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The Ordway new era., 1906-10-26
sNoWsToRM LASTS
Three Days Of Continuous Snowfall
at Denver.

Denver.-The Republican Tuesday
morning says: What is probably the
most severe fall snowstorm the Rocky
mountain region has ever known is
still raging over Wyoming. Colorado
Utah and western Kansas and Ne
brska.
There were few serious conse'
uuencas TO the storm up to last night.
the principal trouble being the incon'
| yenience caused by delayed trains and
| mails, almost impossible streets and
the unexpectedness of the cold snap.
Trains on the prairie roads were all
delayed by the drifting snow, which
4, filed cuts and made travel exceedingly
slow. There was more snow on the
mountain roads but they were better
prepared to handle 1t.
The snow at several places on the
Denver Il Rio Grande was four and
Ave feet deep and caused considerable
delay to all of the trains on the sys-
TEN. They came into Denver from
two to three or four hours late.
On the South Park division OF the
Colorado & Southern, which usually
furnishes some excitement in heavy
snow, but little trouble was reported.
On the clear creek ulNisioh Ho eio"'
BILE was reported, the trains being from
thirty to forty minutes late. the Wyo'
ming division reported stin winds
with the snow falling fast and pros
poets of drifts.
THE Kansas Pacific usually gets the
brunt of the storm to the eastward
because of the location OF Its roadbed,
through numerous cuts. Trains on 1t
were from three to four hours late.
while the Rock Island, which used the
Kansas Pacific track from Limon
Junction, reports trains from two to
Ave hours late. with very heavy fall
Of snow from Phillipsburg. westward.
The Burlington. with Its high track.
suffered comparatively little. Its train
No. l from Chicago being on time and
It's St Lonis train yesterday afternoon
one hour late. -
According to stockmen who are IN
Denver. the cattle on the range Will
moi srffer greatly az result Of the
storm. They are said to be IN excel
lent condition and we'll able to with
rtand q hard storm. Fruit on the west
ern elopo VIII probably splIer consid'
erably q ,not mQfe than half IL ~
50 crop k6s bSGa picked, ewing y ths
110x - - ~ ~ ~ Ii IS. ;. 80
The Ordway new era., 1906-10-26
BALLOON CHASE CABINET CHANGE
RACE OF AUTOMOBILES AFTER
AERoNAUTs.
HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL TRIP

Start in Massachusetts and Landing
In vermont-BalIoons Rise Above
the Clouds and Automobiles follow
by Guess.
Pittsheil. Mass. - Two balloons.
Centaar and L'orient, which remained
here after the aero-automobile race be-
tween balloons and automobiles for
the Hawley cup had been declared on
last Saturday participated in an en-
durance contest Monday which carried
them many miles over northwestern
Massachusetts, and southwestern Yer
mont. The balloon L'Orient outsailed
the Centaur by about three hours and
a half, finally landing in the little
mountainous town OF Jamaica, in
Windham county, Vermont, fiftyseven
miles from the start. The Centaur
came down in Bennington. Vermont.
thirty miles from this city.
The balloons rose from here at 10: 20
a. IN. The Centaur carried Charles T..
Walsh. pilot. and Maj. Samuel Reber
and Capt. Charles L. Chandler of the
signal corps. United States army.
Lorient was piloted by Joseph Ste.
vens. who had as his companion Capt.
Homer W. Hedge, president Of the
Aero Club Of America. The balloons
were In sight of each other for
about three hours, and after them sped
three automobiles. which had been
entered in the Hawley cup contest Sat
urday. The Centaur WAS slightly be-
| lv,I nrt- t. ps,t. f1,< Ant
border. and after getting over Ben
ninSton Pilot Walsh decided to land.
/ The descent was successfully accom-
plished on the slope Of Woodford
mountain.
The occupants OF the Centaur said
on landing that they considered their
object accomplished and that theii
trip had been highly successful from a
scientific standpoint. The Centaui
reached height of 6.200 feet.
| The L'Orient passed over Jamaica
about p. M. and descended low
enough to talk with several towns
people. After learning their location
the occupants of the balloon threw
out several bags OF sand and the bal
loon rose again to disappear In the
clouds to the eastward. but at 4: 81
L'Orient came down In Jamaica.
Mr.. Stevens said after landing thai
L0rient went 5000 feet into the air
Above the clouds the heat was SO In
tense that all outside clothing had tc
be discarded. At one time the ther
momcter registered log degrees.
Twenty-Five minutes after the Cen
taur landed in Bennington an automo
bile driven by Floyd Knight of this
city stopped by the side Of the car
Half an hour later an automobile
owned by c. F. Bishop OF Lenox ar
rived On the scene.
Both Of these machines had fol
lowed the balloons as an experiment
although both airships were out o.
sight much OF the time.
The Ordway new era., 1906-10-26
Miscellaneous.

epidemic Of diphtheria is re-
to exist In Worcester. Mass,
since August 900 persons have
afflicted.
Premature explosion OF powder In
e near Mineral. Kan. caused the
Of three miners and seriously
d fourth.
japanese schooner is held at Vic.
by the Canadian authorities for
pting to run n number OF Jap
into Canada.
Iharp earthquake shock was re-
felt In portions Of Idaho and
hing.
business section of Syracuse.
was badly damaged by fire re-
A number Of stores. a hotel.
ming house and two restaurants
destroyed.
recent hurricane which swept
Havana caused u property loss
100000 In the city and surround
ounty. Twenty deaths were re-
tablet conimemorating the first
nent settlement Of the old
invest Territory" was unveiled
tly on the college campus u
tta. o.. by Mrs. Nicholas Long
Many prominent persons from
IT'S Of the country were present.
ded by Premier Sarrien, the en-
french cabinet have rendered
designations to President Fall
hight for the control Of the
Central railroad between the
man and Fish interests culmi-
At Chicago recently in a victory
uyvesant Fish.
30 consecutive hours Of con-
uon . jury In the common pleas
u Findlay, O., rendered a ver-
. guilty against the Standard
"pany for violation Of the VAL
anti-trust Law. The case will
pealed.
.ne first time in 16 years the
- rate was raised, to six per
Y tns Bank Of England recent
= reason given was the neces-
protecting the gold reserve.
aon caused depression in the
stock markets Of the world.
american Mining congress in
g Denver, COL, voted to meet
y IN Joplin, No.
bean dsci1ed 10 appoint .
Ior u canal ec1e = Vsll
aseer 70 x1nGaa y speesed
on' No N = t1ek pnsa-
The Ordway new era., 1906-10-26
IS OF THE WEEK
important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
ding Items Gathered from All
Of the World Condemned
\. small space for the
a..eat Of Our Readers.
Personal.

Murdock, for 20 years business
|er OF the Wichita. Kan. Daily
died recently In Chicago where
gone for treatment.
,tary Taft's party have arrived
|shington from Havana. Cuba.
funeral services of the late Sam
hes. the evangelist. were held
tabernacle bearing his name at
lsyille. Ga. before large con-
hon. Bishop Galloway. of Miss
presided.
les A. Barnes. OF Jacksonville.
las been elected supreme chan
Of the knights OF Pythias ut
kss!on of the supreme lodge at
Orleans.
liam Scully. popularity known as
Scully. who owned thousands
les Of land in Missouri. Kansas
kebraska. died recently in Lon
Ems.
Laura Cowdin. daughter OF
Potter. of New York. COM
suicide in u private sanitarium
bmwell. Conn. recently.
Whitson. vice president of the
bal City Banl, of New York.
ten elected president Of the
)can Bankers association.
b fitting tributes from many
krn states the body OF Mrs. JEFF
Davis was laid to rest In Hol-
q cemetery at Richmond. Va;
that of her husband.
Countess of Carlisle was chos.
psident OF tho Worlds w. c. 7.
Boston to succeed Lady Henry
tset. who declined reelection.
bn Spcck Won Sternburg. the
kn ambassador. has decided to
bne his proposed trip to Texas
next autumn.
\. Houston, OF Enid. Ok. has re-
notice from the president of
bpointment as registrar OF the
ic land office to succeed John j.
present incumbent.
en President Roosevelt goes to
ha. about November 1. he will
be new battleship Louisiana as
hgship and will he escorted by
rulser Washington and the bat
} Tennessee.
tbert C. SGuiers. Of New York.
Peen appointed American minis
Panama to succeed Charles f.
In
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

plishing could get no notion from my
few settlements in that part of the
country, but as we passed two or three
small hamlets at full speed, could see
the people running about trying to lind
some place OF safety.
Less than ten miles ahead Of us was
a bridge over a river, after crossing
which the road turned abruptly south
ward 1t was freak railway, any
how, and its zig-zags were intended to
pass through as many supposed centers
of future population as possible. The
only long stretch of it in a straight line
was just where we got caught by the
tornado. If we could get to the bend
ahead of the monster we might run out
of it's track.
1t was wild race for life. With the
great funnel cloud rushing on behind
us and steadily approaching, we tore
over the rails at a frantic rate or
speed. We on the engine were almost
craZed by the excitement, so that IL
almost Overcame my sense of fear. l
remember distinctly that L pulled the
whistle cord and let the locomotive
scream with all her might, though 1t
could hardly be heard in the roaring
Of the pursuing tornado.
Six miles passed as we'll as l could
estimate and the monster was only
about four miles behind. Three miles
ho1 ho
by a mile at least. But we were near
the river. A minute later we were rum
ming across the bridge. No time then
to heed the warning that trains must
run slowly over this stream" in ODE
dience to the sign post.
We flew around the curve and dashed
southwark, just in time to see the
mighty air balloon pass by us with a
whirl and a roar, as if all the demons
in the Internal regions were let loose.
We could not make out anything dis
tinctly, the sky being darkened and the
air filled with dust, but we knew that
we were safe. A few minutes later
the clouds rolled away and everything
was rs quiet and peaceful as before
the storm. We ran back to the bridge,
but it wasn't there and such remains
of it as were left were scattered all
over the country. The road was so
badly torn UP, the track for consider
able distances being twisted and broken
to pieces, that the expense Of repairing
it nearly bankrupted the company.
Eleven people lost their lives by that
tornado, which afforded me an expert.
ence which | would not repeat for all
the money in the world.-Chicago Daily
News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

You see, we were running in an air
line over the prairie, directly northeast,
and pursuing the path in which the
tornado was coming. Any other course,
with the steam l had on, would have
carried us out Of the way.
The boy sh0veled on more coal But
it was no use The engine was doing
its best, and she wasn't capable of more
than about thirty-eight miles an hour.
Its gaining on US" l said. 'HOw
fast does such a thing as that tFsvel?''
About 100 miles an hour" replied
the boy, white as a sheet
1t that had been true 1 would not
be here to tell the story. have since
learned that eighty miles an hour is
supposed to be the best a tornado can
do. My belief is that this one was
going ut about sixty miles. Anyway, il
wasn't more than six or seven miles
distant by this time and gaining on us
rapidly, If my reckoning was correct,
it would catch us in a little more than
twenty minutes. The way l calculated
it was that the great peS-tOp was NOV
ing at the rate of three miles to our
two.
1t was the most frightful spectacle
to look at that can possibly be imag
ined. To me it seemed to be a mon
strous giant, pursuing us with an inten
ton to destroy. Now and then its
blackness would be transformed into Z
dar!. green, and it was constantly light
ed up by flashes, as if it were an i'm
mcnse balloon Illuminated from within
1t appeared to whirl round with incon
ceivable rapidly, and from it came Z
sound across the prairie us of below
ing, with a voice so awful that the
rumbling of the locomotive was los
in it. or the destruction it was accom-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

town. taking it rather easily, because
the track wasn't in condition TO stand
fast running we'll l was about an hour
out from my starting place, and had
gone sixteen miles perhaps, when l
noticed some queer-lCCking clouds on
the western horizon
The day was sultry, and there was
4 curious sort Of glare over the land
scape. There was something unnat-
uraI about the appearance Of every
thing. Ny fireman was boy who had
been brought up in that region, and he
said that it looked like 4 tornado COM
ing. He ought to have been good
Judge of the symptoms. because the
whole of his family, together with all
their property and live stock, had been
wiped out by such i "twister," rs they
call 'em. when lie was hardly old
enough 10 toddle
81 tie time We had gone maybe
eight or nine miles farther, 4 dense
bank of clouds had spread around to
ward the southwest. 1t was black rs
ink, but beneath it was blank streak
of white. L had never seen anything
that looked quite like it before. As
looked Mt it the bank rose higher. and
presently 1 saw something like Il sharp
point of cloud project itself downward
from the black mass. All this time there
was no thunder or lightning, but only
a look about the sky that was dreadful
to see. it was 50 unnatural. 1t was the
boy who called my attention to the
pointed cloud. ana lie said it was tor
nadO beginning.
I pretended not to be afraid, and said
thar = il was ''twister" it would moi
be likely to hit us. But he was as pale
as ghost. Says he:
Don't you see that it is directly
southwest of u.s."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
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Observation-Disclosures


why. certainly" | replied. what
Of that?"
They always travel northeast" he
said, land we are right in the track of
it,"
Then we'll run away from it,
guess" says 1, pulling the throttle wide
open. The boy said nothing-only
watched the clouds in the distance.
By this time the pointed cloud had
got much bigger, the lower end Of 1t
nearly touching the ground. 1t grew
rapidly larger and larger and seemed
to be approaching at a great rate of
speed. while the rest of the view toward
the west and southwest became blurred
to the eye. so that nothing could be
made out clearly. It was a tornado
that was coming, and no mistake, for
the strange cloud, which had the shape
of a gigantic peg-top was distinctly
outlined in its blacBness against the
general blur. 1 began to feel pretty
badly frigh aned myself. Now and
then, when | could take my eye off the
cloud. / looked at the boy but he only
sat silent in the cab, staring at the
great peg-top with starting eyeballs and
white lips. Finally l said:
DO you think we are going to es-
cape it?'
I'VE are right in its track" he said,
without looking at me.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
AL Over the State.

James McLindon, for nearly forty years
an engineer on the Milwaukee road, IS
dead at La Crosse.
John Phillips, a native of Wales, and
for the past fifty years a resident of
Rosendale, is dead, aged 81 years.
The Northwestern railway has rented
rooms in ShawanO and will move the di
vision engineers Office there from Green
Bay.
Additional machinery to the amount of
$4,000 is being installed in the Ashland
division shops of the Northwestern rail
way in Kaukauna.
Kicked in the stomach 3y a horse
George Miller, ST., a rural mail carrier
at GAINESVILLE, fell under the feet of the
animal and was saved by his wife.
About 1000 acres near Badger Mills,
between Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls,
and including Lake Halle, formerly
summer resort, has been bought by Rob
ert A. Lange from DR.. Wallace Of Chi
cago for about $1,000.
Conductor N. D. Wedrell Of the Ash
land division of the Chicago and North
western railway IS critically i'll from
blood poisoning. An Indian, whom he
tried to remove from train, bit the con-
ductor and Wedrell may die.
At a meeting milk drivers in Milwau-
kee Organized and viii at once attempt to
enforce a rule against making deliveries
on Sundays and holidays. A milk fam
inc Is imminent, as the owners Of the
routes state that they will refuse to ac-
cede 10 the demands Of their employees.
BY stepping on a match Il. ". Clifton
Of Beloit lighted basin Of gasoline he
was pouring into the stove. Mrs. Edward
Merritt was probably fatally burned and
her son Garrett, aged years, was burn
ed so badly that he died The victims
are neighbo~s and were guests for Sunday
dinner.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
oLD-TIME LIVING EXPENSES.
What a Dollar Would Purchase Sew
eraI Hundred Years Ago.

What a Dollar Would Purchase Sew
eraI Hundred Years Ago.
1t makes the Ordinary-ha
householder enviOus to see the luXuri-
Gus display of fortunes favOrites. He
finds it hard enough to struggle to get
the necessities of life without any of
its delicacies, and to keep the cost
within his income. Nor can he look
back into the days Of long ago for con-
ISOLATION. 1t only increases his discom-
future to compare his expense account
with those of his ancestors.
If a man had a quarter in his pocket
in the days of the Plantagenets, for in
stance, he could keep his family we'll
supplied for a week. With that amount
of money he could smile at the butcher,
bow openly to the grocer, and look the
rest of the world as squarely in tho
face as did the village blacksmith.
If he lived in England 700 years ago
and wished to regale his family on
mutton, he could buy the finest of fat
sheep for a cents, which would almost
allow him to give a banquet on pen
nyworth of mutton. A cow was more
expensive, but $1.50 would buy the
best he could find in the market, while
for a fat hog he need only part with
so cents.
In the fourteenth century 2 cents
would buy pair Of chickens, and a
nickel for goose fit to grace any
Christmas dinner table, and a penny
would purchase dozen new-laid eggs.
Wheat sometimes fell as low as 40
cents a quarter, though after a great
storm, or in time Of "grievOus famine"
it would rise as high as 81 and So a
quarter. Still, at these prices a good
many pounds of bread could be bought
for penny.
Pasture and arabic lands were ridicu-
lousy Cheap cents an acre for the
former and II cents an acre for the
latter being considered q fair annual
rental. Draft horses were a drug on
| the market at - cents each, and oxen
at $1.20. In the days of the second
Henry $50 would have equipped a farm
with three draft horses, half a dozen
oxen, twenty COWS and 200 sheep, leav-
ing a balance Of 50 toward the pay
ment of the rent-abOut So year.
AS for labor, cents a day was
deemed good wages for an ordinary
laborer and even at harvest time 4
cents a day was the highest sum ex-
| pected.
House rent was SO absurdly small
| that the Lord Mayor Of London paid
only $3.50 a year to his landlord; and
| the Chancellor, with an annual salary
of 1892, seemed poorer than many a
| cook Of our own time. When a father
| sent his son to a university six cen
turtles ago, 4 cents a day was consid-
/ cred a comfortable allowance, with a
margin for luXuries.
In the reign of Queen Elizabeth
! prices were still exceedingly modest,
| and, it is only fair to add, wages low
in proportion. From a household book
/ of 1889 we take the following typical
prices Beef, 215 cents a pound; a
neck of mutton, - cents; twenty ight
pounds Of veal and a shoulder of NUT
ton, 56 cents; cheese, 4 cents a pound
| wheat, 1884 q quarter ton
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
THE ANCIENT INCAS.
They Knew Neither Id1eness Nor
Riches Nor Poverty.

Riches Nor Poverty.
The tlOckS of llamaS belonged to the
sun and the Inca. 1t was death to
kill one. At certain seasons of the
year they were collected from the hills
and shOrn. Large numbers were sent
to supply food for the court and to be
used at the religious festivals and sac
rifices. Male llamas only were killed.
The wool belonged to the Inca and
was stored in the government deposi-
tories and dealt out according as the
peoples wants required. In this way
they were provided with warm cloth
ing. When they had worked up enough
wool into clothing for themselves they
were then employed in working up
material for the Inca. The distribu-
ton of the wool and superintendent
of it's manufacture were in the hands
of officers appointed for the purpose.
No one was allowed to be idle. Idle
ness was a crime and was severely
punished.
All the mines belonged to the Inca
and were worked for his benefit. The
various emplOyments were usually in
the hands Of a few and became heredi-
tary. What the father was, that the
son became. A great part Of the agri-
cultural products was stored in grana-
ries scattered up and down the coun-
try and was dealt out to the people as
required. 1t will thus be seen that
there was no chance for a man to be-
come rich, neither could he become
poor The spirit of speculation had no
existence there.-Chambers Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
Franks of the Types.

Tom Moore wrote the line, Had
taken up in heaven his position" but
the printer made it read, Had taken
up to heaven his physician" In a week
~ story paper a love story contained
no less than twenty ridiculous errors.
Instead of falling into a reverie the
young lady fell into the river; bull
pup appeared for pull up" nasal"
for natal" and trombone" for "trem-
bling" The fair heroine was awfully
hungry" instead of angry" Her
heart was filled with ''et ceteras" and
not "ecstasies," and when she meant to
say chime" the types made her say, 81
am thin, 1 am wholly thin" A news
paper in telling of a COW cut into halves
by a railway train said the COW was
cut into calves.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
SCHOOLS FOR FARMERS.

Movement to Be Launched in Mani
tOwOc May Become State Wide.
A school literary agriculture society is
an organization which is being undertake
en- by School Superintendent w. e. Lar
sen Of Manitowoc, and which, it is hoped
may become State wide in its extension.
The plan is to organize in each school
district a society which will devote its
meetings to a discussion of topics of in
terest to farmers. A county organiza-
ton is to be formed and in the spring u
county convention will be held in Mani
tOwOc at which University of WiscOn-
sin professors have promised 10 speak.
The plan has been launched in six dis
tricts of the county and farmers are en-
thusiastic.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
Wisconsin
State News
MANITOwOC Is WONDERING.
G. III. HartIey's Visit Revives Many
RumOrs of Railroads.
~-N-~N~-~-N~-~~~

G. H. HartIey's Visit Revives Many
RumOrS of Railroads.
Speculation as to the possibilities OF
interurban or steam railroad development
as a result Of the visit to ManitOwoc of
G. II. Hartley, manager of TIE Wisconsin
Northern, new line being projected
north from Oshkosh, Mr.. Hartley, who
was formerly superintendent Of the Ash
land division of the Northwestern, was
accompanied by a party of Milwaukee,
Kaukauna and Oshkosh capitalists and
they visited several sections of the city
inspecting property. 1t is believed that
the trip had to do with the new Milwau-
kee-Fox River line or the Wisconsin
Northern, which is reported 10 be part of
the Illinois Central and which originally
planned to come to ManitOwoc.