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Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15
LOOK INTO FREIGHT TROUBLE,
Preparations Being Made to Begin In
vestigaticn in Minneapolis.

Minneapolis, Dec! 10. = Reported
shortage of transportation facilities
in the Northwest has caused the inter
state commerce commission to order
an investigation, and as a result a
hearing will be instituted at the led
eral building in Minneapolis Monday
morning before Commissioners Frank
lin E, Lane of California and James
P. Harlan of Illinois.
John H. Marble, who is to represent
the government as attorney, has ar
rived from Washington and began to
get ready for the Investigation of the
conditions which have affected the
freight business of Minnesota and the
DakOtas.
The magnitude and Importance OF
this proceeding is exemplified by the
expense incurred by the government
in it's efforts to secure the necessary
evidence. For several days half a
dozen special agents have travelled
about Minnesota and the Dakotas,
locking into the true state of affairs
and getting in touch with persons
who On the witness stand are expected
to lay bare the mystery Of the pres
ent delay in freight movements.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15
SENDS URGENT
APPEAL FOR FUEL
GLENBURN, N. D., COMMERCIAL
CLUB SAYS SITUATION is
DESPERATE.
GREAT SUFFERING is FEARED

Minneapolis, Dec. 13.-The follow
ing telegram was received here yes
terday:
"Glenburn, N. D., Dec 11.-F'uel sit
uation desperate. Not a a pound OF
coal here Many farmers and towns
men entirely out Must have twenty
five cars to afford even temporary re-
lief. Special train must be rushed
through or great suffering will result.
-"Glenburn Commercial Club.
Steps were at once taken to secure
full details of the situation there,
which seems to have alarmed the resi-
dents of the town.
Supplies Will Be Sent.
At the office of the Imperial Eleva-
tor company, which has branch at
Glenburn, this statement was made:
1--WE were the last dealers at Glen
burn to have coal, but this report is
surprise to u.s."
Glenburn is twenty-four miles north
of Granville, on the Sherwood branch
Of the Great Northern. In case cond1-
tons are as reported fuel supplies will
be sent by special train as asked.
D. l.. Raymond, manager of the Ac-
me Elevator company, also operating
at GleDburn, has full confirmation OF
the situation there. He says his com
pany has been trying to get coal in
there since last October without sue
cess.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15
DEPUTIES ARE CHOSEN.
Wisconsin State Officials Appoint
Helpers for Next Two Years.

| Wisconsin State Officials Appoint
Helpers for Next TWO Years.
The state officers-elect of Wiscon-
sin. who will assume their positions on
| the first Monday in January, have
practically decided upon their appoint
ments. Owing to the existence of the
state civil service law enacted by the
last legislature, the incoming officers
will have only a few positions to fill,
they being chief deputyships and other
places of confidential nature.
State Senator O. G. Munson Of Viro-
qua, who has been private secretary
to Gov. Davidson since the latters as
cension to the governorShip a year
ago, will lay down his work as secre-
tary during the session Of the legisla-
ture and resume his seat with the
solons. He WILL however, resume his
position as private secretary at the
close of the session.
The governors chief assistant dur
ing the legislative session will be AT
torney L. M. Sturdevant of Neillsville,
who will be appointed special state
agent, a position formerly held by
Judge Comstock of Crandon. The pay
Is SIS day and expenses. Mr.. Stur-
devant has been the attorney general
Of the state during the last four years.
Secretary of State-elect j. A. Frear
nf Hudson will appoint Attorney A. L.
forge of Madison as his first assistant
and L. B. Nagler of Hudson as his
chief clerk The salary of the former
position is $4,000 and the latter $1,000.
State Treasurer-ele a. H. Dahl OF
| Westby will appoint ex-Assemblyman
Henry Johnson of Surfing, Oconto
county as deputy state treasurer. The
position carries a salary of $1,SOO.
Attorney General-elect Frank Gil
bert of Madison will retain A. G. Titus
of, Superior as first assistant attorney
general in his present position. Inc
salary of the place is $4,000.
State Insurance Commissioner-elect
George E. Beedle of Embarrass, Wau-
paca county, will appoint l.. E. Ander-
son of Mount Horeb, Dane county, as
his deputy commissioner. Mr.. Ander'
son has been serving as secretary OIL
the. legislative insurance investigating
committee since it's organization ten
months ago, and previously served as
statistician in the state tax commits
sions department. The sal airy or dep
utv insurance commissioner is $l,5OV'
Assemblyman Herman l.. Ekern OF
Whitehall, Trempeleau county, was OF
fered this position, but he declined.
There is considerable gossip ALREADY
ever the probable organization OF the
two houses of the legislature. me
chief candidates for speaker OF the as
sembly are E. w. LIE Roy of Marlnette'
G. e. Estabrook of Milwaukee and ID.
I. Ekern Of Whitehall.
Lieut.. Gov.-elect Conner will, by VII
tue of his office, be the presiding ON
Ger over the senate. 1t is generaliy
expected that Attorney Leo X Eaton
of Oshkosh, who served as CHER clerk
of the senate last session, Will be re-
elected. The position pays $So0 SEES
sion w.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15
SOUTH ST. PAUL GETS PLANT.
100000 Bonus Decides Armour to
Locate at South ST. Paul.

100000 Bonus Decides Armour to
Locate at South ST. Paul.
st. Paul, Dec. 12.-Inducements Of
fered the Armour Packing company to
locate at South st. Paul have practl-
cally snatched the big prize from Min
neapolis and New Brighton.
The bonuses offered are said to con-
sist of stock in the Union Stock Yards
company, an interest in the Stock
Yards bank at South st. Paul and per-
haps the building of a preliminary
plant, aggregating in value $1,0OO,OOO.
Any one Of these concessions is a
big prize, but when the three are con-
sidered they constitute what is said
to have been Mr.. Ogden Armour's
original demand and bonus that can
not be we'll overlooked.
The news of the last move of st.
Paul to secure the big plant has Gre
ated CONSERVATION in Minneapolis.
The boomers of the New Brighton site
thought the industry was cinched,
though all along st. Paul has been
most favorably viewed by the Ar
mours, but now extraordinary efforts
are being made to Offset st. Paul's
latest move. The $1,000000 bonus,
however, has practically decided Ar
mour in favor of the South ST. Paul
site
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15
COMMISSIONER EMERY REPORTS
LARGE Amount of Work Done to insure
Pure Food Supply.

The biennial report OF the dairy ana
food commissioner has been filed IN
the office of the governor. A total OF
16,167 samples of food products have
been analysed by chemists, examined
and tested by dairy experts. Four
thousand two hundred inspections
were made of the nearly 1900 cheese
factories and not less than 5000 IL
spections have been made OF meat mar
kets, groceries and other places where
food products were sold, thus making
total of more than 10000 different
inspections.
Milk supplies of sixty cities and VII
lagos have been thoroughly inspected
Fifteen thousand notices OF quarterly
or semi-annual bulletins showing the
result of inspections of chemical cases
have been distributed. Two huncred
and thirty-fve convictions for Vlola-
tjon Of the dairy and food laws nave
been secured End fines imposed.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15
FILES COMPLAINT
WITH GOVERNOR
SHIPPERS ATTORNEY CHARGES
COMMISSION WITH NEGLECT
OF DUTY.
BOARD PARTIAL TO ]. ]. HILL

st. Paul, Dec. H. - James Manahan.
attorney of the Minnesota Receivers
and Shippers association, yesterday
filed charges against the members OF
the railroad and warehouse commits
sion with Gov J. A. Johnson.
In a long statement he says:
eve accuse Ira B. Mills, Charles F.
Staples and William E. Young. who
are. without warrant of law, assuming
to act as the railroad and warehouse
commission of Minnesota, OF neglect
of duty, inefficiency and malfeasance
in Office.
eve charge the said Ira B. Mills,
Charles F. Staples and William E..
Young, as a board and each OF them
separately as a commissioner, of being
partial to James J. Hill, a representa-
tive of railroad interests. and unfair to
the people of Minnesota to a degree
that renders them inefficient"
Alleged Neglect of Duty.
The following instances of alleged
neglect of duty are enumerated:
Have failed to exercise general SUI
pervision of railroads in Minnesota.
Have failed to obtain from such rail-
roads information in regard to rebates,
determinations and excessive charges.
Have for years failed to learn the
terms of the contract between the
Northern Pacific and Milwaukee roads
for handling traffic in Minnesota, and
knowingly permitted the Milwaukee
road to charge unreasonable and ex-
tortionate freight rates.
Jealous in Behalf of Railroads.
Have for years permitted railroads
to charge for hauling coal rate they
knew to be excessive
Have co-operated with the railroads
in Withholding from the people the
advantages of proximity to a port on
the Great Lakes.
Have been recreant in their duties
generally and only jealous in their eff.
forts to avoid offending the railroad
interests
Have tried to protect the Omaha
road from "the proof and odium Of
spending money for political purposes
and charging the same to operating
expenses of the road"
The complaint specifies that the
duct in Office because the commission
did not allow the railroad witness to
be crOss-eXamined.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15
NEW MINES WILL SHIP.
Will 1906 Ore Movement Be Eclipsed
by That of 1907?

w Ill 1SUO ore movement ECIiHSCQ
by That of 1907?
The iron ore shipments at Virginia
for 1906 were in excess Of those of any
previous year. 1t is expected that
next years shipments will greatly ex'
coed this summers. Several new
mines will be on the shipping list next
season, and many old properties will
be reopened
At the Mountain Iron mine great
preparations are being made for 1907.
Seven or eight steam shovels will be
employed, charging the pit, and sew
eral hundred men will be kept busy.
In the shipping season this mine en-
ploys as many as 500 men. The Oil
yer Iron Mining company, which owns
this mine, is also doing some active
work around Virginia. The old Ohio
property, which has not been worked
for some time, is being stripped three
steam shovels being employed night
and day.
The Missabe Northern railroad,
which hauls the ore from this proper
ty, is changing the grade and laying
heavier steel on it's spurs to the Ohio
and Oliver mines, and it is expected
that several hundred thousand tons
will be shipped from these properties
the coming season. The railroad is
also charging it's yards at Virginia,
preparing for heavy shipments from
other mines in that vicinity.
The New York State Steel company
has established it's range headquar-
tiers in Virginia, and will build an Of
flee and residence for the superintend
ent. The Steel company has recently
acquired the Tesora, Mailman and
Kellogg properties from the Tesora
Mining company, and will develop all
of these the coming summer, the TIE
sora already being on the shipping
list. H. F. Kendall is the range man
ager of the company.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15
NOW SEEK TO RECOVER

Men Fined and imprisoned at New
Richmond Are Suing the Mayor.
Sheriff Adolph Johnson has served
complaints on S. N. Hawkins, mayor
and acting city attorney; Justice Syl-
vester S. Beebe, who presided for sew
eral months over New Richmond's IA
nous police court, which was declared
illegal by Judge H. w. Arnquist Of
Hudson in habeas corpus proceedings,
and Marshal James E. OBrien, who
made the arrests on the police court
warrants.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15

The railroad commission OF Wlscon-
sin issued an order reducing trelght
rates on sugar beets about 20 per cent.
The Wisconsin Sugar company OF Me
nomonie Falls and the Chippewa sugar
company of Chippewa Falls pet1tloned
for q reduction in rates on this prod
uct and the commission held several
hearings on it. The railroad compa-
MES affected are the st. Paul, North
western. Omaha, Wisconsin Central
and Illinois Central. The new rates
range from 40 cents per ton for a
fwenty-fiye-mile or less haul to $1.70
for 275 to 3O0-mile haul.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15
TURPENTINE FROM sTUMPs.
New Industry Which Promises to Be
Remunerative for Settlers.

New Industry Which Promises to Be
Remunerative for Settlers.
An effort is being made at Lady
smith to interest capital in the manu-
facture Of turpentine, tar, oil OF tar,
acetates and charcoal from pine stumps
This proposition has been discussed
for several years, and tests have been
made to show the available contents
of the stumps, but nothing further has
come of the project.
In the meantime H. Copilovitch, a
Russian who had worked at the bust
ness in Europe, and who had run a
hardware store in st. Paul, went to
Hinckley, and nine miles east of that
town started in a small way the con-
version of worthless stumps into very
desirable commercial products
After visiting the Hinckley plant
the Ladysmith News has taken up the
matter of securing an institution OF
this kind for Ladysmitn.
The process of manufacture is by
two distinct operations. One, common
to extract the crude material from the
stumps which have already been cut
into blocks on circular saw. TO &C
complish this large iron retorts are
constructed, like flueless boilers stand
ing vertically. These are encased with
brick, allowing a fire space. Inc re-
torts are filled with the blocks, sealed
alright and fires are made in furnaces
at the bottom of the structures. Three
days are required to run Off retoft,
the liquid passing out of pipes Leading
to condensers. When the process 81
extraction is completed the residue is
charcoal
The raw material is refined IN dis
tillery similar to those used in ordlna
ry distillation.
The concern at Hinckley is run only
on Norway pine stumps, the concern
there not believing that white pine
stumps are available. However, opln-
ion is divided upon this point, and
owners of white pine stump land pur-
pose a test 20 determine this point.
The popular opinion that this indus
trv exists only in imagination is forced
to hasty retreat when the contents
and value of a cord Of Norway pms
stumps is stated according to figures
given out by the Hinckley concern
as follows:
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15
six NAMED FOR PRIZE DEBATE.
steensIand Contest to BE Held on Dec
Fl at the University.

81 at the University.
The six men for the final contest IN
the Steensland prize debate have been
chosen at Madison: They are II. b.
Frost OS; Edwin l.. Gruhl, 'OS; How
ard C. Hofson, L., 'O8; Z. HILL L., W;
William M. Leierson, 'O8, and II.
Schmidt, L., 'O8. The final will be heId
Dec 21. The men will compete Tor
nrizes offered each year by Halle
Steensland of Madison.
The annual joint debate will be held
Dec. 10. Hesperia and Philomathla
will be the contesting societies this
wear. The question will be: Would
it be advisable for the federal govern
ment to regulate the corporate entlty
of manufacturing and producing cor
norations, a majority of whose product
is an article of interstate businessE
Eugene Marshall, Otto Breidenbach
and Horace Secrist will take the al
'frmative for Philomathia, while He's
dneria will be represented by ElDert
Brinley, George Mathews and Eli jed
new
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15
WILL COLLECT OLD LETTERS.
Correspondence of Early Settlers Is
Wanted,

correspondence O1 Early 0CLtiCIS %
Wanted.
The Minnesota Historical society,
through it's library committee, is about
to begin a campaign for the acquisi-
ton of the letters, diaries and other
documents of the early settlers of the
state, to be added to the collection OF
such papers now held by the society.
The desire of the society is to acquire
as many of these papers as is, posi-
Bile to be stored in the fireproof vaults
of the society and to have them in
dexed in such manner that their
contents will be accessible and the
matter relating to particular subjects
readily found.
The question was discussed at &
meeting of the executive council at st.
Paul, arising out Of discussion as to
ways and means of acquiring the pa
pers of Gov. Alex Ramsey and Lieut..
Gov Ignatius Donnelly. The society
now has in it's archives a collection
of about 5000 letters received by Gen.
Siblev between 1884 and 1891, arrang-
ed in thirteen letter file boxes, besides
copies of about 1900 letters written
by Gen. Sibley between 1849 and 1855,
arranged in four letter files. These
papers contain miscellaneous and bus
mess letters, besides a number of state
documents Of great historic value.
Mr.. Donnelly was lieutenant govern
or during Gov. Ramsey's administers
ton in the early years of the Civil
war, and many of the papers relate to
the events Of that time. These pa
pers. Of much greater bulk than the
Sibley collection, were kept in adml-
rable chronological order by Mr.. Don
nelly, and cover a period of about
forty years, and a very wide CORE
spondence There are about 10000 OF
them, in $50 packages, each package
covering from one to three months
and each package dated. Besides
these letters and papers there are a
large number of bound volumes of
pamphlets and many scrap books, all
OF CONSIDERABLE uISIOIIC VdluS.
Prof w. w Folwell, for fifteen
years president of the state universe
ty, attended the meeting and strongly
urged the ACCESSIBILITY of obtaining
possession of these old documents for
their value as original documents,
upon which the writing Of history will
in the future be based. Besides the
Ramsey and Donnelly papers the
Franklin Steele and other collections
were also mentioned, and the matter
was finally referred to the library
committee to take such steps as they
deem best in order to secure for the
society as many of the old collections
as are of historic value to the state
1t was the opinion of the council that
many of the early citizens of the state
who were prominent in politics and
war have left papers which are of
great historic value, and the efforts OF
the committee will be directed to 10
eating them and endeavoring to effect
their transfer to the custody of the
society," where they may be preserved
and SO arranged as to be of the great
est value for purposes of reference.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15
Four Pardons.

Pierre, S. D., Dec. II. = The state
board Of pardons has recommended
executive clemency for four, Henry
Fades, from Miner county, for larceny;
Charles o. Bjelkstrom, Stanley county,
horse rustling; Hubbard w. Coulter,
Pennington, larceny; Elmer E. Young,
Jerauld county, larceny.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15
First Parole.

Pierre, S. D., Dec. 11.-Gov. Elrod
has granted his first parole to pris-
oner in the penitentiary under the pro-
visions of the parole law. The elem
ency was granted in the case of Fred
Petticary, who was sentenced from
Codington county on charge of grand
larceny.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15
Train HoIo-up Fails.

Farley, Iowa, Dec. 11.-A bold at
tempt was made to hold up a train
near here. Two masked men attack
ed the Pullman conductor, but the
noise of the fracas aroused the pas
sengers and the bandits jumped from
the train and fed without attempting
to rob anyone.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15
SHEARS GIVE FATAL WOUND.
Child Falls and Blades of instrument
Enter Neck.

Perley, Mimi, Dec. 13. = The four
year-old child of Jacob jacobson
climbed upon chair to get pair OF
shears which were lying on table.
After securing the scissors the little
one lost it's balance and fell in such a
manner that the blades of the shears
pierced the neck, severing the carotid
artery. The child bed to death in
three minutes.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15

It should be noted that the above is
iobbers' prices, and that at retail the
double or treble the above figures.
ae p1noM sdmn4s 10 pIoo g 10 4onpoLd
IN addition it may also be noted that
the above figures do not include the
acetates of soda, lime and lead or WOOL
alcohol. which would add materially
to the total.
A plant of six retorts would con-
sume ten cords of stumps per day, or
convert rubbish worth less than noun
ing into commodities worth at jobbers'
nrices over $3.50. Such a plant would
consume in a year the stumps on SUI
to 400 acres of heavy pine land, leav-
ing the ground ready for the ploW II
is estimated that the removal OF the
stumps will increase the market Value
of pine lands $40 to $40 per acre, or
5000 to $6,4O0 for each years opera
ton.
The price fixed for stumps is about
"a ner cord, which is more than the
cost of pulling and delivering them'
so that another way of viewing the
case is that the devious ways OF lndus-
try purpose converting the eyesore OIL
the Pie sections into a valuable asset
Thus does it come to pass that the
general public is left to guess when IS
a reality and which a dream, and the
investor to speculate on the future
value of a present proposition. me
plant at Hinckley is in the third year
Of it's operation and in prosperous con-
ditiOn w
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15
Priest Nearly Burned.

Vermillion, S. D., Dec. II. - Rev.
Lawrence Curley, in charge of the
Catholic church at Garryowen, had
narrow escape from being cremated
in a fire which destroyed the parish
house. Rev. Curley suffered a para
hpd
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15
TO TURN MISSOURI RIVER.
Project Is to Save Iowa Township
From Goinu to Nebraska.

Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 12-In the
effort to prevent LakepOrt township,
Woodbury. county, from being transfer
red to the Nebraska side of the Mis-
souri, river by the vortex Of the mud
dy stream, the United States govern
ment has instructed Col. James B.
Quinn, engineer in charge of the upper
Missouri river, to prepare immediate
plans for the digging OF a new chan,
nell
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15
Indians Need Clothes.

Pierre, S. D., Dec. 11.-Gov. Elrod
has received a letter from Deadwood
asking him to call upon the people
of the state to assist in colthing the
Ute Indians who were founded up in
Wyoming and are now held at Fort
Meade for the winter.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15
SmaLIrox Found in SchnnI,

Minneapolis, Zee r. = Smallpox
has been found among the children of
two of the public schools, and the
number of cases already discovered
has led the officers of the health de-
partment and the board of education
to fear that the disease has already.
become epidemic.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15
Shot bY Jealous Rival.

Marshfeld, Wis, Dec. II. - John
Friedrich was shot last night while re
turning home from call on young
woman. The suspected party is
young man who had been attentive to
the young woman, and jealousy Is
thought to have inspired the crime.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15
Wanted in South Dakota

Pierre, S. D., Dec. 11.-Gov. Elrod
GAS issued a requisition on the govern
Or of Pennsylvania for Ray Carr, who
is wanted in Lyman county on an en-
bezzlement charge. Carr is under ar
rest in Pennsylvania.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15
Referendum Carried.

Helena, Mont, Dec. 11.-Gov. 10
seph K. Toole has issued proclama-
ton announcing that the initiative and
referendum amendment to the state
constitution, which was voted on at
the last election, has been carried. 1t
will now become a law.