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The daily Alaskan., 1906-07-31
ON WAY
Dolphin Sails For SkagwsY
 From Seattle

Special Dispatch to Daily Alsskanl
 Seattle, July 3l.-The Dolphin sailed foI Skagway last night with a full list of passengers and large freight cargo.
 The City of Seattle and the Spokane arrived from Alaska last night,
The daily Alaskan., 1906-07-31
H. D. Cfark's Ranch

Headquarters for Alaska grown pro- ductions wholesale and retail, cabbage, celery, etc. Good new early Ohio potatoes at g. 9 per 100 lbs. phone l3l.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-07-31
Clans and Clam Nectar at Seattle

Fresh steamed clans and clam nectar will be served at the Seattle saloon. The clans arrived fresh on the Jetfer- son.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05

channel steamer Peregrine. This IS
based on a vibrating motion. The
outfit is of great simplicity and merely
comprises a comfortable chair, the
seat of which is set rapidly vibrating
up and down by the force of an cleo
tromotor connected to the electric
lighting mains of the steamer. Those
wishing to protect themselves against
the dreaded sickness should sit down
on the vibrating chair, when they will
feel about the same sensation as in
riding in ALI automobile. The vibra
tory motion makes the rolling and
pitching of the ship less felt, the slow
downward motion q the vessel being
counIeracted by the numerous short
vibratory shocks occurring in an up
ward direction.
The apparatus is the invention OF
Messrs. r. & W. Otto, OF Berlin, Ger
many"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05
ON AMERICAN WEALTH.

The group of people that attracts
the largest amount of attention i'll
press and talk, that most obscesses
the American imagination, and that is
indeed the most significant at the pres
ent time is the little group-a few
score men, perhaps, altogether-who
are emerging as distinctly winners n
that great struggle to get into which
this commercial industrialism has nat
urally resolved itself.
These men who are creating the
greatest system of correlated private
properties in the world, who are
wealthy beyond all precedent, seem,
for the most part, to be men with no
Interior dream or aim. They are not
voluptuaries, they are neither artists
nor any sort of creators, and they be-
tray no high political ambitions. Had
they anything of the sort they would
not be what they are; they would he
more than that and less. They want,
and they get; they are inspired by the
brute will in their wealth to have more
wealth and more to a systematic ar
dor They are men of competing,
patient, enterprising, acquisitive en-
thusiasm They have found in Amer
lea the perfectly favorable environ
ment for thei. temperaments. In no
other country and in no other age
could they have risen to such emf
nence America is still, by virtue of
its Puritan tradition and in the older
sense of the word. an intensely moral
land. Most lusts here are strongly
curbed by public opinion, by training
and tradition But the lust Of acqui-
sition has not been curbed but glori-
fied.-H. G. Wells in Harper's Weekly.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05

United States of over ten thousand
population contains agencies and
branches Of many or all of the auto
mobile manufacturing companies
Each salesroom or branch has its
force of statesmen, demonstrators, re
pairmen, and clerical staff. aggregat
ing in all from a dozen to a score oil
employees.
The problem of the motor-car has
yet to be worked out. Probably com
bining maximum strength with mini
mum weight, is the problem, coupled
with that of selecting grades of metal
equal to the vibration and the strain
Entrants into motoring must first Of
all study what has been done-the
achievements of decade are invalu
able-and, after that, continue the
work. 1t is great expanding field
for wide-awake, resourceful young
men.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05
False Count Supplies Pastry.

Chairman Nissen OF the customs
committee of the Importers and Cut
ters' association of New York was
talking about the jewelers. shops of
the Rue de la Paix in Paris, according
to al exchange
Millions of dollars worth Of
jewels" lie said ARE bought in these
shops by American women and SNUG.
GLE into the country. Onlv 10 per
cent of the women who bring over
diamonds pay dnty on them.
There is no such array Of jewels
anywhere ID the world as is to be
seen in the shop windows OF the Rue
de la Paix, from the Place Vendome
on out to the Place de rOpera. Diar
monds and pearls and rubies, flaw
less and incredibly big, glow and gilt
ter and blaze in a confusion that
makes them seem cheap. You see
so many necklaces you think they
must be common; you can't believe
they are worth $4,000 or $4,000
apiece.
Rue de la Paix jewels are so
abundant that you are deceived into
regarding them as fakes. You are
deceived in a different way from a
young actress heard about the other
day.
This young actress won the heart
of an elderly count who was visiting
our shore The count freouented
her society for some months and
gave her great many jewels.
after he had gone home the young
actress, dining with a diamond
dealer, said, as she fingered proudly
her flashing rings. her sunbrust aad
glittering dog collar-gifts of the
count:
"Well, as long as l have these III
never want for bread
Nor for pastry, either chuckled
the diamond dealer"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05

means as state or county aid has been
necessary to get the movement
started SO that people will build good
roads, but after once started they
have almost always gone much
farther than state aid could allow.
The actual situation in Wisconsin
with regard to money for state aid
is different from that in any other
state. In 1905 the taxes levied by
the state We're the school taxes. the
taxes upon railroads, and license
fees which other corporations paid
into the state treasury. OF this
revenue there is returned TO towns
and cities more money in the shane
of aid for schools than the districts
themselves have raised and paid into
the state. In other words, the state
has levied a certain amount for
school purposes which it has returned
to school districts, together with Ger.
tain money with it has levied upon
the railroads and other corporations.
The money left from the corporation
fees and railroad taxes, after deduct
ing the sums returned to the towns
for school purposes, is sufficient to
provide large reserve in the treas
ury for the purpose of building the
new capitol and paving all ordinary
state expenses. Therefore if the state
chose to appropriate money In road
building such money would be In eff
feet a gift to the towns. They would
have this much in addition to what
they might raise by taxing them
selves. AS far as known, In no
other state is this situation possible.
in which state aid can be granted
without costing the people them
selves one cert il taxes.
From this statement of conditions
1t is at once evident, as the bulletin
says, that the people of Wisconsin
are losing most excellent opHor-
tunity If they do not demand of their
Legislators that laws be passed adopt
ing the plan of state aid in this state
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05
OPPORTUNITIES IN MOTORING.

Technical World Magazine.-There
were s60,000,000 worth of motor-cars
manufactured and sold this season in
the United States, according to David
Beecroft, who writes on Motoring OPP.
portunities''. To put out this tremen-
dous caravan of automobiles, there
are 1875 factories entirely devoted to
the manufacture of motor-cars, ard
ESQ more which make automobile
parts and accessories. At the fac
tories a score of firms employ 1900
men all the year round; and in every
case these are young men, generally
under thirty; and it is surprising. in
visiting factory employing 1900 men,
to find the head engineer a man but
three or four years out of college, who
has not yet completed his quartercen-
fury, and who frequently has not en-
tered the benedict stage. Here is an
infant industry which has become a
prodigy in proportions, and which Of
fers untold opportunities to young
men. Not only does the manufactur-
ing end of the industry deserve con-
sideration, but the selling part is
equally important. Every city in the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05
Much Work and Few Workmen.

An abundance of work and a ia
mine of workmen represent condi-
ton that is constantly growing more
common in America. y The greatest
trouble is the dearth of farm hands,
as shown by the report of the states
free public employment Office in this
city. Men absolutely refuse to leave
the cities for the fields. But the
problem is not confined to the coun-
try. In the cities there is work a.
plenty and dearth of workmen. APP
parently with each succeeding year
common labor grows less attractive.
Yet there is not a notable increase
IN the number of Migrants and able
bodied paupers. The riddle probably
has its solution in the fact that pros
perity and thrift have depleted the
ranks of common laborers, leading
them to seek better things in Gfe -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05
A LUSTY INFANT.

Butte (Mont.l News.-The new
star which has been added to the nat
ional constellation on old glory comes
with wealth beyond the ordinary.
Oklahoma is prosperous - nay,
wealthy. Oklahoma will formally
enter the Union with more assets
and less Indebtedness than any other
obligation against the new state Is
while the last monthly statement OF
he Territorial Treasurer showed
balance on hand of s77S,102. This
would leave balance of $27S,1O2,
IN addition to which Oklahoma will
'eceive a school fund of 100000
n cash from the United States Treas
Try, besides several million acres OF
.chool lands for the further maiDtsc-
lnce of schools and colleges.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05
TWO BROTHERS.
"a contrast.)

IA cOntfASt.D
I'll tell you tale OF pussy | know
The neighbors all call him Cantanker.
GUS Joe:
He lives all alone ct 10 Cattikin row.
He does as he pleases from morning
till night.
Yet nothing he does seems to give
him delight
No wonder. for selfishness cannot be
right.
Now. Mr.. Tom Tabbikins, living next
door,
Compared with his brother is certainly
poor,
And yet he wins hearts, so they say,
by the score.
And this is the reason--he's kind as
can be;
There never was cat so unselfsh as
he;
He'd share his last sparrow with you
or with me.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05
AS to Men Angels.

The question of beardless angels
was long since settled by distin-
guished prelate, the Rt Rev. H. Will
mer, late bishop of Alabama, who was
remarkable at once for his piety and
his humor When some one asked
him why it was that the pictures and
figures of men angels. as we'll as fe'
male angels, were represented with
out boards the bishop replied that ii
seemed to be easy enough TO make
angels out of women, but Lat men
could only get into heaven by a
'close shaye."-Modern Women.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05
I KILLED A ROBIN.

I killed a robin The little thing
With scarlet breast on a glossy wing,
hat comes in the appletree to sing.
flung a stone as he twittered there'
only meant to give him a scare,
tut off it went-and hit him square.
i little fiutter-a little cry
hen on me ground saw him lie;
didn't think he was going to die
at as I watched him l soon could see
e never would sing for you or me
nv more on the apple-tree.
ever more in the morning light,
ever more in the sunshine bright,
arilling his song in gay delight.
nd I'm thinking every simmer day,
ow never, never cHn repay
he little life that I took away.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05
TO PREVENT sEAslckNEss.

In spite % the innumerable methods
which nave been suggested in the
course OF the last few decades of
avoiding soasickness, this is still the
most serious inconvenience of sea
journey" writes DR.. Alfred Gradenwitz
in Technical World Magazine.
A novel device, intended to pre-
~ent the distress, has, however, been
tested recently. with most excellent re.
suits on the steamship Patricia of the
Hamburg-Amsrican Line and on the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE

Francis H. Gates of Chittenango
Madison county, N. Y, spent $31, zoo
to be reelected senator in the Madi
son Oswego district. The office pays
$500 per year. Senator Gates, who
is a millionaire and a republican
was turned down for denomination
this year, but organized party OF
his own called the square deal party
He then got the Endorsements of the
democratic and the prohibition parties
Assemblyman Tom D. Lewis of Os
wego, who ran against him, spent
$1,276.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05
First Railway Over ANDES.

The first section of the railway
across the Andes thirty-four miles
long, has been opened. 1t begins at
an elevation of 1854 and ends at T.
221 feet The summit station will be
1885 feet above sea level. Before
that is reached number of tunnels
will nave to be opened; the longest
will he 3,405 yards long.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.

The method of skinning a sable is
to draw the skin over the head with
out any incision in the body. The
feet and tail are left as part of the
fur. Every thirtieth of an inch is
valuable, for the average length OF
the animal is only twelve inches and
the tail about six inches. In the
reign of Henry VIII. the use of sable
was forbidden to any below a Wis.
count. A coat lined with sable is
often worth from $500 to $4,000. A
set of genuine sable tails can hardly
be sold for less than $3.50.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05

A young lady sent her photograph
to her best fellow and wrapped 1t
in a newspaper on which was
printed an advertisement of a stove
firm. A portion of the print ad-
hered to the photograph and the
young man was very much startled
to see staring him in the face in
bold plea type the following words;
Sea name on leg"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05

1t is seldom that a bride wears a
wedding drs 50 worth over $1,000, but
this was the case the other day,
when Miss Beryl Spencer-Churchill
was married 10 Harold Pearson at
st. Georges, Hanover square. The
magnificent old lace forming the
train. a wedding gift of Sir William
and Lady Pearson represented this
large sum. Formerly it was the
property of the vatican.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05
An Awesome Picture.

Il tell you l stand before this paint
ing awedl"
mol"
Yes, sir. 1t gives me a new
notion of omnipotence"
well. / declare,"
only to think, sir, that the Lord
could make a sunset like that is he
chosel"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05

Many woman royalties of Europe
love sport and are excellent marks
women. The queen of Italy is a
dead shot, and practices with both
gun and revolver on the island of
Monte Cristo. The queen of Portu-
gal shoots straight and has received
a German medal for saving life. The
Grand Duchess Cyril of Russia-King
Edwards niece-shoots well enough
with gun and revolver, and her sis
ter, the crown princess of Roumania,
also shoots and is a splendid horse
woman.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05
WISCONSIN RICH
IN OPPORTUNITY
CONCLUSION OF REPORT OF IN
DuSTRIAL BUREAU.
MILLIONS OF IDLE ACRES

Vast Tracts of Good Land, Covered
With Timt err Enough to Pay far
Clearing for Agricultural Purposes
Immense Waterpowers UndeVet
oped Al Over the State.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05

Canada has forests which. at the
present rate of consumption of tim
Der for paper, would supply the
world with paper pulp for more than
500 wears.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT,

The great Lick telescope reveals
stars so far distant that it would re-
quire 10000 of them placed together
to be visible to the naked eye.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05
STRONG BULLETIN
ON RURAL ROADS
ISSUED BY THE NATURAL HIS
TORY SURVEY.
STATE AID ADVOCATED

Proof Plain That Farmers Lose Great
Advantage by Not Being Able to
Use Corporation Taxes in the
Building of Highways-Experience
Elsewhere.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05

In Chicago Lucille Mcleod Memhard
was found not guilty of the murder
of William Niemann Jr.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05

The bureau of labor and industrial
statistics has prepared its biennial re-
port to Governor Davidson. The re-
port represents more valuable infor-
nation and more extensive investiga-
ton than any previous similar work.
The most important part is section
of about $50 pages devoted to the Ag-
ricultural and Industrial Resources Of
Wisconsin. The result of the inves'
tigation made by the department in
the preparation of this part of the
report is the conclusion that Wiscon-
sin has millions of acres of undevel-
oped lands available for settlement at
very low prices; that Wisconsin has
unlimited opportunities for industrial
enterprises; that the state has in its
undeveloped waterpowers the solution
of the fuel problem, for this state has
more undeveloPed waterpowers than
any other state in the union.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05
Opportunities for Settlement.

The purpose of this work is to
bring to public notice the immense op-
portunities for settlement and for in
dustrial and manufacturing develop
ment. Wisconsin, says the report,
has millions of acres of land I'M
touched. land as good and assuring
of profit as any in the Mississippi
valley. Up in Marathon, st. Croix,
Clark, Brown, Shawano and other
counties, there are vast tracts of land
waiting for settlement, while the
large cities are filed with people with
no homes and who have the utmost
difficulty in finding good living. This
Wisconsin land can be had from So
to $I2 an acre. Much of it is COW
cred with timber. The best timber
lands have been cut over, but the sec
ond growth and the timber remaining
from the first slashing out of the
lumbermen is enough II many cases
to more than pay for clearing the
land. This present timber is goo
for cord wood. slaves and railroad
ties. There is good market for the
timber and also for the agricultural
products to be raised after the land
is cleared. The railroads are con-
venient to much of this available I'M
developed land.
The report gives the qualities of
the various tracts of land, and also
specifies the kind of grain and other
products best adapted to the various
soils.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05
Each County Analysed.

The report also gives an analysis
of each county, telling its resources
and opportunities, and each city is
given the same treatment
Surprising and gratifying indeed
must be the portion of the report re-
viewing the Waterpowers of the state
Wisconsin is the greatest WATERFOWL
er state in the union said Deputy
Commissioner w. J. Ragenah, who
made the greatest part of the inves-
tigation upon which the report is
based This state, too, is quite far
removed from the coal-producing local
tiles, and the possession of large wa
terpower opportunities VIII solve the
fuel problem None of the water
powers of Wisconsin are developed to
any where near their possibilities
The Fox river is the nearest approach
to full development. 1t produces 3D.
900 horsepower, which is not any
where near the maximum. Then
there are a number of other water
power rivers, which are practically
untouched by development. The
Wisconsin river, the Rlack. FlambeaU,
Chippewa, Menomonie and others, will
produce almost unlimited power.
These rivers are situated admirably
70, economical development of power,
in many places having high banks in
viting the construction Of dams, AMI
also having conveniently situated
large marsh hand swamp areas where
the water can be stored and the flow
of water made steady and depend
able"
The industrial PORTION of the report
is the last prepared. Other portions
were announced in pamphlets months
ago from time to time, treating of the
Liquor Traffic, Strikes, Cooperative
Stores and the Housing Problem III
Wisconsin. The latter part is The
work largely Of Miss Odessa Kunz and
treats extensively of Milwaukee con-
ditions.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05

A Silesian court recently sentenced
to prison for two months man who
had failed to cheer the kaiser during
the military maneuvers.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05

Luther Burbank's discoveries in
plant breeding are having more
far-reaching effect than even Mr.
Burbank himself could have antici-
pated. The account of his ahieve-
ments recently published has been
taken up and discussed the world
over by scientists in almost every
field. Recently Professor Won
Schultz Gardnerwitz, who occupies
the chair of political economy in the
University of Freiburg, has announc'
ed as result of his reading of the
book that Mr. BurbankIs work will
influence and change many old
theories in his field
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05

Frederick william Vile, an Ameri'
can born in La Porte, Ind, thirty
two years ago, has been made cor
respondent in chief for Germany OF
the London Mail and all the other
newspapers and periodicals controlled
by Lord Northcliffe, formerly Alfred
Harmsworth. Mr.. Vile went abroad
some years ago. During the Swedish
Norwegian crisis last year, at which
time he interviewed King Oscar, he
was the first American newspaper
man to interview a European mon
arch for publication.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-05

A Silesian court recently sentenced
to prison for two months man who
had failed to cheer the kaiser during
the military maneuvers.
A Paris newspaper is the organ
for beggars. One of the advertise
ments of business opportunities
offers good situation in a very pop
ular winter resort for a one-armed
man or preferably man with, no arms.
References given and required Cash
deposit also required.
Skim milk as a fertilizer for crops
is interesting many farmers abroad,
several of whom declare that as
tonishing results have come from
It's use. In the vicinity of one
farm a dairy had lot of skim milk
that could not be used. Two farmers
took the milk and poured 1t on their
lands as an experiment. One
emptied seventy-five cans and an
other $50 Remarkable results have
been obtained. Their grass is now
seven times as vigorous as on adj
Joining fields where the milk was not
used, but which were covered with
commercial fertilizers.
1t is estimated that the United
Kingdom alone manages to consume
500 200, 900 matches a day, which
comes out at about twelve for every
man, woman, and child. Smokers
probably account for the great num-
Der, so that they will be interested to
know that about ninety tons of wood
are used up in the form of matches
every day. or about 10000 tons a
year. If one days consumption of
matches were placed end to end,
they would extend for a distance of
about $4,000 miles. Sweden and Nor
way, where matches are made in
enormous quantities, export over
Is. 900 tons of wooden matches every
year. In France, where the tax On
matches averages fourpence per in
habitant, the consumption is com
paratively small.