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Very Desirable Two=story=
endorsement Bay Win
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s Rooms and Bath, A. M.
L., No. 1914 7 st. N. w.,
Lot 2Oxl2O, Rented at
$3.50 per Month, to be
Sold Without Reserve at
puuh1ic Auction
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On TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER TWENTY FIFTH,
1906. AT HALF-PAsT FOUR O'CLOCK PM, we
will sell at public auction. in front OF the prem
ises. lot 81 Of D. B. Groff's subdivision Of lots In
square 23S with the improvements thereon.
Terms stated at time of sale. deposit of
$100. 90 required upon acceptance Of bid. Convey
ancing, ETC. at cost Of purchaser. Sale to be
posit forfeited. THOS. J. OWEN & SON
se1S-d&ds. eSu Auctioneers
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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-06-06
Natal and the Province
OF Z.uIuldnd 81.
Ihe Uprising the Avenqe Ceteayos Dethone
aaeat6encrai Massacre st Whites Threatened.

Our readers probably have but hay
remembrance of recent disturbances
down, in the British colony of Natal.
on the southern coast Of Africa, and
probably are paying but scant atten-
ton to present threatenings in Zulu
land, a province Of Natal. But the dis
turbances were. serious, the threaten
ings are grave; ere long news Of. a
general massacre of the whites Of that
region may shock the world. s.". : ~.
: The London Graphic, discussing the
South African uprising, goes SO far as
to say: There is, unfortunately, only
too much reason to believe that the
Zulus and Kafilrs are determined to
expel the white people from South Al
RIGA; ii they can manage It, It is no
longer the question OF the loyalty Of
any particular chief or tribe: the CON
tagion of rebellion has SO rapidly
spread that its exten. cannot be meas
ured with any degree Of preciseness.
Are the Basutos steadfast In their 10y
atty? Are the Matabele, the Masho;na,
and the very mixed native popula ton
OF the new colonies stanch in their
friendly relations with the English and
Dutch? Old colonis:s declare that they
would not trust any native; no mat
ter how ELUSIVE his affected loyalty,
while in Natal, especially, it has long
been an article OF faith among Eu-
ropeans that the local Zulus would
some day endeavor to avenge Cete-
wayo's dethronement by composing a
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rican Republic, the year before the rq-
mainder Of Zululand having been de-
clared a British crown colony.
Cetewayo's son continued to make
trouble; in 1888 attempted an insur-
rection; but was Soon captured, and
sent in exile to st. Helena, before he
was allowed to return. From time to
time small districts were added to the
British. possessions in Zululand, and
in 1897 the whole province annexed
to Natal. ~: L. -....
And now let us turn our attention
to the colony Of Natal. Including Iii
luland, 1t has al area of 31,307 square
miles. In 1890 It had & population
OF almost 100000 people, the Eu-
ropeans numbering about IS 900. Natal
is administered by a~governor appoint
ed by the crown, ana it may be part
of the hazy membf6nce of more or
less recent Natal news that the adj
ministration OF Natal and the home
government not long ago very decided
~ disagreed about case of discipline.
Some time ago two members of the
Natal mounted police were murdered,
and In punishment the Natal govern
ment condemned 4 considerable body
OF natives to death. The home govern
ment thought the measure too strin-
gent, but April the execution was
carried out, IL Katfirs were shot for
the murder of the two policemen
A rebel, chief in Natal, Bambaata,
has been the cause OF no small amount
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cattle and buildings, for it carries
with it the impoverishment CT whole
region for tens or even hundreds of
years afterward. The loss Of the
stum3age value of the timber at the
time of the fire is but small part of
the damage to the neighborhood The
wages that would have been earned in
numbering, added to the value OF the
produce that would have been pur-
chased to supply the lumber camps
and the taxes. that would have been
devoted to roads, and other public i'm
provements, furnish a much truer
measure of how much, sooner or later,
1t costs a region when it's forests are
destroyed by fire.
There are two recognized fire sea-
sons in the United States, in the
spring and fall. The fire season when
the greatest damage is done in the
middle west, far west and parts of tho
south, Is in the period between late
August and early November. H. M.
Suter, editor Of Forestry and Irriga-
ton, in an article in the Review Of
Reviews, says that carelessness in ono
form or another is cause of most of
the forest fires in the United States.
"Of those proceeding from carelessness
fully one-half are due to railroads and
their employees. Indeed, an expe-
rien,;ed forester, who for a number Of
years was locomotive engineer, il
authority for the statement that at
least IS per cent. of this country's for
est fres are due to railroads. Sparks
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-06-06
OUR DEVASTATING
III FOREST FIRES -
Historic Largely Great Aoous,
Loss Efforts to Cope With the Problem.

The recent forest fires in the Mich
igan Upper Peninsula and Wisconsin
bring up other forest fires that have
worked such havoc in our splendid
timber lands. Fires in the Adiron-
dacks seem to be annual visitations,
sometimes reaching large proportions,
sometimes effectively routed ere much
damage has been done; again we hear
OF the great waste in the forest re-
g1ons of the Pacific coast; of fires in
the turpentine forests of the south;
again, that timber lands in Michigan
and Wisconsin have been swept by the
fire demon.
Clifford Pinchot, chief of the forest
service, United States department of
agriculture, gives in the Farmers Bull
let1n short review of historic fires,
tires that have reached gigantic pro-
portions. Mr.. Pinchot tells of the
Hlnckley, M1n1.,- fire of September l.;
1894; the great fires in Michigan in
1881; Wisconsin Peshtigo fire of Octo-
Der, 1871, and the Michigan fires of the
same year; o: the Miramichi fire of
1926.
In the latter fire region in New
brunswick suffered. This fire at about
one O'Clock in the afternoon was rag
Ing at place some 60 miles above the
town Of Newcastle, on the Miramichi
river; before ten o'clock it was 20
miles below Newcastle. I'm nine hours
1t had destroyed a belt of forest 80
miles long and rs miles wide. Over
more than two and a half million
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Against Bambaata)
war Prince Louis Napoleon was slain
Early in the year, at Isandlana the
British met with great disaster;
later the Zulus were repulsed; In July
they were completely defeated; in
August CeteWayo Was captured. "A few
years later, to end difficulties with the
native princes, the British restored the
king to his" rank. -
But they reserved a portion of his
territory for themselves, district
south of the Tugela river, and a por-
ton of the northeast; Cetewayo was
limited to the central part. Now diff
cult1es arose again. and Cetewayo was
deposed, in the very year of his re-
instatement. The following year he
died. His son, Diuizulu, assumed a
hostile attitude toward the English,
and in this were aided by the Beers. to
whom he had granted strip of land
in the west. The Beers established
in this district 1.-THE New Republic. -
extended their control to Umlatusi and
Saint Lucia Bay. In 1886 British and
Boer entered into a friendly agree
ment;. the former recognized the New
Republic /. the latter pledged them
selves to vacate the rest OF Zululand
and renounce recognition OF DIM
zulu's protectorate: In 1888 the New
Republic was annexed to the South At
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OF trouble, at present is supposed to
be in hiding in the practically i'm
penetrable N'Khandhla forest in Zulu
land. Other important chiefs have ex-
pressed themselves as being unfavor-
able to rebellion, among them DIM
zulu, who stands to the natives as rep
resentative of the royal house OF Zu-
luland, and one to be obeyed. The
Swaziland people also profess loyalty,
and among the Basutos there is no
unrest. But preparations are in prog
ress in Natal in case of emergency;
Efforts making to keep the favor OF
the. .nativessife possible, it not to be
ready should need occur: = 49,. -:
Let us take a glance at Che history
of Natal, observe the white men that
have struggled for foothold in this
country. Natal was first sighted by
Vasco da Cana, Christmas day, 1897,
and the land nemed Natal Nativity
in honor of the day. The dutch made
the first attempt at settlement about
l720, but were not successful In 1924
the English made treaty with Chaka,
king OF the Amazula, but Chaka's sue
cessor, Dingaan, broke up the English
colony. In 1885 number of mission
aries established themselves at Dur
ban. Shortly afterward the Dutch, in
their great trek northward, entered
Natal; though Dingaan treacherously
murdered the first band, the Beers per-
severed, immigration continued. Then
we have the Dutch and native in con-
tlct; In a great battle between the
Beers and natives ION the Boiled
river, December, 1889, the Zulus were
overpowered. The following year the
Republic of Natal was organized. But
not long were the Dutch allowed pos
session, the British still held that tho
Afrikanders were their subjects, and in
1843 annexed the republic to Cape COL
ony. Some years later Natal was
made an Independent colony. pre-
vious reference has been made to the
war carried on in 1879 against Cete-
wayo, king of the Zulus; his terri
tory overrun and occupied, Zululand
became part of Natal.)
The Beers did not submit tamely to
the English assumptions. In Natal
there have taken place several men,
orable encounters between Boer and
British. Back in 1881 the Transvaal
Beers entered the extreme northwestern
corner of the colony and defeated the
British at Majuba Hill. In the great
South African war, northern Natal was
the scene Of fiercest fighting between
Dutch and English. AT Elandslaagte,
Glencoe and Ladysmith, and all along
the line of the Tugela, the most OBJ
stinate and sanguinary battles of the
war occurred"
The majority Of the people in Natal
are Zulus. The Zulus are powerful
and warlike, their weapons the as
segai, knobkerri and shield. 1t is re-
lated the great leader Tyaka was wont
to say to his men ON the eve OF bat
tle::st""Go, sons of Znlu, go and return
no more" Surrender was unheard of:
victory or death: =. H.. -.
80 CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER.
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thinking, now, @ she stood, silent
and absorbed, by the stone seat, I
shadowy figure with face turned from
me? Was she recalling the mans
words, fitting them to the facts and the
past, adding this and that circum-
stance? Was she, though she had re-
buffed him in the body, collating, now
he was gone, all he had said and out
of these scraps piecing together the
damning truth? The thought tortured
me. 1 could brook uncertainty no
longer. l went nearer to her and
touched her sleeve. ''Mademoiselle,"
l said, in voice which sounded hoarse
and forced even in my own ears, do
you believe this of me?" i
She started violently and turned.
Pardon, Monsieur" she answered. II
had forgotten that you were here.
Do believe-What?" g. ~
what that man said Of me-" NUT
tered.
"That!" she exclaimed; and she
stood moment, gazing at me in q
strange fashion. do I believe what
he said, Monsieur! But come, come"
she continued, land will show you II
I believe it. But not here" 4
She led the way on the instant into
the house, going In through the parlor
door, which stood half open. The room
inside was pitch dark, but she took me
fearlessly by the hand. and led me
quickly through it and along the
passage, until We came to the cheer
full lighted hall, where a great fire
burned on the hearth. All traces of
the soldiers occupation had been swept
away. But the room was empty.
She led me to the fire and there in
the full light, no longer shadowy
creature, but red Tipped, brilliant,
throbbing with life, she stood opposite
me, her eyes shining, her color high,
her breast heaving. "Do believe %
she said. II will tell you. NJ. de
Cocheforet's hiding place is in the hut
behind the fern-stack, two furlongs be-
yond the village, on the road to Auch.
You will know now what no one else
knows, he and I ard madam excepted.
You hold in. your hands his life and
my honor; and you know also, M. de
Berault, whether l believe that tale"
my God!" I cried. And I stood
looking at her. until something of the
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from an engine proceeding through a
f6rested country during dry weather
are almost sure to start fires. In this
first serious fires in the Adirondack
region this spring (1903), were direct
ly due to the hot cinders thrown OUT
by locomotive when a heavy wind
was blowing across the tracks The
forest was in a highly inf1ammable
condition, due to the long dry spell.
and these fires burned for days. Al
other fire in the same region was
caused by an engineer who, in order
to improve the draught, took the
spark arrester out of the engine while
going from Saranac to Lake Placid
Section hands, too, in burning old ties,
brush, weeds and rubbish along the
right of way, are apt to let the flames
escape into adjoining wooded lands"
Others responsible for many forest
fires are lumbermen, farmers and set
tiers. Hunters cause trouble by leay-
ing camp fires burning Tourists are
a menace, especially in Maine and the
Adirondacks; match end, a lighted
fire, sometimes leading to mighty
conflagration. Berry pickers will fire
areas to improve next seasons crop.
sheep herders to improve pasturage:
and both have proved sources of dan
ger. In the south menace has been
the hurry to get use of lands for corn
and cotton. Each year in the south
immense areas are *'girdled" and
burned. Sometimes wantonness and
malice are at the bottom of destruc-
tive fires; boys wanting to see big
blaze; natives jealous OF private pre-
serves and even of state preserves
But carelessness is chief cause. there
are but scattered instances where the
cause can be traced to righteousness
And there are but scattered instances
of forest fires starting fsom lightning.
In 1903 the bureau of forestry began
a thorough study in various regions
of the forest fire problem. Men were
placed in forest regions to study fires
in the process of burning; agents put
to investigate causes. ind how fast
fires burn, what conditions favor and
what hinder them, what damage they
do soil and tree growth. Other agents
were delegated to study fire protec-
ton.
Several states notably New York,
Pennsylvania and Minnesota-haye
adopted effective fire laws. Minneso-
ia, learning her lesson Ia the Hfnckley
catastrophe, is credited with the best
example of fire laws. Mr. Suffer tells
us the only way to deal with forest
fires is to prevent them. and gives cor
dial praise to Minnesota with her ef-
fective service based solely on the
idea of prevention.
KATHERINE POPE.
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acres almost every living thing was
found killed., Even the fish were aft
erward found dead in heaps along the
river banks. Five hundred and ninety
buildings were burned; and a number
of towns, including Newcastle, Chat
ham and DOuglastown, were destrOye ed.
One hundred and sixty persons per-
ished and and nearly 1000 head of
stock"
The next fire, the Peshtigo fire of
October, 1871, was even more destruc-
tive. Two thousand square miles of
Wisconsin lands were burned over, re-
su-~Ang in timber and other losses
mounting up to many millions of dol
lars. Between 1000 and $500 persons
were killed, almost half the popula-
ton of the town of Peshtigo persisted.
At about the same time fires ragged in
the neighboring state of Michigan,
hundreds of people lost their lives, a
strip of land about 40 miles wide and
100 miles long, extending across the
central part of the state from Lake
Michigan to Lake Huron, was devas-
tated. In this last named conflagra-
ton the fire ate UP timber estimated
at 4,000,000,000 feet board measure,
valued at $10,000,000.
Ten years afterward, in 1881, great
fires covered more than 1900 miles in
various parts of Michigan; again
many persons persisted, over 5000 per-
sons were made destitute, much prop
erty was destroyed in addition to the
valuable timber.
Up In the north woods they still
speak with bated breath of the dread
full Hinckley fire in Minnesota, in
which so many persons lost their.
lives. The burned-over area was not
so large as in other great fires, but the
destruction of life and property was
very heavy. Hinckley and six other
towns were destroyed, about 500 per-
sons persisted, and 1000 were left des-
titute; the estimated loss In property
was $25,000,000. The loss of life would
have been much greater had it not
been for the heroic conduct of the
railroad men.
Heavy smoke from the frequent fires
on the western coast sometimes rem
ders navigation dangerous on Puget
Sound. In 1902 forest fires in Oregon
and Washington destroyed within two
weeks over $4,000 900 worth of tim
Der and property. The loss occurred
In a restricted area and represented
but portion of the countrys annual
forest fire loss. Yearly forest fires>are
looked for; the annual loss is esti-
mated at $5O,000,000.
AS the chief of the forest service
suggests, the loss by great forest fires
is a loss very difficult to estimate;
"the destruction Of the timber is
more serious loss than that of the
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white massacre throughout the Gar
den Colony"
Let us find out somewhat of this
Cetewayo whom the Zulus would
avenge. But first let. us locate Zulu
land and observe the steps by which
the English have come into posses
sion. Zululand is tucked in there. on
the coast, borders on Swaziland, Port
uguese East Africa, has the. Indian
ocean to the east and southeast, and
Natal on the southwest and west. It
has been the scene OF many troubles,
English with zulus, English and
Beers, and at times Zulu and Boeer
have been arrayed against the English.
1t was: toward the close Of the decade
1S70-80 the warlike natives under King
Cetewayo became serious menace to
the 1leighboring British colonies, and
at the beginning Of 1879 the British
made war on them. ct was in this
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joke on the Publishers.

scr;bed an engineer who took his train
through snowstorm in the Sierras.
dying at his post: = Z. = w. l.: =,
From the Atlantic to, the Pacific the
poem was copied. "Bfnley and 49,
was given a full page in an illustrated
weekly, with a portrait Of Bret Harte.
and described as "the best short poem
Of the decade" g.. ...., Isl =. .>. b :.s=>
1T was many years before Mr.. Harte
denied its authorship. The poem has
since been incorporated in several
books Of popular recitations, notwith-
standing Binley$ freezes to death be-
side roaring locomotive furnace.
with $50 pounds Of steam up and two
cords OF wood within reach. s;:ss s:SSsz.$.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-06-06
MISSED FIRE.

The would-be diner had called for
ox-tal soup. 1911
He looked at the liquor which was
brought to him hard and long, tasted
it, smelt it, and then beckoned the
young waiter-a fresh-complexioned
young fellow, whose foot had evident
~ rot been long off his natiyo heath.
: II suppose whispered the Gus.
toner, .confidentially, that an OK real
" did dip his tail in this soup at least
once a long time ago et 2? 80 I. n i 1.
m o, zur!'' gasped 5tno HORNED
waiter. No hox never 'ad liz tail
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-06-06
Poem Initiating Bret Harte's Style
> &: Given Wide Circulation &.
81 ~e,N and Notice. 4. Z, "A h. = >Sss..s..

!. Sam Davis, Of Nevada, once made
= wager that he could successfully imi.
tate the style Of any living or dead
poet, and do It 50 thoroughly that the
difference was not dfscernible: and
that the public, the press, and the crit
les would not detect the fraud. AS 4
result, says Success Magazine, he
wrote 'Binley and 8" 4 t. which be
signed r.. Bret Harte's name. The
fake was put out II publication
known as The Open Letter B It de IL: