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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-06-23
What the NAVY Need.

The tone Of the naval personnel de-
ponds almost entirely on the higher OIL
Gers, those Of command and flag rank.
The ideals which they hold up to the
younger officers are the ones that are
eagerly followed. In the decade fol-
lowing the civil war. when Admiral
Porter was supreme, this ideal was the
bold sailor who carried canvas till 1t
blew away. AS Commodore Foxhall
Parker said a little later, 'Not to talk
rope was not to be a seaman, In the
opinion Of most officers" AS a result
the midshipmen talked and thought
rope" continually and exerted every
effort to become fine seamen.
One would expect that II no officer
with actual engineering training Is
available the one detailed would at
least be a man OF considerable expert
ence and chosen from near the top Of
the list Of those on board. In many
cases the exact reverse Is true, and the
nominal chief engineer is one Of the
Juniors with scarcely any experience
Of any kind. The unfortunate lad who
was In charge of the Bennington's ma
chinery was next to the lowest COM
missioned officer.-W. n. Mcfarland IN
Engineering Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-06-23
PrehistOric Tracks.

OF more than unusual interest are
the old prehistoric "bird tracks" Of the
Connecticut valley to either active
sportsmen or students OF natural his
tory, signs OF what is called the trias-
sic period, says ]. e. McIlwain In Rec
reation. Just outside the city OF Hol-
yoke, Mass. between the old road and
the new state road to Northampton,
there Is patch about so by 100 feet
which has been cleared Of all surface
earth by parties interested In geology
and which is now protected by the
state. This patch Is completely COW
cred with well defined tracks and
most Of which will measure twelve to
fourteen inches In the longest parts
and eight to ten inches wide, while In
depth they are from one to two and
one-haf inches.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-06-23
EDITORIAL FILINGS.

That Russian Official who caught a
bomb thrown at him would make a
valuable man for the car to have be-
hind the bat.-Baltimore Sun.
Jerome K. Jerome says, you can't
be funny all the time" It requires
considerable effort for an EngIishman
to be funny any Of the time.-Baltimore
Sun.
Professor Moore has no reason to
brag Of predicting the weather for a
month ahead. Some Of the almanacs
predict 1t for the whole year.-New
York American.
Rhode Island Is planning q connected
landscape gardening system that will
take In three-fourths Of the dwellings
In the state. What q cute miniature
park Little RhOdy VIII make.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Some Ingenious person has discover
ed that the word senator" by making
a few changes In the order Of the
letters composing IT, becomes treason"
But It also makes "a nestor." And
there you are.-Chicago Tribune.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-06-23
ENGLISH ETCHINGS.

Attentive is the name Of Britain's
latest twenty-five knot scout ship.
In Reddington, England, hot oatmeal
mush is delivered with the milk each
morning to those who desire It.
So many Of London's motor buses
break down that a service Of tugs"
has been organized for the towing
home Of derelicts.
Members Of the new house Of COM
mons have started a prayer meeting.
It is held on Tuesday afternoons in
one Of the committee rooms.
A new party has been formed In the
house Of commons, but its object Is not
political What it hopes to effect Is a
reduction in the parliamentary barber
shop Of the price Of shaving from "a
cents to II cents.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-06-23

THE HALL or FAME.

George Cabot Lodge, Psychologist,
poet and student, is his fathers pri-
yate secretary In the United States
senate.
The present chief Of police Of San
Francisco, Jeremiah Oman, was born
IN Boston and went to San Francisco
In 1870.
Sergeant Horatio ]. Homer Is the
only colored man In the Boston police
department, where he has been since
1873 he "a proficient on eleven differ
ent musical instruments.
Chaplain Rev. Francis Doherty Of
the Seventeenth United States infan-
Try, stationed at Fort Mcpherson, edits
a little paper called the Haversack,
which is widely read among soldiers
and is frequently copied.
Major General Frederick Dent Grant,
commander Of the eastern division Of
the United States army, has asked the
international committee of the Young
Mems Christian association to place Its
branches in every post under his COM
mand.
Sheriff William P. Hays Of Hamilton
county, Tenn, says he has more sons
without having other kind Of children
than any man in the country. Nine
lusty youngsters are in this interesting
family, and their ages range from six
months to eighteen years.
Few presiding officers Of the senate
have been as popular as Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks with the officials Of the
senate. He has co-operated with them
90 as to expedite the business Of the
senate, and that is an important mat
ter to the clerks, who desire to have
the business closed up every day.
William C. Brown, first vice presi-
dent Of the New York Central lines,
with a salary Of 5000, the best paid
vice president Of a railroad in the
United States, was in the early seven
ties a telegraph operator and messen-
ger boy In Sioux City, Ia, receiving
messages and delivering them himself.
David c. st. Charles, an engineer Of
San Francisco, has invented a repeater
which win make it possible to tele-
phone clear across the continent. What
the 30 called repeater" has done for
telegraphy st. Charles invention, it is
now claimed, has done for the teIe-
phone. The combining Of the echo In
nature with the sounding board Of a
violin furnished the clew to the dis
covery.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-06-23
MODES OF THE MOMENT.

EcaIloped linen ruching is a novelty.
Steel beaded purses are the thing for
the gray gown
Paquin green is a dark, heavy look
ing leaf green, almost the color Of Ivy.
Velvet ribbons Of all colors and
widths are to be great deal used this
summer.
A pretty feature Of muslin gowns is
the prevalence Of little linen jackets to
wear with them.
Mohair In its soft improved quality
and lovely eolorings Il one Of the best
possible choices for princess dress.
A charming little bolero may be
made Of wide pompadour ribbon, one
width forming the Jacket fronts and
another width the ruffied sleeve tops,
the whole edged with fury ruche.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-06-23
FACTS FROM FRANCE.

French farmers are glad to get S1.s3
for 100 liters about twenty-six gallons)
Of common red wine.
AErenchman cannot be a deputy un-
III he Is twenty-five years Of age, while
no Italian can legislate for his country
before the age Of thirty.
Jean d'0rsay. discussing IN the Paris
Mat1n q proposition that swimming
should be taught to Parisian school
children, quotes q statistical return
showing that the average number Of
baths taken q year by each person In
France d four.
with the exception Of the larger
towns the precautions against IRE IN
France are remarkably inadequate.
Many towns Of from 500 to 1900 peO-
pie have no water supply other than Or
dinary wells, operated generally By
bucket draws instead Of pumps. and 70
Gre Apparatus except occasionaIly .
hapd force pump.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-06-23
Rainfall and Tree Growth.

A report has recently been published
which shows how closely the growth Of
trees is dependent upon rainfall. Not
only was this seen In the case Of one
and two year old trees, but In an in
vestigatlon extending over a period
Of twelve years, during which time the
annual rings Of growth were carefully
examined. With an annual precipita-
lion Of from thirty to thirg-five inches
width Of ring was produced varying
from IL to 10 Inch. II, on the other
hand, there was either an unusually
large or small rainfall In any given
year this was followed by a CORE
spending tree growth In the following
year.-Harper's Weekly.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-06-23
RuE., Modern ana Antiaue.

Because many antiques are admira-
bic Is no reason for denying the merit
Of modern rugs. There are more rugs
Of high quality being woven today
than ever before, and this Is due princi-
pally to the fact that there Is a better
market for them than ever before. The
United States alone imports $4,000, 600
worth a year, about two and a half
millions before the duty is paid. No
wonder that the shah OF Persia nurses
the rug weaving industry tenderly, be-
slowing orders and honorable rewards
on successful rug merchants and in
nicting the most severe penalties for
the use Of anillne dyes or anything cal
culated to bring Persian rugs into dis
repute.-Country Life In America.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-06-23

ma value Of q thiekly populated COM
munity Of q well organized military
body under capable and resOurceful
leaders, the wisdom and expedIeney Of
some system for providing q reserve
water supply and the resistance of
carefully built anchored" steel strue-
lures 70 earthquake shocks Of average
violence are three lessons Impressed
upon TIE public mind By ne San Fran
cisco disastsr.-LOuiSviIls cOurisr-Jeur-
nal
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-06-23
The Lfbrary Of COnEreaa.

The library Of congress now contains
1,s44.61s books, 410,352 pieces Of mu-
nc, 1s8.T24 prints and S2.744 maps and
charts, according to the annual report
Of the librarian, Herbert Putnam, re-
Gently presented to congress. The Il
brary gained 6S,961 books and about
5000 pictures and pieces Of music
during the last year. There were
bought 22,9oS books. 1634S were re-
esivsd By gift 11.7eS BY copyright and
e4T4 gained By exchange with foreign
governments.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-06-23
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Eavs a good time. but don't make IT
your business.
Idlers spend their time going nowhere
and coming back
he who burns. his money never en-
Hghtens the world
Feeling sorry for q friend in hard
luck Il the average mans linit.
Don't expect any man TO thank you
for trying to induce him 10 do what be
doesn't want to do.
Trace your bad luck back q fsw
blocln and the chances are that y01
wln discover # h due 10 your bad
manaesmsnt-chica News
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-06-23
Writing n Head.

Assistant Editor-I see here that an
English general was badly cut In open
ing a wine bottle. What sort Of a head
shall I put on lit
Managing Editor-oh, Just say. Sc
rious Accident to British Man Of War
In Attempting to Get Into Port
American Spectator.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-06-23
Let II Shine.

There's lots Of sunshine In the
world" remarked the optimistic board
er.
True" replied the cynic. But what
the world needs is not so many people
who carry awnings. Sem
tinel,
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-06-23
LinRuistIc Ability,

II once knew a man who talked sew
en- languages. and the most he ever
could earn was $11 q week"
THAT'S nothing. know a woman
who can talk your arm OF, and 1 don't
believe she ever earned 10 cents."-
Chicago Herald.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-06-23
Proof.

"How do you know your husband
really works hard at his once at
aightr' asked the suspicious woman.
Because he hasn't any headache the
nsxt morning" answered Mrs. WISE
Washington Star.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-06-23
The Best He Had.

LAdy-See here! Amt you ashamed
to be hitting that poor horse with that
whip1
Driver-I be, mum. He don't mind It
Q bit Would yer kindly hand me dat
fence railf-Judge.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-06-23

Diggs-I understand that HIexins "A
quite q clever fnancier.
Biggs-Well. be isn't. Why, that man
never beat anybody out Of a cent Al
his life.-Chicago News.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-06-23

Havs you had any trouble with
your hearth
Not lateiy. I'm living with my third
ife."-Cieveland Plain Dealer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-08-29
GERMANY ACTIVE IN PERSIA.
British Government Closely Watching
DEVELOPMENTS There.

British Government Closely Watching
Developments There.
London, Aug. 29:-The British gov
ernment Is fully alive to the critical
condition of affairs in Persia and to
the alleged efforts of Germany to OBJ
tain footing there and it is stated
steps doubtless will be taken by the
powers to protect their interests when
q crisis arrives. Thus far the foreign
office says nothing has occurred to
justify outside interference. So far
as Germanys action is concerned she
has done nothing to which Great Brit.
ain or any Of the powers could take
exception, her efforts being confined
to the expansion of trade. The Off
cials here do not believe that Germany
is trying to secure an island in the
Persian gulf as a naval base, as 1t
would be at all times at the mercy of
hostile fleet. AS for commercial
port the officials add there cannot be
any objection to her obtaining one.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-08-29
HOPES TO WIN PEASANTS!
Emperor Issues Ukase Transferring
Millions Of Acres Of Land.

Emperor Issues Okase Transferring
Millions Of Acres Of Land.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 29.-The distri-
button of crown appanages, the first
part, of the Administrations agrarian
programme, by which it is hoped to
win the peasantry to the support of
the government at the coming
elections, has been put in ef-
fsot by a ukase transferring 100000
acres of appanage lands to the Peas
ants bank for distribution. The ur-
geucy Of tho situation is such that the
ukase, which was signed the day of
the attempt on the life of Premier
Stolypin, was gazetted without wait
Ing for final decision as to the methods
and terms of payment. The question
whether the latter shall be thirty
three or sixty years has not yet been
decided. The announcement on this
point and of the transfer of 10,000,000
acres Of crown lands will be made
later. - -
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-08-29
CUBAN GOVERNMENT PLACING
GREAT RELIANCE ON ITS
OFFER OF AMNESTY.
CONFIDENCE PREVAILS At PALACE
ENLISTMENT OF VOLUNTEERS is
SUSPENDED By PALMA'S
GOVERNMENT.

Havana, Aug. 29.-The enlistment
Of volunteers by the government has
been suspended by the government
until the effect of President Palma's
offer of amnesty to the insurgents can
be determined At the palace conf
dence is felt that the great body Of
rebels who have been carried away
with the idea that they were to have
a conspicuous part in the overthrow Of
the Palma administration will seize
tho present opportunity to return to
lawful pursuits rather than jeopardize
their liberty by further supporting
what the government characterizes as
Q hopeless cause.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-08-29
ADDRESS TO THE EMPEROR.

MonarchiaI Party Issues Appeal for a
Dictatorship.
Moscow, Aug. 29.-The Monarchiel
party, in an address to the emperor,
just published, openly appeals for a
dictatorship (which will put an end
to the decentralization in the the army"
and also urges the complete suppress
sion of parliament and the restoration
majesty, however, insist on retaining
the parliament the Monarchists prom
ise loyal participation in the elections,
upon the condition of a change in the
election law providing for the exclu-
sion of the Jews from the suffrage.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-08-29
BATTLE At CIENFUE0OS,
Rural Guards and Volunteers Defoat
Insurgents.

Insurgents.
Havana, Aug. 29.-The rebel force
under General Guzman was defeated
during the night near Cienfuegos with
heavy loss.
For several days 1t had been stated
that General Guzman's force of insur-
gents, which was variously estimated
at from 200 upwards, contemplated an
attack upon Cienfuegos. Colonel Vale,
with a detachment of rural guards and
volunteers, was dispatched to Glen
fnegos for the purpose Of engaging
0uzman and breaking up the band.
Tho encounter of the two forces re-
suited in the worst disaster which the
insurgents have sustained up to this
time. They lost seventeen men.killed
and many wounded, while the loss to
the government force was one man
killed. T.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-08-29

Civil war will be regarded, under
the Platt law, in the same light as
pestilence or the unsanitary condi-
tions which might breed it, A high
official of the state department said
that one would be as offensive to the
United States as the other.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-08-29
RIDDLE HOUSE WITH BULLETS

Police and Troops XIII All Inmates Of
the Place.
Riga, Aug. 29.-Police and troops
surrounded a lodging house on Sto-
livia street, where bombs had been dis
covered. The revolutionists inside
fired with rifles from the windows on
the attacking party and also threw a
bomb, whereupon the troops riddled
the house with bullets, killing or
wounding all the inmates. Two men
and a woman were killed..
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-08-29
PLANS TO TAKE HAVANA.

Colonel Guerra to Join Forces With
General Guzman.
Havana, Aug. 29.-Colonel Guerra
plans, according to a messenger sent
to interview him, to take all towns on
the north coast of Cuba, for which
purpose he has sent detachments.
When the work is completed he will
begin an invasion of Havana province
in conjunction with General Guzman's s
forces of Santa Clara province and
Captain Asbert, who is now operating
in Havana province.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-08-29
CIVIL WAR IN CUBA.
United States May Vet Intervene to
Restore Peace,

Washington, Aug. 29.-Tho United
States will not tolerate civil war in
Cuba. The Plat amendment was
drafted with this in view, and our gov
ernment maintains, and will exercise,
its right to Intervene and maintain
peace In that island.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-08-29
LARGE IRRIGATION PROJECT.
Scheme to Reclaim Million Acres of
Colorado Land, .4

Scheme to Reclaim Million Acres of
Colorado Land. ...
Denver, Aug. 29-Recently there
has been filed with the state engineer
of Colorado papers that have for their
purpose the redemption of nearly
100000 acres of arid land, the largest
irrigation proposition that has ever
been undertaken by private capital.
Frank J, Mccarthy, civil engineer
of Denver, is now drafting plans to
build a reservoir that will cover twen-
ty-four square miles, with an average
depth of thirty-five feet and will use
the entire surplus water of the Platte
river.
Heretofore it has been estimated
that 80, 115,000000 cubic feet of water
was wasted yearly in the Platte river,
water which If properly diverted and
used on land adjoining would irrigate
1000, 900 acres of land and would sup
port 100000.
This proposition is being financed
by syndicate of New York and Lon
don bankers. Engineer Mccarthy es-
Inmates that the reservoir and dam
will cost in the neighborhood of 3d.
100000. The work will commence
about Oct. 10 of this year.
Egg and Bottle.
Take q boiled egg, remove the shell.
have bottle with a large neck, add
q piece Of paper to the neck and light
1t. When in blaze put the egg on it,
point down, and the heat will pull the
egg with great force inside Now put
again blazed paper in the bottle and
manage to have the egg in the neck
point up, and the heat will push out
the egg with an explosion.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-17
CAMERON WATCH TO END
DIETZ AND LUMBER COMPANY
READY FOR PEACE.
Oliver Darwin Sees Ground for Com
promise If Sawyer County VIII
Step Cut of Controversy.

BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis, Aug
13.-Oliver Darwin of this city. the old
time lumberman who volunteered his
services to Gov. Davidson, believing he
could bring about Il settlement between
the Chippewa Log and Boom company
and John Dietz of Cameron dam, has re-
turned home. He admits his mission
was unsuccessful. but says:
There are common grounds in sight
where a settlement honorable and fair TO
both parties can be agreed upon. The
first thing to be done is this: Let Sawyer
county step out of the trouble. then the
logging company and DictZ can settle
ma:;erS. DietZ wants too much and the
logging company wants to pay too little.
Il spent four hours in earnest CONVEX
satiOn with Mr.. Ainsworth of Chippewa
Falls. He is the office man of the boom
company and Il gentleman. | am salts
fled he wants to settle the matters and is
willing to meet Dietz half way.
L spent a night with DietZ at TIL"
Cameron dam and heard his side of the
story, which has been told and retold
many times. He read me Il long account
of the controversy which he had pre-
pared, justifying his course. Dietz, | am
satisfied, would be glad to end the trou-
bic by peaceful means and there are no
reasons why hostilities should go father
That Dictz will die defending what
he claims is his right | am satisfied. He
IS determined man and is surrounded
by family of children, all expert in gun
practice, and not one of them afraid OF
the cars
The boy Clarence. who received the
gunshOt wound in the head in the recent
battle, is recovering.
HAYWARD, Wis. Aug. 13.-[Spe-
I-.IOln II q tn ONT has
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-17
INDIAN CHIEF IS FREE
CITY OF BLACK RIVER FALLS ES-
CAPES A MASSACRE.
Members of Big Lodge Pay Fine of
Brave Who Chased Postmaster
With Tomahawk.

BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis, Aug.
Ill Special. l-Instead of ambushing
Black River Falls or burning the jail to
secure the release OF David Goodvillagi.
master Of ceremonies at the Winnebago
Indian war dance, the big braves of the
visiting tribes dug down and between Il
dozen or more of them produced $50
which was the sum required to appeaSe
the wrath of the government of the
Great White Father.
GoOdyillagi had attempted to scalp or
t0mahaWk Postmaster Lien Of Black Itiv-
or Falls, and q. L. Olsen, a merchant,
when they ventured too near the sacred
portals Of the great lodge.
The white men secured a warrant for
GOOdvillagIs arrest and he was thrown
into the local bastiIe, where he lam
guiShcd until yesterday, five or six miles
away from the beating drums and fire
waite Of the camp.
The visiting members of the camp held
a council Of war and decided that it
would probably be better to pay Good
ylIIagl's fine than massacre the people of
Black River Falls and thus 1t was that
GoodvIlagTs release was secured. To-
day he is again come unto his own and
IS leading the last big dance before the
close OF the council of the tribes. The
arrest Of GoOdvillaGi had q good effect
on the Indians for since his Incarceration
hundreds Of whites have gone out to the
camp and been most cordially received.
Soon the Indians will flock to Black
river Falls where their Uncle Sam will
deal out to them their annual allowance.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-17
TO DIRECT ATHLETICS
DIR. CHARLES PELTON HUTCHINS AT
STATE UNIVERSITY.
Syracuse Man to Follow Up Lines of Re-
form at WisConsin-Is a Grad
uate of Columbia

MADISON, Wis, Aug. 11.-[Speciall
"A new era in the athletic life Of the
University will open this fall when DIR.
Charles PeIton Hutchins Of Syracuse
university takes charge as athletic di-
rector.
DR. Hutchins is graduate of Column
bia university, where he was captain of
the baseball nine in 1893. He obtained
his medical degree at Long Island Col
ieGe hospital, Brooklyn. in 1897, and his
gymnaStic tutelage under Dr. w. O..
Anderson, now Of Yale. For two years
he was in charge Of all branches of
physical training and athletics at Dick
inSOu College, Pa, with the rank of add
jutant-professor. 1t was during the sec
oHd year Of his dictatorship there that
Dickinson defeated Pennsylvania State
College for the first time in five years on
the football field, and also defeated La
fayctte College with a score of 81 to
against prnceton's defeat Of Lafayette
by II to .
From Dickinson College DIR. Hutchins
went TO Syracuse University where he
has been for three years in charge Of the
sports and track athletics The defeat
Of the College University football eleven
by Syracuse last year, in spite 81 the
fact that half the men on the Syracuse
gridirOn at the opening Of the year were
freshmen, and thus were raw material
from high schools, needing much train
ing, was one result of the hard work
DR. JIutchins has done in Syracuse.