charles Payne, one Of the best-known
maturalists OF North America, IS in the
GUY for the purpose Of cOnferring WITH
Government officials relative 10 the es-
Enlistment Of national reservations IN
the Southwest for game birds lie has
been travelling throughout the East ana
states that before his return 10 Wichita.
Kan. his home he hopes 10 have ac-
'compBshed some definite purpose. which
in the future VIII be the means OF pro-
tectlng the national game bird, the quail
from the onslaught Of the merciless
gunner.
Mr.. Payne has been a collector and
dealer IN living wild animals and game
birds for the past nineteen years. Dur
ing that period he has perhaps con-
tributed more game and Wild birds 10
geological gardens Of the country than
any other naturalist Of the Western
Hemisphere. He is one OF the largest
dealers in uqau In the world Several
months ago he says he shipped a large
number OF these birds 20 New Zealand
number Of Virginia deer were also
sent 10 the same place Geological gar
dens OF Europe have also been supplied
by Mr.. Payne with animals OF various
American species
In the Indian Territory.
Ar Payne believes that with the es-
tabiishment Of reservations IN the In
dian Territory a great service would be
done the nation. This move should
be made while President Roosevelt is
IN Office. he declared. as he contends
the President is one Of the best ir-
formed men on the game conditions In
the country.
IF a bill Is not introduced In Con-
gress while President Roosevelt IS in
Office" said MT Payne, the move
ment may never materialize, The next
President may be a man not at all IA
miliar with the game conditions OF the
country, and. furthermore. he may not
be inclined 20 listen 10 the proposition,
being, OF course. uniuterested In the
matter
The Washington times., 1906-08-23
RUSSIAN MONKS ROBBED
BY BAND OF BANDITS

BREsT-LITVOSK. Russia, Aug. o.
A band OF bTigands entered the mOnas-
terry here. bound the monks. and stole
everything Of any value IN The building
The Washington times., 1906-08-23

THOSE USELESS QUESTIONS.
Country Boarder-Hello. my lad; FISH
ing?
Boy without a catch)-Nopei Just
drowuin' worms.-BO5t0n Transcript,
The Washington times., 1906-08-23

$500 Rockville, Montgomery Co. Fair.
Use Baltimore & Ohio r. r. Tickets
good on all trains August II 20 "a, SlUJ.
including admission 10 the fair
The Washington times., 1906-08-23
In the Indian Territory.
For Cultivation Of Fish.

Mr.. Payne also believes In estf.b-
fishing artificial ponds for the cultiva-
tIon OF nsh industry. He contends that
the middle West is compelled 10 a great
extent % purchase fish from either
the Eastern OF Western section Of the
country BY the establishment Of
ponds ne believes hsh could be raised
I'm large numbers. lie saws a FISH '-yO
inches long placed IN a pond and Pr r-p-
erIy fed Will. I'm few years, become
eight or ten inches long.
Another project in which the naturalist
Is interested is the artificial propagation
of pearls. II his scheme proves 70 be
"a practicable one. then the world may
be supplied with pearls Of enormous
size and value without the trouble or
expense 10 which the producers Of these
gems are now occasiOned. BY insert
Ing a small inferior pearl into the
mouth of an oyster or clam Mr.. Payne
believes that in the course or time the
oyster. II properly treated. viii mater
alize the pearl
The Washington times., 1906-08-23

day in open-eyed amaztment FaSirs
are there In drOves. A county fair
would be a fat failure If the fakirs
were kept out, The side shows are in
fun blast. racing with exciting finishes
are seen each day, and I-e special and
select" amusements draw tremendU-
ously.
Barkegs at Side Shows.
Entering the fair grounds the visi-
tors ttention is attratcd immediately
by the foghoru voices of barSers in
front of the si3eshOws. GIVE look!
Give look" shouts the man with the
cant as he raps on the canvas on which
is painted AN Oriental maiden Of grace
and beauty she's here She's alive.
La Belle Fretal Stolen from the sui
tan's harem. boys! Stolen from the Sui
tan's harem. She does the hoochee-
kooche. commonly known as the mus
Gle dance"
Do not forS5t the takers, who sell you
a scent cake of soap. and purely TO ad-
vertise the commodity throw in
watch. chain, pair of diamond earrings.
wedding ring. shirt studs, cum buttons.
rubber nipple, half dozen haudker-
chiefs. and a palm leaf fan.
The games Of chance that are not to
be found at Rockville have not been
invented.
At the Wheel Of Chance.
Don't stand in your own light,
neIghbOr," cries the man with the
checkered suit and long mustache, who
is perChed on a soap box and has green
backs between his ringers. All it takes
is the nerve and the money, and
know the Rockville boys have got both.
You're bound 20 win some time if you
stick 10 1t long enough Spin the wheel
fortune smiles and you go home rich
The Washington times., 1906-08-23

more OF years say this one eClipses pre-
yiats ones seen iu this state The at
tendance is the best proof or this fact.
The weather has been ideal and the
management is satisfied with the re-
turns.
The merchants and manufacturers
emporium of progress is au Interesting
and instructive place. Under the one roof
the exhibitors have placed every con-
ceivabie farm implement. and there are
many demonstrators. Ia tho other eX-
hlblt halls are found farm and garden
products. pumpkins az sarge as Score
tary Taft, tomatoes four % the peck,
eEEplaUts as big cas- water buckets
sQuasues comparing fsyorablv 20 water
melons. and onions large and strong
enough 10 break coyotes back nine
miles away. Fruit in great variety IS
displayed growing plants. cut flowers
and floral designs are there in abGnd-
auCe Paintings, carvings photographs
embroidery. decorative art work. and
fancy sewing all have their place IN the
exhibit haN.
Live Stock and Races.
Sleek. weE rounded cattle of all kinds.
descriptions. and breeds. swine Of every
pedigreed stock, fancy horses. and fash
iOnable turnouts, struttlng ROSTERS and
sedate hens. waterfowl. and pet stock.
and everything else that one would ex-
pect 10 see at the up-tO-date county fair
is to be found on exhibition at Rock
vile.
The races are attracting "a great deal
or attention. AM the rivalry between
The Washington times., 1906-08-23
CLOTHES AFIRE FROM Gas JET.

Clothing coming in contact with a gas
jet in the cellar OF the house. at 100
New Jersey avenue northwest. cause a
slight blaze al noon today. The house
is owned and occupied by Edward Pur-
cell no damage was done 70 the prop
ertg.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30
Special to The Journal.

r Madelia, Mimi, Sept. 29.-In 1898
an industry that is now fourishing in
Cresco had unique beginning. The
cheese that Mrs. H. O. Thompson made
for the use of her family had long been
relished by the neighboring housewives,
who finally induced Mr.. Thompson to
fit up an old granary as a small fac-
tory where cheese was made under her
direction. On certain days when farm
duties permitted the neighbors were
notified and brought milk enough for
the cheese they needed for their own
use. p
It did not take long to show that
making cheese would be an easier and
better paying way to dispose of the
milk than butter making, so the little
factory was given better quarters, built
for the purpose, a regular cheesemaker
hired, and almost before MI. Thompson:
realized it he was both farmer and pro
prietor of a thriving factory.
After two years the business had
grown too large for Mr.. Thompson Ito
handle as q mere side issue with His
farming. The factory had grown to
be one of the necessary conveniences
of the district and rather than do with
|sout it, the farmers formed a stock COM
panY and bought it. It was moved to
a point more central for its patrons
/ than Mr.. Thompson IS farm, where Un
busy mornings fanked with milkcans
= III
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and teams it looks like stray bit of
village, for it is somewhat unusual to
find factory of the kind out on the
prairie eight or ten miles from the
nearest town.
The factory did very well in the
hands of the company, but the hired
cheeselEakers. were rather an uncertain
quantity. When one was finally Sc
cured who seemed able to make cheese
that tlckled the palates. of all the pa
irons, the company sold out to him.
Mr.. Charter has now owned the fac
tory for three years and is very en-
thuslastlc over its future. It has thirty
four patrons, the largest number since
it was built, receives on an average
1000 pounds of milk and turns out
from eleven to thirteen cheeses day.
We do not receive as much milk as
we ought to from farms of the size. of
those around here; the farmers do mot
keep all the cows that their farms could
easily support, was his Complaint.
~ Most of them keep Just enough so
that the milk balances the grocery bill.
they might make their dairy products
50 paying side line if the help did mot
object SO to milking. About the irst
question new man asks 4 farmer is
how many cows do you have to milk >
But the the farmers are beginning to see
that there is money enough in selling
milk to the cheese factory to overcome
that difficulty.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30
OscE0LA's PRODUCTION
!. IS CHECKED BY FIRE
Two Shafts of the Tamarack Also
Out of Commission Since
Last January.
Special to The; Journal.

out Underground in No. shaft of the
North KeaTsarge branch of the Osce-
ola Consolidated Mining company s
porpertY this week necessitating the
closing of that part Of the mine There
were $50 men in the mine at the time
and everyone escaped safely thru No.
shaft. :.
No. shaft, in which the North Kear-
sarge fire started, is one of the most
Important sources of production for the
:Osceola Consolidated company. No. l
and No. 8 shaft, which also have been
closed, were supplying upward of 1900
tons of rock daily the production of
the entire Osceola Consolidated proper
closing Of the shafts cuts off an i'm
portant source Of production, it will be
possible to increase the working forces
in the South Kearsarge and old Osce:
ola branches and enlarge the rock out
put at those shafts, partially offsetting
the loss thru the fire at the North Kear-
sarge.
At the Tamarack mine the fire. which
started last January in No. 2 shaft is
still burning evidently, or else the gas
which still fingers in the workings must
have been very thick. Timbermen are
working in No. 2 shaft, but in No. /
shaft, which is an upcast, the gas is
too deadly to permit men going below
with safety.
It is now eight months since the Tam
arack fire: was discovered and during
that time two shafts have been en-
|. tirely, useless and third was out of
commission portion of the time. It
+ is the opinion of officials that the blaze
has been extinguished.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30
Al ERTA WILL soon ::
Be SHIPPING Its i! OIL
Pipe Line from the Rockies to
Pincher Greek Will Be Oper-
+ H. ated in a Few Days.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. ='~~ ''< ~
Pincher Creek, Alta, Sept. 2e.-From
time to time stories of the vast oil
wealth lying along the eastern slope
of the Rocky mountains have been re-
ceived, but, apart from several mys-
teriousg- looking boreholes, securely
capped, nothing has been either seen
said to have been discovered. I.E%
A few days ago F. B. ferguson Of
the Western Oil g. Coal company re-
turned from a trip. to the company's
wells, and he, says. it will be shipping
Of October: The fact that shipping had
Not already been commenced, he ex-
and the difficulties attending a journey
into the oil country. Roads must be
graded, bridges built and dense for
ests cut out before even the machinery
can be taken in. 'F
Within few days forty-fve-mle
pipeline from the company's property
to this town will be completed, and
as soon as the last rivet has been driven
oil will be pumped thru to the reser-
vOir here, preparatory to shipping it
by the Canadian Pacific.
Mr.. Ferguson says that the stories
of many rich strikes Of oil in this dis
trict have not been exaggerated; in
fact, he is of the opinion that the min
eral wealth of southern Alberta is far
richer than anyone supposes.. All along
the slope of the Rocky mountains, from
the international boundary northwards,
as far as the strides of civilization have
yet reached, oil in paying quantities
has been struck. = e., ~. t. =.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30

Second Flagman Sent by Anxious
Engineer Found First One
Dead by Track.
Special to The Journal.

! Special to The Journal. y =
-, Negaunee, Mich, Sept. 29.-But for
a locomotive engineers premonition Of
impending danger, frightful wreck
would have undoubtedly occurred few
7 days since, son the Chicago & North
( was killed, as it was, but the fact that
many other. persons had an extremely
Fclose call from a similar fate was not
| brought out in the meager reports of
/ the fatality l!s:,s,',
| IA freight strain had taken siding
near Pensaukee in order to permit the
] passage Of a passenger strain, due in a
few minutes 1t was found, however,
4 that the siding was not long enough TO
] permit the train to clear the main line,
/ and the head brakeman was sent IS
/ flag the passenger in order that when it
) arrived tile two trains could "saW' by
each other. iiz.z
The. fagman had not been gone long
when the engineer of the freight train
q was seized with dread of an accident,
and to ease his mind a second brake
man was sent after the first. The
second hagman had gone only few
hundred feet from the engine when he
met the passenger. coming along at full
i speed He was successful in stopping
! 1T; and: climbing on the locomotive he
I. Inquired why the train had not. stopped
4 forS the flag of his brother brakeman.
!; He was informed that the train had
mot been tagged, nor had the brake
man been SEEN. :3$,
r. The passenger train was backed up,
1 and search was made for the first
j brakeman: He was soon found, "a
7 corpse, lying beside the track. From,
+ an examination made of the remains
it was surmised that he lay down for a
4 rest and had almost mmediately fal.
i len asleep on the track, where he was
:! caught by the oncoming passenger
I:scoopel up on the pilot and thrown tc
one side. .@' Death must have been in
Simultaneous, as there was large hole
in the head. { &. sstE$.
The premonition. Of impending peri
which had come over the engineer 81
the freight train proved to have beer
:; a merciful source of warning, for dis
astrous collision was averted. The
length Of the: freight. made it necessary
for part of it to remain standing on the
main line, and into these cars the pas
senger train would have crashed
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30
z. $500 - -" . - 80 J. q
DRY LAND FARMING E
A BOON TO MONTANA
Conservation, System Relied Upon to
Convert Vast Tracts into Farms and
Homes,
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Billings, Mont, Sept. 29.-Dry land
farming is receiving attention in Mon
tana, and many experiments are being
carried on here. Ranchmen residing
near this city believe that every acre
Of range land in this state and in
North Dakota can be made to produce
bountiful crops Of grain without the
aid of irrigation. :acH %.&>
From actual experiments it has been
been proven that dry land farming will
be a success in any region where the
annual precipitation is twelve inches.
I In Montana, the fall has been fourteen
inches for twenty-five years. "4%i@ :
The system so successfully carried on
is the mulching process on a scientific
\ basis. Bysi the moisture is retained
in the land, and what would otherwise
.Ro to waste, is made to produce crops
almost equal to those resulting from
irrigation.
. If this system is put into successful
operation it will simply revolutionize
things in the great semi arid west
Hundreds Of thousands of acres. for
decades deemed worthless, or at most,
fit only for range for cattle and sheep
will be converted into farms.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30
GRADING CREW At w0R

Special to The journal.
Wakpala, S. D., Sept. 2e.-The Pa
cific coast extension of the Milwaukee
railway crosses the entire width of the
Standing Rock reservation, distance
Of about a elf eighty II miles: This place vii
souri, river. -
The advent of hundreds of white
men graders and contractors-into the
hitherto forbidden Indian country was
not looked upon with favor by the In
Sdians, but they have entirely altered
their first ideas and are now competing
with and distancing the white man in
many branches. This is all the more
remarkable when one considers that
these Indians were for the most part
members mem rassO of sttiHg Bill band and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30
MONSTER FLOCK OF
BLACKBIRDS IN s.-
FLIGHT TO SOUTH

Miles of Winged Creatures Seen
Over an Iowa Town-Deafening
Chatter of Bird Tongues Aston
ishes Mankind Below.
Special to The Journal. -
Lake City, Iowa. Sept. 2e.-One OF
the greatest flights of bIackbIrds
seen In this county for twenty years
or since the draining Of the great
: sloughs, was observed directly over
this place on Friday morning. The
blackbirds are on their way to the
southland and tt appeared to those
who saw them flying over the town
that several large flights of the birds
had merged into one great company,
all intent In reaching the sunny south
before the nIpoing ,frosts. ,,e,....t
> The flight reached; for over two
miles to the west and rs far as the
eye could see to the south and there,
was no end Of the birds approaching.
from the sfnorthwest.3 The great wa!
tershed Of the state near Spirit Lake
souttwafd tdItStorm Ill axe. appears
to be . favorite pathway for the
flights of birds, Of all kinds and it
seemed that gtFsess blackbIrds came
from, this dlrsSttor. Wherever these
millions of iblsckblrds stop to feed
they cause much damage to fields
not yet harvested or to corn In the
field. F3zSAt ( y 49,
The noise OF the blackbirds. aitho
they were far. overhead. was like a
heavy rain failing on leaves In the
woods and now and then accom-
panied by the most deafenlne clatter
OF bird tongues eyer heard. :.,,s,-s. .ss.s.z
1t Is yet early for most birds to be
travelling southwark, but It Is sup
posed by those well versed In the
lore Of bird @zilfe,s&that this flock,
uniting, resolved TO travel together,
/ and thus was observed here before
/ any division had been made in its
E ranks. sSsffi$. -,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30

and have been hedged about with all
kinds Of restrictions and not allowed
much intercourse with the whites.
Indian Employs White Men.
The beef contract for furnishing the
grading camps of the entire line, west
Of the river, was given to mixed
blood Indian who employs white men to
do the butchering for him and sells
about one hundred head of beeves a
month, all raised by Indians on this
reservation. All the hay is furnished
and most of the freighting for. the
camps is: done by Indians, and vege-
tables and produce of oil kinds, come
from the red man s3garden. 49,
r The. heavy manual labor Sitting
Bulls followers leave to Indians Of
lesser degree, or to the white man. such
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30
MORE MEN THAN JOBS
IN THE COAST STATES
Spokane Writer Blames the Immi-
grafton Agents and the
- '"Boost Clubs"
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. ~,
Spokane, Wash, Sept. 2s.-various
papers in this part Of the west have
recently published articles pertaining
to the so-called scarcity of laboring men.
While there may possibly be a demand
| in San Francisco for skilled labor, and
for hop pickers, and also--from investi-
appearance Of the articles mentioned
bricklayers, the idle men in western
cities in this section are more than
adequate to fill the vacancies. ~,
e The zlaboring classes of the east
would do well not to heed the, call, for.
in most cases., it is a clever ruse to
! overrun the country with. idle men.
thus causing low wages as zconse-
| quence. :
| A little quiet thought, would be suf.
fcient for any sane man to come to this
| conclusion, for the destruction of San
Francisco has thrown more men on the
mercy Of other western ; cities than
would be needed in rebuilding a dozen
| Friscoes. Then, in addition to this, the
| enormous immigration last spring
brought thousands of men, women an. and
children of all classes to a country.
portrayed to them as a paradise, which
already was, overrun with idle men. ~
| AS a consequence there is now: an
| army Of men who have the immigra-
ton agents and the misre representing
! newspaper articles to thank for their
; disappointments with the west. 1 ::.
~ Idle Men at Spokane.
More idle men have been seen on
the streets Of Spokane in the past
month or six weeks than at any time
this summer, and the past two weeks
have seen more men in the employ
: ment office districts than for long
time before. -.
! Several days ago the writer counted
| over 800 idle workingmen on the
streets between Riverside and Front
avenue, and Stevens and Bernard
1 streets, which forms a square, two
blocks each way. =.
If this is true of Spokane, one can
easily realize the conditions in other
! western cities that have but little more
possibilities to boast Of than Spo
| kane.
I Only a few of the many who have
! come here from the east in the past five
years are satisfied with what they have
found, and every day one meets with
those who would gladly return if they
but could. Lack of work sufficient
for all, and Misrepresentation by the
boost clubs Of the different cities are
to blame for the encouragement.
Living In shacks.
Families who in the east enjoyed
luxuries and then sacrificed pleasant
! homes and surroundings to come west
one now finds living in small shacks or
the rear of some secluded lot on .the
outskirts; or, the more successful, have
a three or four-room house covered
with a coat of cheap weatherstain. .
A poor man cannot pay the price
asked for the good land here, and the
poor land is expensive as q gift.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30
RAILROADS SUED

$4,000 in Damages Asked of the M. &
rae St. L. and Great Northern.
Special to The Journal - ~ ~,
Emmetsburg, Iowa, Sept 2S.-The
Minneapolis & st. Louis and the Great
Northern roads are defendants in a big
damage suit that will probably come
up for trial at the October term Of the
Palo Alto county district, court. The
plaintiff is Mrs. Susan Mcclure Of AYR
shire, who asks $4,000 from the roads
for the death Of her husband and loss
of personal property. Last spring her
husband was burned to death in, car
near Fargo, while on his way to the
northwest with the personal effects of
the family. 2