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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-13
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AsItINGToN, D. C.--"The
MI people would ike to know just
w what Uncle sam IS DOING az
Panama
| made this remark 10 Mr.. Theodore
p. shonts, the chairman Of the isthmian
canal commission az we chatted togeth-
er In his office near the war department
not long ago. IN reply MI Shonts
brought out lot Of maps and we trav-
eled together across The canal zone in
specting the work. The war depart-
ment receives weekly reports as to lust
what is going ON and any changes OF
note are recorded by cable.
NY first question was as 10 whether
the dirt had really begun to ny.
IN one sense Il has" replied Mr..
shonts. "and In another sense II has
not The work of the canal construc-
zion IL properly divided into two parts.
one Is the getting ready TO build ana
the other Is actually doing the work
The getting ready Is what we are doing
HOW anu VIC W. 'ib'F - ~, -
that respect. we ore mahiIls we III
ing terminals, railway tracks aud yardS
and working out largo number OF en-
gineerlng problems, IN 'nls seuse we
dirt has begun TO ny, az lar az ~ pos
slble IN connectlon WIN tll5' p.tpa'" =,
tion. IL WIN ny raster anu Ias,sl ~
time goes ON, ana W,thin ieW "eens
from now we snuil W lnaAi lis ,h ~ e,
ceptible impression on partS Vi '''e e~'
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'The monln before my ~ s'sn ~
had moved z4V,VyV cuplo ye, n ilVi ,,o o,'L
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an average OF less tn.th a. 1917 tr,, ill.,
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-13

theoretically than the Americans, mat
II Is hardly fair to consider them on
the same basis. However. that Is a
matter that Congress will have to de-
teImine We pay our men by the
hour. and we can by law give them
Only as hours a week. II we could
work them for 10 hours a day, we
could give them so hours a week: and
in that case they would accept lower
wages than they now receive. AS a
matter of fact the skilled laborers
would rather have the 10-hoW day,
and some OF them would be glad to
work over time at extra pay. AZ II Is
now, they expect to get time and q
half for all work done over eight
hours"
CHANCES FOR YOUNG MEN AT
PANAMA.
What do you now think of the
chances for young Americans at
Panama."
''They are good The wages are
higher than in the United States, and
there is no more risk of health there
than there Is in railroad building In
many parts Of our southern states"
"Do you have many applications for
places?"
PLENTY of them. Our mail Is I'LL
ed with letters from men of all classes
who want to go to Panama: and we
are sending down mechanics and 9TH
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ers By almost every steamer, We have
no trouble In getting all the men we
want. and those who are now Apply
inc arc far better than those OF the
past. Among the first corps that
went there to clerk and do other work
were q lot of sissy boys, who expected
to lead a luxurious life in the tropics
with settler and apolliuaris on tap
The men, we have now. are earnest,
Woodworking fellows. who go down 20
stay and grow with the work.
SIS there much dissatisfaction AMONG
the clerks?"
mo, | heard no complaints during
my stay on the isthmns. In TACT
attended a dinner there Of the me-
chanics and others al C0rozal where
The men made speeches denouncihg
some recent newspaper criticisms Oh
the work and eulogizing the officials in
charge | am safe In saying that there
is no dissatisfaction In Panama.
NEW HOMES AND NEW BLOOD.
Have you sufficient quarters for
the men. MIR shoots"
"Yes. We have done great amount
OF building since we took charge and
we could give quarters to 5000 more
employees than We now have. we
are building and Improving right
along We have niue hotels on the
canal zone and nearly every American
has q room looking out ON veranda,
sometimes alone and sometimes with
n roommate. The Tiyoll hotel az An
con. which Is intended moro especially
for tho administration employees, mas
100 sleeping apartments. We have a
practical builder I'm charge of the new
construction and more than 2,0OV
men are now putting up new buildings
and repairing the old ones
How about food?'
1--WE have organized a good system
OF supplying the men with meals at low
rates. The native workmen are charged
10 cents meal and the Americans pay
20 cents n meal at the hotels The ma
tive food Is, OF course, much cheaper
than the American. A Decent meal con
sists Of soup made of meat and some
rice, sweet potatoes or yucca and ba-
nGnas. That Is sample. OF course,
there is considerable variety. | have
eaten such meals and they are not bad
"How about the 30-ccnt American
meals?"
They are TO be found at the hotels
and mess houses. They are just about
equal to the 50-cent meal that one gets
at q country hotel in the United States
The bin OF fare usually includes several
kinds OF meat, some vegetables. fruit
and perhaps Ice cream or pie We have
established cold storage plants and put
refrigerator cars on the railroads. and
We are doing all we can to make the
men comfortable
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Snull tlidt IL VIII W lhR's9ip'S
work O large number Of men III them AT
ono time, and this will limit our pos-
aitllltes.'
WHEN IN FULL SWING.
rs 40 steam shoyels the maximum
capacity of operation
mo we shall install more and more
MS rapidly as we can. We have now ol
steam shovels on the isthmus aud we
shall work by night as well rs 10y day,
using electricity 10 give Us the light
what are you doing with the old
French machinery"
we are still using some OF il. but
are Introducing modern appliances JUST
as rapidly as they come There vs. no
economy IN working over the French
stuff. IL is out of date, out OF repair
and win go to the scrap heap jus, as
soon as new tools and tracks can take
It's place
UNCLE SANS NEW TOOLS
Gave me some idea of what you
have already bought
~ can hardly do that IN detail, re-
piled Mr. Shonts. although We have 1t
item by item We have spent more
than $4,000. 900, and this covers all kinds
OF materials from steamships to blast
ing powder. We have 81 steam show
els, 800 Hat cars. and more than 800
dump cars. We have more than 1000
tons Of steel rails, mucn of which Is
already In place. We have laid tracks
through tho Culebra cut Of steel rails
which weigh 70 pounds to the yard,
and we are double-tracking the road
across the isthmus We have n large
number OF tracks running from Culebra
cut to a distributing yard, where the
cars Will ba made up into larger trains
for heavier engines 10 take on to the
dumping grounds. This VIII enable the
engines on the tracks TO the cut to be
kept busy all the time bringing in loads
aud carrying back the empties.
In addition to these" continued Mr..
Shonts. 1--WE have new and powerful
locomotives, hundreds OF box cars, a
number OF modern passenger coaches,
hosting plants OF various kinds and IL
BOOSTING englnea We have bought
more than 1000 900 pounds Of dyna-
mite and blasting powder and l52 rock
drills. AS to building material, our
lumber purchases alone have been more
than 30,000,000 feet, and we have also
something like 10000,0 600 bricks. and
half 2 million square feet OF roofing
tile The work Of house construction
IL going on throughout the zone. and
we are steadily improving our quarters
for the mon.
$4,000 MEN WORKING.
Just about how many men have you
at work?'
Something like $1,000" said Mr..
Shonts. 'By far the greater part of
them are foreigners and considerable
number are Spanards.
rTell me something about the Span
lsh laborY'
This Is made up OF men whom We
imported from the north of Spain. They
are of the same character as those used
by Sir William Van Horne In building
the Cuban railroad, and we find them
excellent workmen. We have tried u
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ABOUT HEALTH.

do you think you have stamped out
the yellow fever Mr.. Shonts?" | asked.
I'VE have had no cases since last No
Vember and the warfare on the mos
quito seems 10 have largely abolished
ner from the isthmus Many OF the
men are growing careless and fail to
put down their mosquito nets at night;
and the fear of yellow fever has for the
time departed, Indeed, | was surprised
TO find so few mosquitoes Take La
Boca. where our wharves are. had oc-
casion to stay there over night. and
slept on one of the Pacific mail steam
ers without mosquito netting or any
other similar protection. During the
evening did not see a mosquito, and
1t was only after going to bed that
heard one buzzlng. | got up, turned ON
my light and killed IT, and then went
back TO bed, The work done by the
sanitary commission In that respect Is
wonderful. year or so ago one stop
ring at La Bdca would have been eaten
up by mosquitoes. Now there are not.
! venture, on the 10-mile zone one-hun.
dreth as many mosquitoes as on any
similar strip along the New Jersey
coast"
rs the malaria also disappearing?
we are decreasing the malaria, said
the chairman Of the isthmian canal
commission, but there will always be
more or less Of that at Panama Just
as in many parts of the United States.
! would say, however, that the health
of our employees is extraordinarily good
We have a sick rate OF only twenty per
thousand, and that IL a better showing
than in New York city. DR.. Gorgas
reports that there are $50 beds vacant
In the hospitals, and he is sanguine that
he can now control the health situation
Our quarantine arrangements are good
and we shall do everything we can to
Keep out yellow fever and other dis
eases. Indeed, ! doubt II there is any
place In the world so carefully watched
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Pensacola the daSaged
o
the Pensacola Navy Yard of the ships berthed there
Fort Mobile habor reduced there
reaching 100000
Thyeight vessels driven ashore the Mississippi
Philip sustained $4,000 damage
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Gulf Sept
territory affected
southern section of the
count
partially
OF path been
and the loss placed
to
high dry and mayne reach
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AMUSEM ENTS.
an nhout amusements2o

How about amusementsP"
1--WE have been very busy improv-
ing the sanitary conditions and have
not done as much In that line as We
should like to do. Nevertheless we have
established reading rooms in the hotels
at Corozal and Cuebra and equipped
brass band which has been organized
by the employees of Christobal. The
Americans are adapting themselves to
conditions there. They are forming
clubs OF various kinds, and, among
other things, an International UNIVERSE
" club, which Is composed of Ameri-
can and Panaman college men. The
Masonic and other orders already have
branches there"
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Doing And Steam Shove Their D
Scapeap-Tn Men Working The Spanards T5 he
DQgesChance Young Memo Lack OF AppcantThe New H
And 10 to 80 CensChe Engineer
Canal As An Eight Years job ~
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be about / 200 feet long ana several
Hundred feet wide They will be so
small that IL will be impossible to
work q large number Of men In them at
orc time, and this will limit our poe
aitllltes"
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19
Oddities of English.

Bribery" is word with a curious
history. In the old Geneva Bible it is
said of the scribes and pharisees that
they make clean the outer side of the
cup and Of the platter, but within they
are full of bribery" The authorized
version has "extortion," and there Is
no doubt that by bribery" the Gen.
eva Bible meant robbery. Bribery"
probably meant originally morsel,
a broken-off piece, but 1t occurs first
in old French, signifying a piece Of
bread given to beggar. Hence the
italian "birba," vagrancy, and the old
French "bribeur," a beggar or greedy
devourer. "Bribe" developed in two
directions-in the senses Of robbery
and Of present. When Falstaff
speaks of ga bribed buck" he means
not one that has been corrupted, but
sone that has been stolen.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19

| CHESTER was down.
The second round was minutes;
Blomberg was down.
The third round wad 81 minutes;
Louie CHESTER was down.
Blonberg did all the rushing; Louie
CHESTER played quiet. In the third
round the boys did fast work.
Mr.. ,Ceary, the well known salesman
on the 500 line, was fishing in Ingram
Tuesday.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Rockdasher,
Tuesday, girl.
DR.. Johnson had a call Tuesday in
Ingram
Grunseth's Bean Eaters will play
Tony's second nine or Glen Flora s
second nine, May goth. They will give
rain checks at the grand stand office.
A. Kearney made trip to Hawkins
Wednesday on business.
Charley Hansen is busy fixing up the
Ingram sidewalks.
Prof. N. G. Tabor of Dorchester was
in Ingram Thursday. He is going to
organize orchestra and brass band.
Jack Collier had an auction sale on
his barn Friday night at his home. The
barn was bought at fifteen dollars.
Butler Grunseth has new telephone
in his post Office.
Miss Agnes Freeman from KEENAN,
came to Ingram to work for Mrs. Shee-
han at the Kearney house.
The Ingram Cubs will play Ladysmith
team May Goth at Ingram.
M. Y. Cliff has received new supply
of new wagons.
The base ball season opened Sunday
May 18th. Ingram played the Tony
Giauts. Both teams played fast ball.
The feature of the game was Kaster's
pitching and batting. The Ingram Cubs
are getting up little courage and are
in hopes of beating Ladysmth May 20.
About one hundred and fifty people at
tended the game.
Ingram Cubs Northumberland 3
Tony Giants. 6
Migrants battery: Raster and Du-
fore.
John Martin was down from Hawkins
Saturday on business between trains.
The count and countess from st. Paul
were in Ingram Saturday fishing trout.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19
Hospitality in Children.

Hospitality should be encouraged In
children as far as 1t Is within the
means OF the parents to do so. Let
them have their little teas and amt.
versary parties. 1t will help them to
develop this trait and will give them
an opportunity to put In practice
amenities of social life which they
are expected to observe in later life,
says the Brooklyn Times. There IL
nothing more excellent to behold than
q child with easy, gracious manners,
free from shyness and without hcI..-
ness.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19
Bait, Box Ready for Business.

The Rev. M. H. Smith, while pastor
of the Methodist Episcopal church OF
South Londonderry, Vt, preached at
least one sermon which will be re-
membered. by those who heard 1t. His
text was, "Follow me and will make
you fishers Of men,"
Now the minister was great lover
Of trout fishing, and his baby boy of
4. who was then making mud pies In
the parsonage yard nearby, knew 1t
well. Hearing his father talking
about fishing, and wishing to help
papa get ready, he got the bait box
and, trudging up the center aisle
straight to the pulpit, he held 1t up
and said, Here's your bait box, papa. .
Luckily for the minister, he was
nearly through, and he managed to
finish without smile.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19
DECORATION PROGRAM
Memorial Day Will Be Observed by
the Veterans and the


Arrangements are being completed
for the observation of Decoration day
by the local veterans, and general pub.
lie of the city.
Reverend Barstow will preach the
sermon and Mayor Johnson has been
requested to deliver an address.
Committees are at work perfecting
the program of the occasion which will
be printed next week.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19
Tricks That Dc MOT pay.

The only things that do not pay are
nefarious lies, mean receptions. low
trickery, and cheap cunning, or super.
fetal smartness, all OF which, while
undermining systems, soon wear them.
selves out and by exposing their weak
ness in ultimate failure. aeeentuate
the abiding strength and sterling
worth of sincerity.-Los Angeles
Times.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19

case of widow burning Is re-
ported from Margpur village in the
Hurnal district, India. A woman who
lost her husband two or three years
ago recently made funeral pyre. set
fire to it and persisted In the flames
In the presence Of large number
OF persons. All efforts to dissuade her
proved unavailing. The police did not
arrive In time to save her life.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19
DECORATOR DAY AGAIN
The Day Should Be Observed in a
Manner BETTING the Import
of the Day.

Manner BETTING the Import
of the Day.
The passing. of the year again brings
Decoration Day near at hand. It is a
day that should be set aside as spec
ial occasion. It should not be observed
as one Of gayety-but as one of serious,
thoughtful observation.
The. Fourth of July is a different dav
and one in which pleasure may well be
mixed with the more serious features
of its observance Not SO with Decora-
ton day. The latter is rather one for
deep reflection, for meditation upon
the accomplishments that have follow
ed and should follow the efforts of
those who created the occasion, for the
paying of tribute to their memory and
for the etudy of lessons from others
lives. -.
It can be made a grand occasion
grand in all the better thought, the
finer senses, the nobler Inspiration and
the more worthy aspirations that nat
urally come forth from it's observation.
The proper observation of the day
whether in participation in the cere-
monies of the occasion or in quiet,
studious day at home, should make
better men, women and children
should tend toward a better world.
Observe the day, in thought if not in
action, in sentiment if not in manifest
alton.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19

Ingram, Wis, May 17,-Louie Soule
from Tony was up visiting his father
and mother-in law, Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Adams.
Mr.. Murdoch left for his home in Cat
awba Saturday.
L. E. Chambers was capsized by a
drifting boat last Thursday while fish
ing at the creek.
Mr.. Snyder went to Alemena Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burgson went to Lady
smith Monday.
Fred Morrisy of Tony came back to
Ingram Monday to finish loading the
John Helms logs.
John Louise went to Fan Claire Mon
day on business. He is thinking of
moving his family to that place.
S. B. Morresion was in Ingram Tues
day selling the Singer sewing machines.
Peter Conway was in Ingram Monday
he left for his home in Hustler. He is
running hotel and livery.
Miss Lena Seegar left for her home
at KEENAN, Tuesday.
Mrs. Chambers and Mrs. Mcfarland
returned from Eau Claire Tuesday.
Mrs. Chambers father came back with
them.
DIR. J. A. Averill of Chippewa Falls
has located in our town. His Office is
at Adams hotel.
The Ingram Cubs will receive their
base ball suits in about teu days. They
cost the boys forty-fve dollars.
Mrs. Jim Chambers and Mrs. Jack
Mcfarland left for Chippewa Falls Fri
day.
Miss Arlie Hutchins went to Lady
smith Friday.
Mr.. Goldberg was in Ingram Friday
selling goods to private families.
Mr.. johnson, the jeweler, was in In
gram Friday.
Mr.. Everett's mother came to Ingram
Tuesday to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Everett.
Mr.. Van Etten returned home Tues
day.
A. Kearney returned to Ingram Tues
day.
w. B. Coardy is now taking subscrip-
ton for the Ladysmith News.
J. A. Averill went to Chippewa Falls
Wednesday on business.
L. CHESTER went to Turtle Lake We'd
nesday to spend a few days with his
family.
Mr.. Pratt of Ladysmith was an Ingram
visitor Wednesday.
Miss Lena Seegar returned from
KEENAN, Friday where she was called
home to the funeral her father.
Tom Kassidy left for his home in
Kennan Friday.
Mrs. Suprey went to Ladysmith Fri
day.
William Furgnson went to Superior
Monday to look after his land.
Louie CHESTER and Mr.. Blomberg of
Prentice gave wrestling match at
Collins hall May 18th.
Blomberg weight -23O pounds. Louie
CHESTER weight-204 pounds. The
wrestling started at 9:35 p. m. Tom
Stanton was time keeper. Mr.. Cooper
of Hawkins was referee:
The first round was 6a minutes; Louie
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19
SAYS THE oWs..

Intense love fntoxicates lie tho
headiest wine
We are never blase 30 Bong aa We
retain q single ideal.
Women seldom live N the futures
they are happy In the reign OF to-day.
A woman's friendship Ia priceless,
but In retaining IL you may lose hes
love.
We may know how 30 cauterise .
wound, but often and difnculty In
treating the sting Of phrase
Most people who give good refer
ences for anybody DO II because they
are SO awful glad 10 be rid oe them.
The tragedies w the world nfe
worked out In the silence OF WON.
ans heart; tragedies that only women
may understand.
Moods are luxury; they should 30
with a life wholly free from ordinary
cares, so that one may enjoy an entire
abandonment TO their sway.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19
Source of Inspiration,
Brutal Suggestion.

To obviate the unseemingly sight NJ
women interrupters at election meet.
ings being forcibly elected, the pro-
posal has been made that at every
hall mouse should be kept, which
could be let loose II necessary.-Lon-
don Telegraph.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19
"Wolf Children

Most OF the known instances oe
wolf children have occurred In north,
ern India. In the CawnpoTe and
Lucknow districts wolves have FREE
quently carried of infants. always
males; and while many OF them must
have been eaten. others have been
brought up and educated after the
wolf fashion.
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Ingram Locals

Ingram the villages Ruk County
three
will continue growing in the future become
More than thirty buildings erected
this
agricultural section. railway will reach Ingram
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CHURCH AND ci.ER0N.

The Rev. Albert Osborn will write
the biography of Bishop Hurst.
The Rev. Father Eusebius Selling
mann OF Sc. ElizabethN church, Dom
YER, has accepted call TO become pas
tor Of st. Francis church. New York
The Rev. David Hogan Of Vernon
county, Me-, has to his credit Q list OF
i.007 marriages solemnlzed By him.
self In his long ministry OF sixky-eigh4
years.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19
TEACHERS INSTITUTE
Date Fixed for the 1905 Teachers
Institute and Summer School of
Three Weeks.

The public as well as the active
teachers will be pleased to know that
Superintendent Mackin has succeeded ia
securing for Rusk county another
teachers institute and summer school.
This is one of the results of having
an active superintendent who is alert
FIR all that is in sight for the schools
of the county.
These Institutes and summer schools
are of value hard to estimate.