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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-09-20

upon. This is less than was looked
for by some enthusiastic western peo-
pie, who maintained that increased
acreage necessarily meant an in
creased aggregate. Still, 90,O00,O00
bushels of wheat is 100000 better
than what was looked upon last year
as a good crop, and we do not think
Western Canada has much cause to
feel down in the mouth because the
acme of it's anticipations on the wheat
crop may not have been realized.
Taking one year with another, that
country has demonstrated that it can
be depended upon as great wheat
growing territory, and has to be reck-
oned' with in the markets of the
world.
The yield in oats has been in
creased this year by nearly 100000
bushels, the aggregate estimate being
75,725.600, with the average at Az
bushels to the acre. The estimated
crop of barley is placed at 16,9S0,600
bushels, which is slight increase
over the total of last year. Of fax the
estimate given is 690,184 bushels,
which is material increase upon last
years figures.
Following are the figures in detail
for wheat, oats, and barley in West
ern Canada for the three years last
past:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-09-20
Jurist Got His Fire,

Sir Francis Johnson, chief justice
of the superior court of province of
Quebec, on onS of his circuits in the
eastern townships during the winter,
put up at country hotel The night
was bitterly cold, and the hotel pro-
prietor was not extravagant in his
fuel supply or in the weight of his
blankets. The judge put over his bed
coverings his heavy coat and other
clothes; still the wind and arctic frost
become colder and colder, and sleep
he found impossible. 1t was after
midnight, and no one round to make
fire. The judge arose, and, putting
on his slippers and aressing-gown
went into the passage and shouted
with all his power: Fire. Fire!
Fire!" In a few seconds the whole OF
the hotel was aroused, and each
frightened one inquiring where it was.
Then came the proprietor. Painting
and scared, he ran for the Judge and
screamed out: Where is the fire,
where is it?" The judge, with merry
twinkle in his eye, replied: That's
what am trying to find" 4 good
fire was at once made in the hall,
and the rest of the night was passed
in comfort.
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Wheat in Western Canada
A Good Crop OF Excellent Quality Has Been
Raised This Year.

The grain crops estimates from the
Canadian West make range of from
87,00O,000 to 115,00e,000 bushels, and
an accurate statement will be some
where between these figures-prob-
ably not far from 9G,000,000 bushels.
This year a larger acreage was sown,
estimated at an increase of from IS
to 20 per cent, and had the average
yield of last year been maintained,
the aggregate would assuredly have
gone considerably beyond the 100000
900 bushel mark. The exceptionally
large influx of settlers was responsible
to a considerable extent for much of
the increased area, and, there can be
no doubt, is also responsible for
part of the decreased average yield.
The first crop raised by the new set
tler-often unacquainted with the
conditions of western agriculture-is
not usually prolific, and 1905-06 placed
a very large number of amateur farm
ers behind the stills of the plow; but
they will learn, and learn fast, and
with another season or two will help
to raise the average instead of de-
pressing it.
OF the estimates to hand, that of
the Northwest Grain Dealers assO-
citation is the lowest: Wheat, 87,203,-
900 bushels; oats, 75,725,60 bushels,
and barley, 16,980,600 bushels. The
Winnipeg Free Press sent out five
special correspondents, who returned
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Wheat Farms Valley Calgary.

the combined amounts, together with
that received from dairying and 9TH
er sources, are bound to make finan-
cial conditions very easy in the Cana
dian West until the next harvest ma
lures.
In the last week of August tour
Of inspection was made along the line
of railway in the wheat area by the
Northwest Grain Dealers association
and a number of American grain, ex-
perts. What they saw convinced
them that not only was the crop a
good average one, but the quality Of
the grain grown was admittedly Of
the best quality, and more than one
of the visitors stated that although
the yield might have been larger, the
quality could hardly have been i'm
proved. Speaking on this point, Mr..
J. F. Whalley, the well-known wheat
man of Minneapolis, said:
"The quality of the crop is excel
lent, and I think the average will be
No. 1 Northern. I was up with the
grain men two years ago, and I am
very much struck with the improve
ment that has taken place in these
two years. The growth is certainly
marvellous; there is not better coun-
try in the world than the Canadian
Northwest"
The past few years, in which agri-
culture has been carried on to any
great extent, have brought the prob
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"Father to the Man. I"

When DR.. John Dewey, now head of
the department Of physiology at Co
lumbia, was professor at Chicago, he
had good deal to say about the train
ing Of children. He particularly urged
that they should call their parents by
their first names. About this time he
went home one day to find water trick
ling through the ceiling Of his study,
and, on investigation, found his SON
converting the bathroom into nata-
torium. Mildly expressing his sur
prise, he was greeted with: Dent
stand there shooting off your mouth,
John; get mop and get busy before
the old woman comes home"
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Four men, bound hand and foot,
were standing beneath a truss of the
railway bridge, and above their heads
four ropes came dangling down, each
with a moose at the end. A grimly
silent throng of cowboys and miners
hedged them in.
One of the four, whose appeals and
protests were of no avail, appeared to
be the merest youth. He quaked with
terror as the moose was deftly slipped
about his neck
.'Oh, let me go-let me go!" he
sobbed; I'm a girl-Im only grill"
The man addressed and all the men
who had grip on the end of the rope,
ready to pull at the signal, gaped with
open mouths.
Girl" said Joe Merrill, the leader.
''Wnat are you doing here? How do
Won come with this gang of thieves"'
He took off her small felt hat, and
saw that her short, curly hair was as
black as velvet.
The girl continued to cry convulsfve-
". Merrill dropped her hat from nerve
less fingers. His face became as gray
as dust. SLACK up on the ropes!" he
commanded hoarsely. March them
down to Pizen; they can tell their story
there"
Falling behind the mob, which was
moving away like many-jointed crea-
ture, Merrill saw an opportunity to
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HE HELPS A PRISONER.
GG&EsE

There's tn maxim iv a ma-an in
nanny hobo" suggested Policeman
Flynn.
Possibly, possibly" admitted the
manager, but this is no eleemosynary
institution
Say that agn," said Policeman
Flynn; Il don't folly ye."
Il say this is no charitable institu-
tion,' repeated the manager. We're
looking for a workman and not a
tramp. Did that fellow convince you
tIat he really wants to work."
''I'll la-ay me hat ag'in a plugged
nickel that he wa-ants T. to get job
tn worst wa-ay," asserted Police
man Flynn. eff ye're lukkin' FIR a
ma-an, why don't We give him a
cEanst?'
The manager looked surprised. but
not convinced.
why, as a matter of fact" he said,
II don't believe he wants job. That
was only an excuse to escape arrest
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tEThere, Officer" Run This Fellow IN. +"
the fact that he had been prepared for
neither a business nor a trade. So,
while it was possible to get men of
better attachments for even minor po-
sitions, his services were at dis
count. Even as day laborer, he
lacked the physique that would COM
mend him to an employer.
But I'm honest he protested. 81
really want to get a job, but what
chance is there for me in these
clotheS?"
"Thrue FIR ye," replied Policeman
Flynn, looking at the dilapidated suit.
"'Tis like We dhressed in tn da-ark
an didn't notice what We was ta-akin'
from tn wardrobe
FLYNN was on night duty at the time,
and the arrest was made just as he
was relieved In the morning, so he
brought the prisoner in himself and
had him booked as vagrant. Then
he sat about the station and smoked
for time before going home to break
fast
"'Tis a sha-ame," he muttered, "that
tn la-ad sh'u'd be stint up If he wa-ants
fr to work."
After little he went to the cell in
which the man was confined and beck
oned him to the door.
Honest, now," he said, "w'u'd ye
work. If we had tn chanst?"
Gust try me-" answered the man in
a tone that carried conviction with it.
Policeman Flynn left the station in
thoughtful mood, but, instead of 60
ing home to the waiting breakfast, he
went back to his beat and presently
stopped at the place where he had
made the arrest. In one of the win
dows of the establishment was the
sign: Man Wanted"
"I thought l ray-mimbered it," he
said, as he went in and asked to see
the manager.
"Ye're 1ukkin' FIR ma-an?" said
Policeman Flynn inquiringly, when he
had reached the managers office.
''Yes," admitted the manager. DO
you know of one?'
"Ye're lukkin' FIR ma-an," repeat
ed Policeman Flynn, "an' whin We
ha-ave ye-er ha-ands On wan that
wa-ants FIR to work. We sind him to
tn polls station"
I'm looking for man and not a
hobo" retorted the manager, sharply.
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"a, 166, 22S 74,211,26O 1871. 1886

"a, 1925 74,2ll,260 1873, 1885
This year, the lowest returns, as we
have stated, are estimated at: Wheat,
87,2O3,0O0 bushels; oats, 75,725,6OO,
and barley at 16,9S0,600 bushels, which
is very satisfactory, if not absolutely
satisfying. To better appreciate this
fact, all that is necessary to do is to
go back 25 years in the history Of
Western Canada. At that time the
agricultural product of the whole
country was confined to Manitoba,
and consisted of 100000 bushels Of
wheat, on an acreage of $1,000 and
1,270,268 bushels of oats. The entire
crop was at that time required for
local purposes, and the export trade
was an unknown quantity. To-day,
allowing nearly 20,000,000 bushels of
wheat for local consumption and seed
ing, there will be about 7O,0OO,OOO
bushels for export, which at 70 cents
per bushel will bring in outside money
to the extent of nearly $4,000, 900.
The barley and oats exported are
good for an additional 25,000,000, and
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II was dark and early, the second
morning after Maggie Drew's narrow
escape, when a silent figure glided
from the brush to the stable where
MERRILL kept his horse He led the
animal forth, saddled him hurriedly,
and then proceeded to make him wet
ct a watering trough and to make him
foam with soap Next he took piece
of folded paper from his pocket and
tied it to the stirrup.
Leading the horse across the road
beneath the windows of the Russell
house, where Maggie Drew was stay
ing, the inhuman being cut tendon
near the hoof in the right foreleg of
the horse, and thereby rendered him
helpless. The agonized creature gave
a shrill cry of pain.
Evidently satisfied, the man-form
gliGed again to the brush and disap-
peared. At the second neigh of the
helpless horse a window went up and
Maggie Drew was looking forth. The
pitiful horse-cry continued. Presently
came a noise of shutting doors, and
then the faces of the two Russell girls
were also at the window.
II know that horse is in pain" said
the voice of Maggie. She soon came
running out, half-clad and wrapped in
a shawl. Her quick eyes rapidly took
in the situation. She knew the horse
coulC barely hobble, she thought he
had come on a terrible chase. Then she
I1n CIT
One of the chattering girls brought
light and read the note which Charlie
Marshall had written at the Pack-Mule
claim.
Maggie made no sound when the end
was reached.
She put on her boys clothes as if by
instinct. With the note in her shirt
she ran to the shed.
She saddled an astonished broncho
and like a spirit of the wind he shot
away at the top of his speed.
A cry came floating down the gulch;
then a series of yelps. She knew the
voice of the timber wolf, when three or
more are banded together, and the
sound gave her thrill of dread
Almost Immediately she raced about
curve, and felt that the wolves were
near at hand. The light had increased.
In a second she saw the animals,
standing at bay before man, who was
bound hand and foot.
"HiI" cried Maggie, instinctively,
forgetting herself for the second.
"Maggie!" shouted the man. who mad
rubbed off the gag on the rocks.
That second Maggie slipped to the
ground, fell headlong, regained her feet
snd went running back along the trail.
She painted; her hat was gone; her
knife was clutched wildly in her hand.
"Hii Hi! Hill" cried the girl again.
the cowardly beasts ran a rod and
stood to gather courage. Her knife
slipped quickly across the ropes-her
brother was free-to defend, to protect,
to fight.
"Bronny!" she cried, and tainted in
his arms.
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as a vagrant. Just remember how he
looked. Everything was against him. .
AN Everything will be aginst him
| till some wan gives him tn chanst"
insisted Policeman Flynn. 'Oho!
we're a fine lot iv gazabos in this
world, we are FIR sure. We throw a
ma-an down an shtand on his chist,
an thin we ask him: why don't ye
get up?' I'm thryin' to- says he;
give me a ha-and,' he says. Get up
first we says, niver takin' fut off
, his chist; we'll be gla-ad FIR to help
| ye,' we says, 'whin ye're on ye-er feet.
Did We niver notice how we hold out
tn helpin' ha-and to thin that's up
an TURN our ba-acks on thin that's
DOWN."
"To tell the TRUTH" said the man
ager, thoughtfully, eff the fellow had
looked halfway decent and had had a
home / would have been tempted to
give him trial, for we need a good,
willing man."
eye must ha-ave home befoor ye
can get work., and We must get work.
befoor We can ha-ave home" COM
mented Policeman Flynn. "Ye must
ha-ave tn clo'es FIR tn job, but ye
must ha-ave tn job FIR to get tn clo'es.
Dye see tn wa-ay it comes out?"
you're a clever pleader," asserted
the manager, with a laugh. 'Sit down
and tell me what you have learned
about the man. It's strange to find a
policeman helping vagrant."
"'Tis often done, if We only knew 1t, !"
said Policeman Flynn.
When the case was called in tho po-
lice court Policeman Flynn gare all
present the surprise of their lives
"Ye-er Honor" he said, 'I'll ask We
FIR to Fave tn ma-an go. I made a
mista-ake. He do be havin' job"
"He doesn't look it," returned the
magistrate. "He looks like a hobo
without food or shelter. Has he any
money!"
Policeman Flynn looked troubled,
but only for a minute. Then he
reached into his pocket, pulled out a
silver dollar and coolly handed it to
the prisoner.
"Yis, ye-er Honor" he said, blandly.
discharged" said the magistrate.
Then he added thoughtfully, half to
himself: "You can make man and
unmake him and remake him, and the
job that's least often done is the last
one, but l believe that policeman is
trying it,
Copyright 1906, by Joseph p Bowles)
Copyright, by the Century Coz
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Iron Industry in Sweden.

Extensive projects for the establish
ment of iron works on the west coast
of Sweden are now under considera-
ton, but it is alleged that such works.
in order to be successful, must not be
dependent on the home markets, but
be in a position to manufacture cheap
ly and compete with other produce
in the markets of the world. This. IL
is admitted. is of more Importance to
the new industry than either an ex'
port duty on iron or heavy customs
duties on foreign produce introduces
into Sweden
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One Way Round.

An old man who sells produce in the
towns near Lowell, Mass, has his
share of the best kind of wit-the un-
expected Not long ago he delivered
pair of dressed chickens to one OF
his customers. She was in the kitch-
en- when he brought them in, and,
woman-like, shivered little when she
saw the headless fowls.
81 should think you'd simply hate
to cut off the heads Of those innocent
chickens!" she exclaimed, invoIun.
tarily.
Il do" replied the old man, land so
I never do it. manage to get around
it,
How" the housewife demanded.
with eager interest. "The heads of
these chickens are gone"
80, yes said the old man, cheer
fully. 81 chopped the chickens off,
Lowell Citizen.
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AT THE PACK-MULE CLAIM
By PHILIP VERRlLL MIGHELS.

man brute; again he fought the fight
III which he nearly killed the fellow
for N unbearable insult to Maggie.
AS for Marshall, he had plan con-
cocted in his ingenious brain. He
meant to possess the Drew ranch
alone. His father was dead; Mrs.
Drew-Marshall was i'll; Bronson Drew
was in his power, and Maggie-he was
planning concerning the girl.
In the late afternoon he composed a
rote to Maggie Drew, urging that she
come at once to render aid. This he
signed with the name of his prisoner;
and certain old-time pet names which
he had heard frequently pronounced
he employed to give his note genuine
flavor.
Then he walked rapidly up the ra-
vine to a spring, where. his horse was
concealed in the willows, and rode
away to the north.
Bronson Drew, half choked, cut by
the ropes about his arms, furnishing
for water, was keenly alive to suffer-
ing.
Now an OdOr stole to MS senses; 1t
was faint and fieeting. Before he could
catch it the air had diluted its essence.
1t came again-smoke! Something was
burning!
Suddenly slender flame went lick
ing upward in a corner.
Drew was numbed with horror To
be roasted alive-this was to be his
fate! He worked and wrenched at hf=
fastenings madly.
A knot gave way. The rope was as
good as broken. With great contor-
ton Drew squirmed himself free. He
rolled over, got on his knees, and
jumped, with his feet tied together and
his hands behind his back through the
door.
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France is reviving some of her hand
made lace industries with much sue
cess. In 1908, the French legislature
provided for girls being instructed in
making handmade laces in the schools
and for more advanced courses in the
chief lace centers, and the results are
now showing themselves; $4,000 are
said to be engaged IN lace-making, but
this is nothing compared to the num-
Der employed in old times. Hand
made lace in our day will never GUST
machine-made lace. but there is room
for both
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after 20 days with a somewhat better
report and gave reasons for the faith
that was in them. They had Travelled
all through the spring wheat district;
had driven 1,4OO miles through the
grain country, besides travelling thou
sands of miles by rail; and they had
visited SO localities and knew where
of they spoke. They reported: Wheat,
90,250,000 bushels, on 4,750,O00 acres,
with an average yield of 10 bushels
per acre. The western division of
the Bank of Commerce also investi-
gated with the following result:
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Borroughs-Say, old man, got ten
dollar bill about you?
Brokeleigh-No, but I've got nine
dollar bill
Borroughs-Come off! There isn't
such q thing.
Brokeleigh-I wish there wasn't,
but my tailor has me down on 1t:
DIR. to one pr trousers"
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An odious Comparison.

Doesn't Scrubbly look cheap beside
that magnificent, well-dressed wife OF
his?"
81 should say so! He looks like q
bar.tender's shirt-stud beside the Koh-
i-noor."-Judge.
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nelicacy is to the mind what fra
GRANGE is to the fruit.-A. Poincelot.

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color
more goods per package, than others, and
the colors are brighter and faster.
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W0MEN7S NEGLECT
SUFFERING THE SUREPENA
Health Thus Lost Is Restored by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

How many women do you know who
are perfectly well and strong? We
hear every day the same story over and
over again. II do not feel we'll am
so tired all the time I"
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There ought to be some method OF
restraining people who dodge in order
to avoid getting what is coming to
fhn1n
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Marshall, the hunted, rode like a
fiend that night. to escape his pursuers,
but they caught him in the Pack Mulo
ravine and strung him up to the near
est tree.
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Saved Many from Drowning.
Five hundred persons saved from
drowning in 4S years was the record
achievement of Christian LANCER a
Danish boatman, who has just died
at Harboe, Jutland, aged SO.
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WHEEL BARROWS and TRUCKS
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Alberta.

All of which goes to show that a
wheat crop of nearly if not fully co.
100000 bushels may be safely counted
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A Positive
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France Revives Lace Industry.

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