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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-14
COPPER PRODUCTION
IS HOLDING STEADY
Only a Slight Increase in Upper
Michigan Despite the High
Price of the Metal.
Special to TIE Journal.

special ~ 41-e soaAAaA'
Calumet, Mich, Oct 13.-Notwith-
standing the present high price OF cop
per metal and the strenuous efforts be-
ing exerted by many Of the producers
to increase their production as largely
as possible, there has been no material
gain in the output of the Lake Superior
district for the first three-fourths of
this year as compared with the same
period of 1905. While the demand for
lake brands of refined copper has stead
lily increased and the price advanced be-
cause of the scarcity of the metal, there
has been no increase of any Importance
in the output of the mines. For the
first nine months of the current year
the production of the Lake Superior
mines was approximately 17O, 100000
than the product for the same period Of
last year.
In September the Lake Superior
mines turned out in the neighborhood
Of 18,500,000 pounds Of refined copper,
a slight increase from the production
Of the previous month, because of the
labor trouble, fire in the Osceola mine,
and the scarcity of labor. Based on an
average selling price Of 20 cents,
pound, which was approximately the
average price for lake brands Of re-
fined copper last month, the September
production of the Michigan district was
worth $3,7o0,oGO.
Winona Producer Again.
After two years of vigorous develop
ment work the Winona is ready to re-
sumo production and in few days will
begin shipping rock to the Adventure
Consolidated company's mill, where one
head has been leased. The Winona dis
continued production two years ago,
after having been shipper with circuit
able results for two years. 1t was the
object of the Stanton management,
which was then in charge of the prop
erty, to explore and develop the mine
upon broad scale. This work was
carried forward year under the direc-
ton of John Stanton, and after his
death, the st. Mary 8 Mineral Land
company secured control.
While producing the Winona secured
its output entirely from the openings
south Of No 2 shaft. Since then, how
ever, all preparations have been COM
pleted for securing large production
from No. 8 shaft, and No. will shortly
be in shape to ship to the stampmill
No. shaft has been provided with .
steel rock and shaft house, which con-
tains the most economical arrangements
for handling the output During the
period III which the Winona mine was
formerly producer, the average yield
was twenty pounds of copper to the
ton of rock stamped. This Is highly
creditable performance, but better re-
suits are expected from the forthcoming
production, as the openings which will
supply the prodnct are in Tar richer
and more highly mineraiizcd territorys
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-14
Special to The Journal.

- WV.
elk hunt in an automobile. An
A elk hunt on foot or on. horse,
back is sufficiently exciting, but to
hunt down the noble antlered animal by
means of a. big touring car is a novel
experience indeed. This, however, was
Gently, and a magnificent specimen Of
the elk family was bagged as the result
of an exciting chase. - - III
The party, consisting Of the chauf-
feur. two hunters, a camera man and
a reporter, chartered big White
Steamer and were off before daybreak
for the reservation, where elk were
ranging. Many years ago Paul MsCor-
and q pioneer Of Montana, put several
elk in this pasture, and since that time,
under the rigid protection enforced, the
animals have multiplied and are scat
tered in goodly numbers over the i'm
mense preserve. They are by no means
tame; on the contrary, some, of the old
er bulls are exceedingly vicious, and 1T
was for this latter class in particular
that the autoists> were looking. The
purpose of the hunt was to. secure veni-
son for big barbecue given at the
Montana state convention OF Elks in
this city.
After arriving on the hunting grounds
the party spent several hours IN fruit
| less search, but suddenly, while bowl
ing along over the open range, five
headed by big buck, sprang out Of
a small coulee, BY the side Of the trail,
and made break for the hills, runs
! ming straight ahead of the party at a
distance Of several hundred yards to
| the good sss5
1 Altho the big machine flew after the
animals at the best rate Of speed pos
made upon them, and they disappeared
! down narrow defile in the rocks with
out being struck by any Of the shots
i fred at them. As it was imDossibls
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-14
old L B BURMESE BIBLE
IS WORTH 4 FORTUNE
Loot of Ancient Eastern Temple
Falls Into Hands Of Fergus
Falls Man.
Special to The Journal,

Special to The Journal,
Fergus Falls, Mimi, Oct. 13.-E. J.
Oxley OF this city has a rare curiosity,
Burmese Bible that is PROFESSIONALLY
worth a small fortune The book, if
such it may be called, is about eighteen
inches in length, and the leaves are
two and half inches in width and a
trife thicker than ordinary still paper.
When fastened together they make a
volume about five inches thick. The
leaves are sections OF palm leaf, paper
being unknown until several thousand
years after this particular book was
made, and the characters are delicately
cut into the leaves, 50 that there is no
such thing as fading.
The book was given Mr.. Oxley by
Sergeant Fred Stokes of the English
army, who took it from Burmese tenn.
pie in the English-Burman war of TWEEN
ty-fve years ago. Mr.. Oxley, who is
himself an Englishman. had occasion to
visit his native land five or six years
ago, and Sergeant Stokes made him a
to, America. The sergeant had taken
small Burmese god from the same
temple and the temple and village were
then burned by the soldiers. Neither
he nor Mr.. Oxley regarded the book as
anything more than an ordinary curl
osity at the time the present was made
Discovers It's Value.
The first intimation that Mr.. Oxley
had as to it's real value was given him
by a Burmese lecturer, to whom he
showed it a few months ago. The man
! on seeing it, bluntly told the owner
that he never came by any such book
as that honestly; that it could not be
| held as private property in Bur1nah
and that it was kept sacred and never
handled except by the higher orders Of
the priesthood. He stated that it ha(
| taken at least one man a lifetime tt
carve the curious characters, and thai
| the book was at least 5000 years old
He offered Mr.. Oxley 5000 for it, bu
he had already told him too much abou
it and the offer was promptly declined
He then offered $500, and this offe1
was also declined.s
The lecturer, before leaving town
told some friends that the book would
sell for several thousand dollars if i
were offered to the right person. Loca
ministers and others have had some oil
the leaves photographed and are send
ing them to the Smithsonian institution
at Washington and to eastern scholar:
with a view to having them translated
The lecturer, who wished to purchase
the book, stated that it was the only
one of it's kind in America, and prob
ably the only copy Of that particular
section of what may be termed the Bur
mese scriptures, in existence.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-14
PREcoo1oUs IOWA LAD
II CAN RECITE 20 PSALMS
Special to Tho Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Lake City, Iowa, Oct. 13.-Nlne.
year-oid jerry spauIdIng Of this
county, Is perhaps the most remark
able child In Iowa, In that he pos
sesses most retentIve memory, one
so trained that he can commit read
ny long passages OF printed matter
and recIte 1t off-handed without a
break or hesitation.
He has committed the first twen-
ty-three Psalms, as we'll as the Sec
ond and third chapters Of Matthew
In the New Testament. Then he
can reclte nearly the first four chap
tiers Of Genesis.
What mind he will have devel-
oped by the time he Is fully grown
can only be conJectured. He Is per-
haps the only 9-year-old child In
Iowa who can retain SO definitely
such long and difficult passages as
those he has committed.
He possesses the faculty naturally,
and the first his parents knew of 1t
was one day when, after coming
from church, he was heard to say al
most the entire prayer delivered by
the preacher before the sermon.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-14
LAKE, BESIDES RIVER,
FOR TAYL0RS FALLS
New Dam Over the st. Croix Will
Make Fine Body of Water
i. for Resorters.
Special to The Journal.

Spec1al TO Inc JourHals
Taylors Falls, Mimi, Oct: 12.-The
dalles of the st. Croix have ever
known has only recently closed. More
persons from the cities spent their vaca-
tions here than ever before. And as
general thing they remained longer than
guests of other years were wont to do.
Thousands ha We enjoyed the pictur-
esque scenery of the dalles and the in.
terstate park. While little work has
been done upon the Wisconsin side, it's
very primitiveness and wildness appeal
to the romantic nature and give 8
charm all their own to the wonderful
setting of the deep-gorged river.
This era of Increasing popularity,
citizens believe, has hardly been en-
tered upon. They expect it will expand
till the region is fully appreciated by
the citizens Of the two states at least.
beauties Of their river, Taylors Falls
and st. Croix Falls, on the Wisconsin
side, have felt the need Of a more ex-
tensive and more restful body Of water
for the amusement of their summer visi-
tors. This they will have another year
by reason Of the construction of dam
and power station on the st. Croix for
the generation Of electricity and its
transmission to Minneapolis. To hold
the water which will accumulate above
the dam, the power company purchased
large acreage Of the adjacent low.
lying ground and built a dyke of solid
masonry mile in length so that the
highest flood cannot threaten any part
Of the town with inundation. Engineers
and experts assert that lake of hall
mile or more in width by ten or twelve
miles in length will be permanently
created.
This lake will increase immensely thu
attractiveness of the park region. Boa
and club houses will be erected and il
is expected that Taylors Falls will
speedily become one Of the most popu
lar summer resorts in the west. TIL,
prospect is certainly pleasing to tn,
residents Of this slow-going ancien
town.
st. Croix Falls Improving.
The magnificent new power static,
and dam have not been Of much fnan
cial benefit to Taylors Falls. The i'm
provements here for several years hav
been rather insignificant. The powe
project has, however, been help
full to- st. Croix Falls which is
more convenient headquarters for til
company and its army Of officials an,
laborers. The company has built tw,
fine buildings IN the Wisconsin town
an Office building and beautiful resi-
dence for its local superintendent,
bank, which will be the finest in all th
region, Is being erected, and the villag
is putting up 9 fire department an
Office building
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-14
LEFT CHILDREN TO DIE
IN 4 DESERTED HOME
1 l.
Charge of Inhumanity Placed
Against a stearns County,
Mimi, Mother.
Special to The Journal,

St. Cloud, MINI, Oct. ia case of
an inhunlan mother. who ran away from
home and left two small children, who
nearly starved to death, is reported at
Brockway, a small town near here. The
father and husband, Fritz Frudenfelt,
was. called to North Dakota about a
week ago by the death of his father.
When he returned yesterday and en-
tered his modest home on a farm at
Brockway instead of being greeted by
a loving wife, he faced his two little
children half starved. The tots, as near
as can be learned, had not had bite
to eat for two days. It is thought the
missing wife went to her old home in
Iowa.
The case of J. Henry Zitt of Chi
cago against Andrew PRESS, local
brewer, was decided in favor of the
plaintiff in the United States court Of
appeals yesterday afternoon. Zitt, who
is real estate agent, closed a deal on
Oct. Is, 1904, by which Preiss' prop
erty was sold. The next day Preiss
changed his mind and decided not to
sell. The suit was for the recovery Of
5000 claimed to have been due as
commission.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-14
EMERALD NAMED FOR
.... KEYSTONE CANDIDATE
Many Citizens Of North Dakota
- Personally Interested : in
-. Emery's Fight.
Special to The .JournaE.,

Special 20 .Tne ,5oufnaE =,
Grand Forks, NJ D., Oct, 1s,,-It is
not always that public scandal. helps
man, politically or otherwise, but this
appears to be the case in Pennsylva-
MIA, where Lewis Emery, Jr., a former
resident of North Dakota, is the fusion
candidate for governor. f..~.'...'.~' = -, -
Emerald, in this COUNTY . and F still owns rs
"a large farm adjoining it's limits. For
several years he has made annual pill
grimages to North Dakota, and there
are many persons in this immediate
section who are watching the Pennsyl-
vania campaign with great interest.
North Dakota friends Of Mr.. Emery
believe he will make the kind Of gov
ernor that Pennsylvania needs.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-14
WAGES SOARING

Lake .Iumbef Region Wiling to Pay
-r for Good Men. -
Special to The Journal
Iron Mountain, Mich, Oct. 13.-Labor
is becoming increasingly scarce in the
Lake Superior region. The mines have
been hampered all season by the lack
Of men, and now with the logging sea-
son opening, work in the woods prom
ises to be even more seriously retarded.
Some Of the larger operators are Of
fering $35 a month and excellent board,
with bonus Of SIS month to men who
will remain in the camps all winter.
These wages are the highest ever known
in the lake numbering industry.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-14
IAN one & FS % 7Fa ST. tovs missouri
BUILD BRICK BLOCKS
IN FIELDS OF GRAIN
Postal Authorities and Geograph-
ers Cant Keep Up with the
Builders of Towns.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Watertown, s. D., Oct. 13.-The MAX
ers of geography in South Dakota are
hopelessly distanced. New towns are
springing up so rapidly that even the
all-knowing postal authorities are be.
hind the game. Where few weeks
ago only riotously rich grain fields ex-
listed, may now be found handsome brick
blocks, as shown in the accompanying
illustrations. In addition to the new
towns ON the Milwaukee and North
Western extension, the Minneapolis &
st. Louis railroad has added about
twenty to the map.
The st. Louis towns have the ad
vantage over the other new towns in
that they are located in country al
ready thickly settled. One Of the most
remarkable in this respect is Florence,
about twenty miles northwest of Water
town. Early last spring, Thomas A.
oils & st. Louis, the advance agent Of
the approaching railroad, inspected a
wheatfeld, the property Of one Chris
Stemwedel.
sEThis will make a good townsite,"
said Mr.. Way. and straightway the
property was bought by the railroad
and the wheatfeld was plated. Stakes
were driven to show where the streets
were to be located, and shortly after
the building of the town commenced.
Towns Evolution.
The progress of the town aptly illus
trates the romance Of town building in
South Dakota. Excavations commenced,
building material was hauled laborious-
ly overland and, in some cases, build
iings were moved bodily: Now, Florence
newspaper and all the other appurten-
ances of full-grown municipality.
The same thing was done at Wallace,
then at Brentford and Cresbard, and
the same thing will continue until all
of the other fifteen towns on the main
line Of the Missouri river extension
have been brought into existence. The
wheatfeld soon loses it's identity I'M
der the manipulation of the townsite
man and magically evolves into city
all this because South Dakota is grow
ing-growing as it has never grown be-
New Methods Succeed.
The success of the Minneapolis & St.
Louis towns is a marvel in town build
ing. One explanation given by South
Dakotans is that the towns are being
built conservatively and the lots sold
by private sale entirely, unique de.
parture in the methods usually adopted
in new town building. ,-,,.....'t =.
The Minneapolis & st. Louis is push.
ing it's grade work to completion on the
western end Of the line and its bic
4ro o1/ 1o1 NH 4.
point the machine will work in the
direction Of Aberdeen on the Leola
branch and another machine will work
> westward on the main line. It is
planned to have trains running into Ii
Beau, the western terminus Of the road
by Jan. !.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-14
MAsONs BUILD TEMPLES
Special to The Journal.

Special to The JOURNAL
Billings, Mont, Oct. 13.-Arrange-
ments are being made for the construc-
tion Of a Masonic Temple in this city
which will cost something like $4,000.
A site has been purchased at cost of
$4,000, and a committee has been ap-
pointed for the purpose of negotiating
with architects. In Red Lodge, tenn
pie, the foundation of which was laid
sons Of that place, and will cost $35, 900.
The Delta independent., 1906-09-28
Delta County Exhibit in Car Visit.
Ing State Fairs Is
ATTRACTING MUCH ATTENTION.
Letter Frsn N1. Dssadeabsrt to the ladepea.
desi-nhte- Ups By sil Papers.
will beseii.

The INDEPENDENT is in receipt of a
letter from W. G. Brandenburg, who
has charge Of the car sent out by the
Colorado State Commercial association
to visit different state fairs and in
which Delta county has one of the finest
exhibits. We are glad to publish this
letter, also extracts from different
write-ups given the Colorado exhibit
by Sioux City and Des Moines papers
which Mr.. Brandenburg enclosed. He
also sent q picture. taken from one Of
these papers. Of the grain exhibit as
arranged at Sioux City. This can be
seen at the INDEPENDENT Office by any
one interested Following is Mr.. Bran
denburR's letter:
LA CROSSE. Wis. Sept. p. 1906.
Editor of INDEPENDENT.
Delta. Colo.
My DEAR SlR:-The exhibit of fruits
and grains from your section, collected
by your Business Mems Association Is
attracting great deal Of attention at
the large fairs We are visiting under
the direction Of the Colorado State
Commercial Association.
Al different times We have been told
by leading immigration agents that
such a form of publicity would mean
the investment Of q large amount Of
money in our state by those attending
these fairs. and would prove most
profitable advertisement for the locali-
ties represented.
| enclose few notices given US by
the press. Many others of equal value
have been given our exhibit.
We have attended the Iowa, Nebras-
ka and Sioux City Interstate fairs
thus far.
With kindest personal regards beg
TO remain.
Yours very truly,
w. &, BRANDESBURG.
The Delta independent., 1906-09-28
WhiteIaW Has Good Thing.

W. +. Gale returned from Placerville.
in the extreme northern part of Califor-
MIA. Tuesday. where he has been for
two months with George Whitelaw. the
well known mining man. Mr.. Gale
tells us he had fine trip and while he
was at work most of the time he con-
sidered it a vacation, which was the
first in seven years.
He says George Whitelaw has some
thing that looks mighty good in the way
of mining property. consisting of $3.50
acres and 5000 inches first right water
with which to work it. He is getting
ready to begin operations and will be
able to handle from 1900 to 1000
yards per day. As to what this district
will produce per yard there are differ
ent stories, some claiming 25 and SOC.
per yard, while the La Grange mine
nearby and which is taking out $1,000 a
day will not admit a value of more than
SC. per yard. In any event it looks like
big paying proposition. Whitelaw
bought the property Of Fred Beaudry
who was also n citizen of Delta in years
gone by.
But gold is not all there is to White
laws land; it is covered with the finest
kind Of timber and MIR. Gale says from
60 to 10 million feet of lumber is con-
servative estimate of what it will pro-
duce. Some of the trees are Of i'm
mense size. one fallen and being hollow
at the base admitted him standing up
and then he could not reach the top
with his extended hand. 1t is quite ev-
ident that Whitelaw can make himself
as rich rs he wants to be from this his
latest acquisition.
The Delta independent., 1906-09-28
California Mesa Wheat,

X. T. Stinnett, who owns l6O acres
on California Mesa 81 miles south
west of town. had wheat this year that
went forty bushel to the acre. 1t was
sown late in the fall and was winter
killed to some extent or the yield would
have been better. He reports being
bothered some with sweet clover. but
says under proper conditions he can
raise 5000 bushels Of grain per year on
his place. Mr. Stinnett bought the
place four years ago and he says at
that time fully one third Of the land
was bare. due to seep. but now there is
scarcely bare spot to be found. The
seep problem on California mesa can
be handled successfully and that coun-
try is bound to come to the front rapidly
when capital and industry is applied in
sufficient quantity.
The Delta independent., 1906-09-28
Engagement Announced.

The engagement Of Miss Grace, eldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. p. Kerno-
han, to Vincent Garret of Ault, Colo,
has been announced. the wedding to
take place this fall but the exact date
has not yet been decided. Miss Kerno-
han attended school in Delta two years.
after which she took up the profession
Of = trained nurse, securing her train
ing in one Of the Denver hospitals
where she has been for three years.
MIR. Vincent is the son Of wealthy
land owner in northern Colorado. They
expect to visit Delta on their wedding
trip.
The Delta independent., 1906-09-28
COLORADO AT THE FAIR.

COLORADO AT THE FAIR.
A FINE DISPLAY OF HER AGRICULTURAL
AND HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
IL wish had more time to tell you
about this exhibit" said Mr.. W. G.
BrandenburH. who had charge Of the
Colorado state exhibit at the interstate
Fair last week. but really there are
30 many people here interested in our
state waiting for me to tell them about
the different localities where these
grains and fruits were grown that it is
impossible for me to give you the at
tention should.
"Did you see that man to whom
was talking Well. he tells me he re-
Gently bought fine fruit orchard in
western Colorado. and he is nearly as
proud Of it as young chap would be
over his first pair of red top boots. He
has brought at least score of his
friends here to see this fruit. and If it
does not mean the acquiring of some
valuable orchards in Mesa, Delta and
Montrose counties by these people am
greatly mistaken. These fruits were
grown near Grand Junction. Palisades.
Fruita, Delta, Hotchkiss. Paonia, Ced-
aredge and Montrose.
Our apples. peaches and pears are
not surpassed in flavor and keeping
quality. For this reason our fruit is in
active demand on eastern markets and
commands fancy prices. The profits
realized from a small orchard in our
state are very great. 1t is not an un-
usual thing for our fruit growers to net
from s4O0 to s60o per acre from their
orchards
I'VE want more people in Colorado,
and we are going to have them. That
is why we are making this exhibit at
the leading fairs of the country. We
can support rural population Of sew
eral millions in Colorado. and while we
have never had a boom in land values
of our state it is bound to come. be-
cause of the great earning capacity of
our land. A man could close his eyes
and invest in the grain or fruit lands Of
our state with the assurance that no
difference where he invests he is bound
to increase his earnings more rapidly
than by any other investment.
The Delta independent., 1906-09-28

ter Day Saints. to recover books and
records Of the Fairview branch Of the
church at Delta. Appeal had been
taken from the county court where
Wight won. Judge Stevens reversed
Judge Dickerson, deciding in favor OF
the defendants.